Setting Up New Make Sites

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Every team gets a free site on make.wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/. Currently, we use the P2P2 P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org/. theme on all team sites. If you’re starting a new team or (more likely) splitting off from another team, contact the team in #metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. about your needs.

Setup Setup

Only WordPress.org super admins can perform the initial setup.

Because WordPress is wonderful, all you’ll need to do is create a new site in WordPress and “flip the switch.” Ensure that the “P2 for make.wordpress.org” theme is enabled and the only one installed on the site.

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Migrating Content Migrating Content

Don’t.

But if you have to, contact @coffee2code or @Otto42 and have them do it for you. There are interesting weird situations on WordPress.org with migrating content from one make site to another. The regular Import tool has been disabled for this reason.

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Handbooks Handbooks

Hopefully, the new team will want a handbook! Setting up the handbook only requires enabling the handbook 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 and following the process outlined in this documentation.

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Blue Box Blue Box

Most teams have a “blue box” on their homepage with an introduction on how to get involved and other related information (notably, this team does not).

To add a “blue box” to a team’s homepage, do the follow:

  1. Create a new page called “Welcome” with the slug of “welcome.”
  2. Copy the HTMLHTML HTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a markup language that is used in the development of web pages and websites. from another team’s welcome page and paste it into the new page.
  3. Update the text.
  4. The end.

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Icons, Home, etc Icons, Home, etc

Teams should be listed on the make.wordpress.org homepage. The team lead should provide the following:

  • Dashicon to represent the team
  • Brief summary of the team (see the homepage for examples)
  • Weekly chat time and day

One you’ve received that information, you’ll need to update WordPress.org in a couple of places.

  1. The icon in the <h2> headerHeader The header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes. of each make site is updated in wp4.css.
  2. Be sure to clear the cache in header.php.
  3. The icon on the make homepage needs to be updated within the make theme.
  4. Be sure to clear the cache in functions.php.
  5. After step 2 has been completed, add a new “site” to WordPress.org and fill in the information from above.

That’s it! Happy contributing!

 

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