WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

Welcome to the official blog of the TV review team for WordPress.tv

We approve and publish all videos on WordPress.tv as well as help WordCamps with video post-production and captioning and subtitling of published videos.

We use this P2P2 “P2” is the name of the theme the blogs of make.wordpress.org use. When asked to post or view something “on the p2” by a member of the WPTV team, that usually means you’re asked to check https://make.wordpress.org/tv. to post our progress, status reports, and occasional geeky video debates. Use the “Subscribe to Blog via Email” 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. to follow along!

Want to help us?

Video Editing — You can see what videos we have that need editing in this spreadsheet. No special credentials are needed, just download the raw video file, and use your favorite app to edit.

Get started here!

Subtitles/captions — You can help us extend the reach of of WordPress.tv by adding captions or subtitles to any published video. Just find your favorite video, and follow the steps here to create a caption/translation file and submit for review.

Weekly meetings

We use Slack for real-time communication. As contributors live all over the world, there are discussions happening at all hours of the day. We have weekly team meetings every Thursday at 17:00 UTC, and they are open to the public!

Our meeting is every Thursday at 15:00 UTC in the #wptv channel on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.. (Find out more about Slack.)

You’re welcome to listen in, or say “hi!” We would love to have your help.

“Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.”
– Thomas Jefferson

Submitted videos have been slow this week with the bulk of the WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. and 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/. 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. videos being submitted by the international community.

There is no reason to let WordCamp videos go unprocessed, 13 of the 16 videos published this week were processed or edited by WordCamp post-production.

And a reminder to WPTV mods: please watch the last few seconds of each video to catch any producer logos and ads.

The Last 7 Days

We published 16 videos from 6 WordCamps and meetups around the world.
The top viewed video this week was a Portuguese/Português language presentation.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos This Week

Guga Alves: Campos personalizados like a pro: conheça o Advanced Custom Fields

Matt Mullenweg: The State of the Word 2014

Sara Cannon: Smart Design

In Process

Getting WPTV mods involved early with WordCamps to assist in getting quality videos recorded, processed and uploaded to WPTV.

#moderator-update

Guga Alves 1:37 pm on December 12, 2014

It’s a great time and a great joy to be on this list there with Matt, and have the top video viewed this week. The Brazilian community has strengthened and grown in a cool way, with much unity among many professionals from different states, but we still have a long way here spreading WordPress as a great platform for any type of project.