August 24, 2023 — In part 1 of this series, I covered the software requirements needed to set up and configure the Learn WordPress code base, as well as showed you how to get it running locally.

https://wordpress.tv/2023/08/17/contributing-to-learn-wordpress-with-code-part-1/

In part 2, I’ll take you through the process of creating a local git branch to work on, selecting and fixing an issue/enhancement, committing the changes to your forked repository, and then creating a pull request to be reviewed for merging.

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August 22, 2023 — Every month, Justin Tadlock publishes a “What’s new for developers” post to the WordPress developer blog, highlighting some of the new developer-focused features added to WordPress. In this session, we’ll be reviewing some of the features included in this month’s post, with a specific focus on plugin and theme developer additions.

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August 19, 2023 — Have you ever stumbled upon a website and you were just awestruck by the look and feel of the website? Perhaps all you said was “Wow!” and you couldn’t stop scrolling through the website. On the other hand, have you ever stumbled upon a website where your reaction was “Whuuuut?” and you didn’t wait another second to leave the website? There are certain measures that make your site amazing, flawless, average, or worse. But most businesses simply ignore the part of maintaining and continuously improving their website.

Let’s talk about website auditing. What are the measures that can make or break a website? While there are different standards of rating a website in terms of UX (user experience), design, performance, and security, this talk will mainly focus on UX, followed by some real time examples. We’ll look at how businesses can improve the user experience, and thus convert users into customers.

It will be a fun session about improving websites with regards to user experience, what kind of behavior you can expect from users, and what one can do to have better conversions.

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August 17, 2023 — Every site needs a domain. But every domain needs DNS records set for it to direct people to your site! In this workshop, we’ll be looking at how DNS work, and what the most common types of DNS records are. We’ll also look at the DNS records you need to configure to get your domain connected to your site. Some questions we’ll be answering include:

* How does the Domain Name System work?
* What are DNS records?
* What DNS records do I need for my site?
* Where can I edit my domain’s DNS records?
* What is “domain record propagation”?

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August 17, 2023 — During this Hallway Hangout, we had a casual conversation about how you can create custom design tools for blocks from a theming perspective.

Based on Justin’s latest article series for the WordPress Developer Blog, attendees learned when to move beyond the Block Styles API and create their own custom controls. We also discussed the current limitations of theme development and how block development can be used to extend block themes.

August 17, 2023 — Are you a developer looking to contribute to the WordPress project in some way? Know how to fix bugs or add features on a WordPress site, theme or plugin? Then this session might be just what you need.

Join me as I walk you through the process of contributing code to the Learn.WordPress.org platform. You’ll learn where to find the Learn.WordPress.org code, how to make a copy of it on your local computer, and how best to contribute bug fixes and feature enhancements.

In this first session, I’ll be working through all the required software needed to get the Learn.WordPress.org site set up on your computer, as well as choosing a feature to work on, and planning how to develop it.

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August 15, 2023 — In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to add media or third-party content to your site using Embed blocks or by pasting the relevant URL into your site.

August 13, 2023 — Why do we care about diversity in WordPress? What does diversity look like in your part of the world?

August 13, 2023 — Anyone is welcome to attend this event that is part of the Contributor Mentorship Pilot program. In this insightful talk, we will explore the world of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) within the WordPress community. Led by Jill Binder, the founder and lead of the Diverse Speaker Training Group (#WPDiversity), this session is designed to give attendees an understanding of DEIB for WordPress events (Meetups and WordCamps):

1. What is Diversity Equity Inclusion Belonging (DEIB)?
2. What does diversity mean in the context of WordPress?
3. Why does diversity matter at WordPress events?
4. Why do diverse speaker line-ups matter?
5. How to get involved with diversity in WordPress

Join this exciting session to learn about Diversity in WordPress!

August 11, 2023 — Global variables are a concept in PHP that allow you to access these variables from any scope during a page request. WordPress ships with a specific set of global variables, and it’s useful to know what they are, and how to use them correctly. In this session you’ll learn how global variables work, the list of global variables available in a typical WordPress request, and now to correctly use and interact with them.

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