WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“I don’t think people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.”
– Joseph Campbell

The Pending queue and the S3 account are clearing out, getting ready for all the new videos from WC Lancaster – WC St Louis – WC Dayton – WC Atlanta – WC Seattle and WC San Diego.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • moving the chat time – new chat time is Thursday 17:00 UTC
  • the new handbook is now ready for editing and updating at https://make.wordpress.org/themes/handbook
  • update on processing videos for all the 6 WordCamps held in the last few weeks

In The Last 7 Days

We published 18 videos from 5 WordCamps and WordPress Related Events around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed 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 Last Week

Christina Fuchs: Was sind Mitgliederseiten und wie lassen sie sich in WordPress realisieren?

Sara Cannon: Smart Design

Michael Schroder: Contributing to Core – Hassle to Hobby

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WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“Isn’t it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?”
– Confucius

Not many new videos have been submitted for moderation but we have had three WordCamps close in the last few weeks – WC Lancaster, WC St Louis and WC Dayton – so we should see those videos soon. And this weekend will be busy with 3 WordCamps happening – WC Atlanta, WC Seattle and WC San Diego.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • moving the docs to make:community
  • names to help distinguish different mod roles
  • update on the issue of 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. Happiness Bars being more inclusive.

In The Last 7 Days

We published 26 videos from 8 WordCamps and WordPress Related Events around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos Last Week

Christina Fuchs: Was sind Mitgliederseiten und wie lassen sie sich in WordPress realisieren?

Tracy Apps: How To Not Design Like A Developer

Arjun Singh Thakuri: How to start a WordPress Theme/Plugin Business

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WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“We are trying to construct a more inclusive society…. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt

The Pending queue has videos to moderate. We are getting new videos from 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. Toronto.
This is a busy month for WordCamps with 5 this month, so we will have many more videos coming.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • update on getting ready to offer post-production services to WordCamps
  • policy about offensive language used in videos
  • issue at WordCamp Happiness Bars dealing with some attendees feeling intimidated and how to be more inclusive.

In The Last 7 Days

We published 14 videos from 6 WordCamps and WordPress Related Events around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos Last Week

Christina Fuchs: Was sind Mitgliederseiten und wie lassen sie sich in WordPress realisieren?

Alina Kakshapati: Build WordPress as a Career

Sakar Upadhyaya Khatiwada: Because Website Speed Matters

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WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“If A is success in life, then A = x + y + z. Work is x, play is y and z is keeping your mouth shut.”
– Albert Einstein

The Pending queue has been growing and we have videos to moderate. We are still getting videos from 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. Maui. We have videos from WordCamp Nepal, WordCamp Cape Town and WordCamp Orlando in the queue. We also have some NYC 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 to moderate.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • what videos are in the Pending queue
  • progress is being made in editing videos and cutting in slides

In The Last 7 Days

We published 35 videos from 7 WordCamps and WordPress Related Events around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos Last Week

Christina Fuchs: Was sind Mitgliederseiten und wie lassen sie sich in WordPress realisieren?

Sara Cannon: Smart Design

Jonathan Buttigieg: Pourquoi vous devriez vendre un plugin/thème premium

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WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.'”
–  Ralph Waldo Emerson

Videos from 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. Nepal and WordCamp Cape Town are in the queue and are ready for moderation.
And videos from NYC 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. will be submitted soon.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • the Pending queue is starting to fill with videos for moderating
  • compressing videos to accommodate the 1GB size limit
  • update on contacting WordPress meetups for video submissions

In The Last 7 Days

We published 22 videos from 5 WordCamps and WordPress Related Events around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos Last Week

Kevin Fodness: Object-Oriented Theme Development

Sara Cannon: Smart Design

Aurélien Denis: Industrialiser sa maintenance sous WordPress

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WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

Videos from 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. Maui 2015, WordCamp Pairs 2015 and WordCamp San Antonio 2015 are being submitted for moderation. And the WordCamp editing crew has been busy cutting in slides and compressing videos.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • a new “Related Events” tab was added to the wordpress.tv site covering all events that are not WordCamps
  • update on reaching out to meetups for video submissions (making a list and checking it twice)
  • update on moving the docs to make:community (still in process)

In The Last 7 Days

We published 38 videos from 6 WordCamps and WordPress Related Events around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos Last Week

Kevin Fodness: Object-Oriented Theme Development

Aurélien Denis: Industrialiser sa maintenance sous WordPress

Sara Cannon: Smart Design

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WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“For in all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.”
– Carl Jung

Videos from 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. Europe and WordCamp Toronto are still being submitted and new 2015 videos from WordCamp San Antonio and WordCamp Paris have started to be submitted.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • creating a categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. for non-WordCamp events (i.e., related events)
  • reaching out to meetups for video submissions
  • moving the docs to make:community will need to be done manually

Updated list of WordCamp video submissions.

In The Last 7 Days

We published 9 videos from 3 WordCamps and meetups around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos Last Week

Konstantin Dankov: Styling the WordPress Admin

Michael Schroder: Contributing to Core – Hassle to Hobby

Alex Rascanu: Demystifying SEO

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WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“Time spent with cats is never wasted.”
– Sigmund Freud

We started getting videos from 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. Europe submitted this week. And the AWS account has videos from WordCamp Orlando.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • Moving the WPTV docs to  make:community
  • Pinging future WordCamps to get involved earlier in the video process
  • Getting WPTV mods involved in the WordCamps video process

Updated list of WordCamp video submissions.

In The Last 7 Days

We published 2 videos from 1 WordCamp 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. around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos Last Week

Steve Grunwell: Keeping WordPress Under [Version] Control with Git

Chris Coyier: SVG is for Everybody

Sara Cannon: Smart Design

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WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“I believe that WordPress allows us to satisfy people’s hopes and dreams, if you let it.”
– Chris Lema

Great information, ideas and teaching comes out of WordCamps and meetups, we need to have more of that available for everyone on WPTV.

We had videos to mod from 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. Grand Rapids and WordCamp Milwaukee this week.

We are starting to get videos from WordCamp Mumbai and some more from WordCamp Europe.

No Mod Chat this week due to scheduling conflicts.

Updated list of WordCamp video submissions.

In The Last 7 Days

We published 11 videos from 5 WordCamps and meetups around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos Last Week

Kyle Maurer: Theme Customization Best Practices

Ross Johnson: Designing For The First Five Seconds

Sara Cannon: Smart Design

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WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
 Lao Tzu

We had videos from 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. Grand Rapids submitted this week with a few remaining in the Pending queue for moderation.

EitFlow was added to the WPTV site this week, making easier communication between mods.

The updated list of WordCamps and video submissions.

The Last 7 Days

We published 10 videos from 3 WordCamps and meetups around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos This Week

Sean Yo: Fixing Inaccessible Content

Sara Cannon: Smart Design

Kevin Fodness: Object-Oriented Theme Development

In Process

The post edit doc for cutting slides in WordCamp videos is ready for testing.

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