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12/21/11--08:21: Been giving a lot of thought to how… (chan 2285047)

Been giving a lot of thought to how to give plugin authors more control over their plugin pages. In WordPress custom headers have been hugely beneficial in people’s ability to make a theme their own without having to be a designer. (And designers can make them really sing.) As an experiment we’ve turned on custom [...]


Matt Mullenweg

12/21/11--17:14: MT has given the typography on WordPress org… (chan 2285047)

MT has given the typography on WordPress.org a refresh to bring it more in line with our sans-serif (instead of Lucida) approach in the WP dashboard, and also tightened up the vertical space the sub-heads were taking up on the page. Helvetica / Arial is a bit tougher than Lucida at smaller pixel sizes, so [...]


Matt Mullenweg

12/23/11--04:48: Core Team Meetup Recap: Multisite (chan 2285047)

These are the notes from a breakout discussion on multisite at the core meetup with me, @markjaquith, and @nacin. As with all of these discussion summaries, please remember that they’re just discussions. I’m posting the notes for transparency purposes, not to say that these are the only things discussed or decided. I’m working from notes, [...]


jane

12/28/11--06:57: The plugins directory should now update in near real-time (chan 2285047)

The plugins directory should now update in near real-time. Previously updates only ran every 15 minutes and some other things (namely adding committers) fired less often. If you notice any problems, please comment here. Thanks @bazza for doing this!


nacin

01/03/12--11:23: In tomorrow’s dev chat we will start discussing… (chan 2285047)

In tomorrow’s dev chat we will start discussing scope for 3.4. Note: we will not be talking so much about specific features/tickets as about choosing the unifying theme for the release and identifying what kinds of things fit under that umbrella. We’re still planning for the official cycle to begin mid-month.


jane

01/04/12--12:34: For today’s dev chat a whiteboard for reference… (chan 2285047)

For today’s dev chat, a whiteboard for reference: Notes to self to remember for process chat: process (@jane) pairs/teams (@jane) accountability (@jane) estimating time for tasks (@jane) statement of time commitment in advance/updates when changes (@jane) weekly pair/team blog posts (@jane)


jane

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01/04/12--17:42: Dev Chat Notes for January 4, 2012 (chan 2285047)

When we talked about process in today’s dev chat, one thing I forgot is that at core meetup we agreed that we should post the notes and action items from each dev chat, then review the action items at the beginning of the following week’s chat to keep track of things. So here goes! Today’s [...]


jane

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01/06/12--08:12: New version of Akismet plugin was released yesterday… (chan 2285047)

New version of Akismet plugin was released yesterday: 2.5.4. Here is the diff between version 2.5.3 and 2.5.4.


josephscott

01/11/12--13:02: This Is Not a Feature List (chan 2285047)

The below notes are a discussion point of reference for today’s chat. This is NOT a feature list AT ALL. This means you, wpcandy and wptavern! Seriously, these are just notes so we talk about stuff, not features we are building. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::: “The ‘Customize Your Site’ Release (a.k.a. the one that helps you make things [...]


jane

01/11/12--18:16: New version of Akismet plugin was released 2.5.5… (chan 2285047)

New version of Akismet plugin was released: 2.5.5 Diff of 2.5.4 to 2.5.5 Two items: Nonce checks for removing comment author URL Link to configuration page fixes


josephscott