Recap of January 24, 2017 Meeting

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Lesson Plan Updates

@meaganhanes is 99% done with the How to Find Theme-Specific Documentation lesson plan and it is ready for copyediting.
@pbarthmaier will work on the Enqueuing Scripts lesson plan

Copyediting Updates

@donkiely will copyedit Templates and Woocommerce
@estes.chris believes Site Icons and Logos is copyedited already
@skarjune will edit Customer: taglines, WidgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. Areas, Building a sitemap
@danstramer will edit Help Regenerate Thumbnails
@bethsoderberg suggested TrelloTrello Project management system using the concepts of boards and cards to organize tasks in a sane way. This is what the make.wordpress.com/marketing team uses for example: https://trello.com/b/8UGHVBu8/wp-marketing. for tracking copyediting and will put together a draft list of status’s by next week’s meeting. Someday this might be replaced by Edit Flow
We had a discussion around the capitalization of code in titles. The consensus is if the snippet isn’t capitalized in the code, don’t capitalize it in the title of a plan.

Testing Updates

@melindahelt will test the theme accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) plan in February
@estes.chris is training a client in content management in a week or so and will try to work in some beginner plans.
@skarjune is assembling a focus group for Getting Started training to start mid-Feb. in a weekly format with some professionals as students that could include: writer, art critic, entrepreneur, graphic designer, corporate trainer.

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