👓 I Ran Out of Likes! Wtf? | Here in the Silence

Read I Ran Out of Likes! Wtf? by silentfall2016silentfall2016 (❦ Here in the Silence ❦)

So, I was clicking stars, reading blogs, clicking stars, reading more…..click, click, click, feeding all of my loveys their beloved stars…

and then…….

WordPress started rejecting my likes! Grrrrrr!

So, no more stars tonight. Sorry if I missed you!

This WordPress.com user had liked at least four of my posts almost in a row, so I thought I’d see what they were writing. This post about running out of likes was one of the first things I saw. While her like activity may appear genuine, albeit a bit spammy, there are apparently limits to how many times you can use the WordPress.com like functionality.

👓 Call for Speakers – July 25-27, 2019 – Portland, Oregon | WPCampus 2019 Conference: Where WordPress Meets Higher Education

Read Call for speakers - WPCampus 2019 Conference: Where WordPress Meets Higher Education - July 25-27, 2019 - Portland, Oregon (WPCampus )
WPCampus is looking for stories, how-tos, hypotheticals, demos, case studies and more for our fourth annual in-person conference focused on WordPress in higher education.
Replied to a tweet by Scott KingeryScott Kingery (Twitter)
Presuming I’m following your question: The plugin is already using Parse This to scrape and import the “name” (aka the post title you’re bookmarking, reading, etc.) from the original website based on microformats, html, OG meta, or even schema before it posts to your site. Some sites may not provide these in which case you may have to supply something yourself. I’ve only seen a very small number of sites return nothing for these.

As I recall, if the post name comes up empty, the plugin will default to the text “a post” so that there’s something there to link to, but you can always go back and change it if necessary. If you’re using the bookmarklet, you can always manually input something as well before publishing. 

Let me know if I’ve misunderstood your question and this didn’t cover your use case(s).

Reply to My list of blogs appear jumbled | WordPress.org

Replied to My list of blogs appear jumbled by mats317 (wordpress.org)
My blog has 5 tabs/categories. When the first tab is selected the appearance is fine but when you select other tabs the titles and descriptions are not appearing correctly. They are either missing or in the wrong place. The page I need help with: https://www.mats.org/category/in-the-community/
On first blush, it looks like the divs for the other tabs/categories aren’t nested the same way as your most recent (blog) page is.

In particular I see a div class=”ssba-classic-2 ssba ssbp-wrap left ssbp–theme-1″ that appears underneath one of the div class=”blog-desc” which may be throwing things off.

Which theme are you using and is it defining a slightly different template for your blog page than it does for the category pages? (See also: https://codex.wordpress.org/Category_Templates)

📺 Kellen Mace: How to Build Your First Gutenberg Block | WordPress.tv

Watched Kellen Mace: How to Build Your First Gutenberg Block from WordPress.tv
Learn how to write a WordPress plugin that registers custom Gutenberg blocks and build out those blocks to provide an instant preview/feedback as they’re being edited in the wp-admin, as well as ho…

👓 Kids Event Working Group Chat Agenda | Thursday 25 April 2019 | Make WordPress Communities

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Our next weekly Kids Events Working Group chat is happening this Thursday, 25 April 2019 at 2100 UTC/ 5pm EST. This chat will occur in the Make WordPress Community-Team Slack channel. Agenda Update…
Sandy, it was great to meet you at WordCamp Orange County. I’m glad you came out and I was able to run into you. Sorry I’ve missed the meeting by a few days, but I’ll try to be around and help out in the future.

👓 Recap of the Kids Event Working Group Chat | Thursday 25 April 2019 | Make WordPress Communities

Read Recap of the Kids Event Working Group Chat | Thursday 25 April 2019 (Make WordPress Communities)
Attending: @sunsand187 @melindahelt  Start: We Covered Updates from VolunteersNeed for Research Translations/Editing Updates from Volunteers @sunsand187 Worked on researching laws for Missouri Kids…

👓 IndieAuth for WordPress Question | David Shanske

Read IndieAuth for WordPress Question by David ShanskeDavid Shanske (david.shanske.com)
Thinking about the necessity of maintaining IndieAuth code in the Micropub plugin and now the Yarns Microsub plugin for WordPress. I wanted to put out to any WordPress user for some input. The IndieAuth plugin creates an IndieAuth endpoint inside your WordPress installation. This means that you logi...

📺 Bringing WordPress Core to PHP 5.6 and Beyond | WordCamp Orange County 2019

Watched Bringing WordPress Core to PHP 5.6 and Beyond by Andy FragenAndy Fragen from WordCamp Orange County 2019

Every version of PHP from 7.0 and below has been designated end of life (EOL). Currently, WordPress’ minimum PHP requirement is 5.2.7 which was EOL’d over 8 years ago.

In the 2018 State of the Word Matt said we would be moving to PHP 5.6 as a minimum requirement in April, 2019 and increasing the minimum to PHP 7.0 by the end of 2019.

This presentation will attempt to describe the safeguards put in place to avoid breaking the internet.

While they may often seem highly technical (but really aren’t), Andy’s talks are always great because he helps to uncover some of the very subtle clues to unwinding the WordPress community, how it works, and how to more easily participate in and contribute to it at more advanced levels. While I get a lot of fun technical tidbits out of his talks, it’s really the culture portions that are subtly far more important.

Thanks Andy, sorry I couldn’t be there to support you in person.

I’ll note that while not traditional slides that Andy has posted the bulk of his talk with images and text here: Bringing WordPress Core to PHP 5.6 and Beyond

📺 Content Calendars and Synergy – Planning Ahead is the Only Way to Cultivate a Cohesive Brand | WordCamp Orange County 2019

Watched Content Calendars and Synergy – Planning Ahead is the Only Way to Cultivate a Cohesive Brand by Wrigley GannawayWrigley Gannaway from WordCamp Orange County 2019

In my session I will be exploring several ways to create a cohesive branding strategy, by delving into posting schedules, content strategies, relevant social media (what you actually need), and more. By the end we will all have (hopefully) learned something about what the current web users consider important, and what actually attracts your targeted audience.

I had a great time at WordCamp Orange County this weekend. Apparently it was so much fun and I got so wrapped up that I did a less than stellar job of documenting as much of it as I would have liked in my digital commonplace book. I do wish I had thought to take way more pictures. Fortunately there are enough snippets and photos from others that I’ll remember the highlights. Hopefully the sessions I missed will pop up on WordPress.tv soon.

I’ve already begun digging into some follow up and what comes next. One of my favorite ideas is doing a future WordCamp for Kids in the Los Angeles area. I’ve also begun thinking of some future volunteering-related projects at larger scale, but more on that later.

Thanks again to all the volunteers, sponsors, and attendees who helped to make it such a great camp!

I’m pretty sure I caught the right people in person, but I’ll say it again that this was one of my favorite camp themes of all time.

Cartoon logo for the camp featuring progressively darker waves going down the page with a brighter periscope view of a yellow submarine in the center