Title: East Bay Contributor Day 2020 Author: Courtney Robertson Published: August 21, 2020 Last modified: August 23, 2020 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/courane01/) [Courtney Robertson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/courane01/) 8:22 pm _on_ August 21, 2020 Tags: [contributor days ( 47 )](https://make.wordpress.org/training/tag/contributor-days/) # East Bay Contributor Day 2020 Hey there East Bay MeetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through [https://www.meetup.com/](https://www.meetup.com/). A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. Group! Welcome to Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of [https://make.wordpress.org/](https://make.wordpress.org/) There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. [https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/](https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/). #### Please register for a 󠀁[WordPress.org](https://login.wordpress.org/register)󠁿 account. #### Create a WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform 󠀁[https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/)󠁿. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at 󠀁[https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)󠁿 Account. * Login with your WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. [https://wordpress.org/](https://wordpress.org/) account on this [link.](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) * Scroll on that page to “Joining WordPress team on Slack” and enter your email address. * If you can, make your Slack and WordPress.org Usernames the same. * After you sign up for WordPress Slack, the email associated with your Slack username will be [wporgusername][@chat](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chat/).wordpress. org. This is important if you forget your password. * Find the #[training](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RW657Q) channel in Slack and join. * Bonus points for uploading a photo so people recognize you 🙂 #### Our team uses GithubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. 󠀁[https://github.com/](https://github.com/)󠁿 to build our lesson plans. * Sign up [here.](https://github.com/join) * Training team lesson plans [here.](https://github.com/wptrainingteam) #### We use 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.](https://trello.com/b/8UGHVBu8/wp-marketing)󠁿 to manage tasks and lesson plans. * Sign up [here.](https://trello.com/signup) * Training team [roadmap.](https://trello.com/b/BsfzszRM) **After joining Github and Trello, Please send your username so we can add you.** Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join in, comment on posts, and participate in meetings and on projects. #### Our Current Priority Lesson Plans: * [How to Create a Blog Post in WordPress 5](https://github.com/wptrainingteam/how-to-create-a-blog-post-in-wordpress-5)( we will later rename this to something like BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Editor Overview to match Classic/[Content Editor Overview](https://github.com/wptrainingteam/content-editor-overview), [Intro to the Block Editor](https://learn.wordpress.org/workshop/intro-to-publishing-with-the-block-editor/) may be a good resource) * [Block Directory](https://github.com/wptrainingteam/block-directory) – see [Intro to the Block Directory](https://learn.wordpress.org/workshop/intro-to-the-block-directory/) for a how-to video guide. * [Block Patterns](https://github.com/wptrainingteam/block-patterns) – see [Intro to Block Patterns](https://learn.wordpress.org/workshop/intro-to-block-patterns/) for a how-to video guide. * [Core Sitemaps](https://github.com/wptrainingteam/core-sitemaps) – see the Field Guide [section about Sitemaps](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/07/30/wordpress-5-5-field-guide/#blockeditor:~:text=The%20new%20Sitemaps%20component). * [Core Auto-Updates](https://github.com/wptrainingteam/core-auto-updates) – see the Field Guide [section about Auto-Updates](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/07/30/wordpress-5-5-field-guide/#grav-8f55b7b9c159b2e14cba89a6be0728e2-0:~:text=Auto%2Dupdates%20(Security)). * [Child Themes: Twenty-Twenty](https://github.com/wptrainingteam/child-themes-twentysixteen)( this should be similar to [Twenty Sixteen](https://github.com/wptrainingteam/child-themes-twentysixteen) lesson but revised for the [Twenty Twenty](https://wordpress.org/themes/twentytwenty/) theme) * [Child Themes: Twenty-Nineteen](https://wordpress.org/themes/twentynineteen/)( again, similar to [Twenty Sixteen](https://github.com/wptrainingteam/child-themes-twentysixteen) lesson but with [Twenty-Nineteen](https://wordpress.org/themes/twentynineteen/)) * If you’d like to review existing lesson plans, see [https://wptrainingteam.github.io/](https://wptrainingteam.github.io/). #### Getting Started: * 👉 Here’s what you need to know to get started on Contributor Day 👈 * Please fill out our [contact form](https://make.wordpress.org/training/getting-started/contact/) so that we can keep in touch. 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[Courtney Engle Robertson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/courane01/) 7:38 pm _on_ August 23, 2020 3. If anyone cares to review existing lesson plans looking at the resource links that go to the old Codex posts and find the appropriate article within [https://wordpress.org/support](https://wordpress.org/support) or [http://developer.wordpress.org](http://developer.wordpress.org), that would also be appreciated. Link to the lesson plan and note the revision needed. Comment below with the link to the lesson plan, what to add/omit. ### Leave a Reply 󠀁[Cancel reply](https://make.wordpress.org/training/2020/08/21/east-bay-contributor-day-2020/?output_format=md#respond)󠁿 You must be [logged in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Ftraining%2F2020%2F08%2F21%2Feast-bay-contributor-day-2020%2F&locale=en_US) to post a comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 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