We Are WordPress
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This document discusses the importance of the WordPress community. It notes that the success and perception of WordPress relies on contributions from its community. Community members, including designers and developers, are encouraged to contribute code, report bugs, participate in forums and documentation, and ensure the security and quality of plugins, themes and code. The overall message is that the WordPress community itself drives the success of the WordPress platform.
We Are WordPress
- 1. We Are WordPress. WordCamp Miami 2012 #wcmia @theandystratton
- 2. Hi.
- 3. My name is Andy.
- 4. I work with WordPress.
- 5. WordPress is free, open-source, community driven software.
- 6. $ I make money with WordPress.
- 7. I make WordPress do more. Themes. Plugins. Consulting.
- 8. I use WordPress to help others. Businesses. Organizations. Charities. Friends.
- 9. I am in a relationship with WordPress.
- 10. I am in a RELATIONSHIP with WordPress.
- 11. We exist because of each other.
- 13. Mos Def. See, “Fear Not of Man” by Mos Def From 0:50–1:38, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_lR5JkgCnU
- 14. “ Listen. People be askin’ me all the time,
- 15. “ "Yo Mos, what's gettin’ ready to happen with Hip Hop?"
- 16. “ I tell em, "You know what's gonna happen with Hip Hop?
- 17. “ Whatever's happening with us"
- 18. “ If we smoked out, Hip Hop is gonna be smoked out
- 19. “ If we doin’ alright, Hip-Hop is gonna be doin’ alright
- 20. “ People talk about Hip Hop like it's some giant livin’ in the hillside
- 21. “ Comin’ down to visit the townspeople
- 22. “ We are Hip Hop.
- 24. “ We are Hip Hop.
- 25. “ So Hip Hop is goin’ where we goin’
- 26. “ So, the next time you ask yourself where Hip Hop is goin’
- 27. “ Ask yourself:
- 28. “ Where am I goin’? How am I doin’?
- 29. “ ‘Till you get a clear idea.
- 30. What does this mean?
- 31. Focus.
- 32. Where do you fit?
- 33. People’s opinion of WordPress relies on you.
- 34. If WordPress is seen as insecure –
- 35. your work is seen as insecure.
- 36. Contribute. Core Dev & UI. Bug Reporting/Trac.
- 37. Contribute. Theme & Plugin Repository. Forums & Codex.
- 38. Respect. Backups. Updates & Upgrades. Hosting. Akismet. VaultPress. BackupBuddy.
- 39. Respect. Secure Passwords. Quality Themes/Plugins. Lock sites down (timthumb)
- 40. Manners. Designers & Developers: Play nice. Know your shit. Fix your shit.
- 41. Defense. Call out poor code/products. Help fix things. Explain better ways.
- 42. Defense. Blog/post in forums. Provide quality solutions.
- 44. Designers. Child Themes. Browser Compatibility. Don’t redesign core UI!
- 45. Developers.
- 47. Write secure code. Write secure code.
- 48. Write secure code. Write secure code. Write secure code.
- 49. Use These: esc_attr() esc_html() esc_js() esc_textarea() esc_url() wp_kses()
- 50. Developers. Use core API’s, actions & filters. Use third-party libraries under very specific contexts and with caution (timthumb).
- 51. Developers. Don’t remove core API’s, actions & filters.
- 52. Developers. Write extensible code.
- 53. Developers. Add your own filters/actions. Let me extend your code, not hack it. Ensure compatibility. Update as needed.
- 54. What else?
- 55. Context Is Queen. Many problems, many solutions. Have principles but work within the context of the problem you’re trying to solve.
- 56. JFDI. Just F*cking Do It. WP Lookup vs. WP Seek Build shit. Good ideas rock.
- 57. Donate Code. Build something great? Donate it. Ask clients. You’d be surprised. You’re building it anyway.
- 58. In the end,
- 59. everyone can do something.
- 60. WordPress’ awesomeness is tied to it’s community’s freedom to be the best it can be.
- 61. The world’s impression of WordPress is driven by it’s community. (not just it’s functionality)
- 62. We know WordPress is the best CMS,
- 63. ...because we are best community.
- 65. Now, prove it.