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.

“Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.”
– Lao Tzu

We had 23 how-to videos submitted this week. No new 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. or WordPress Related Videos submitted this week.

WC Lancaster – WC St Louis – WC San Diego – WC North Canton – WC Portland – WC Nashville and WC Miami videos are still in process.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

updates on screencast tutorials for the WPTV PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party – 23 submitted
discussion on how to tag the videos for the WPTV plugin
feedback on layout for @brashrebel‘s WPTV plugin

In The Last 7 Days

We published 43 videos from 4 WordCamps and WordPress Related Events around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos Last Week

Jenny Munn: SEO for 2015 – What’s In, What’s Out and How to Be In It to Win It (For Good)

Kirk Wight: Fear in a Developer’s World

Eric Wolfe: Building a WordPress Theme Using AngularJS

#moderator-update

Samuel Wood (Otto) 2:38 am on June 11, 2015

Question for the WordPress.tv team, which may warrant a separate post in the long run.

Is there any form of license or legal protection placed on reuse of the videos on WordPress.tv? Having this open and known to all would simplify some minor things.
- Andrea Middleton 11:38 pm on July 6, 2015
  
  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. videos are the exclusive property of the WordPress Foundation, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license for general use. I don’t know that we’ve ever posted anything around ownership/license for non-WordCamp content, though.