I was fortunate to attend WordCamp Kathmandu 2019 last weekend in Nepal. As promised, here are my slides and the code for the “Nepali Date” block I created for my session “Your first Gutenberg Block”. Here’s the code for the block javascript file:
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Gender-fair WordPress: Fixing translation inequality at the core
At WordCamp US 2017, I took the stage to argue that it’s time that WordPress enables translators to add gender-variable translations, and that we can do this in a way compatible with our existing translation ecosystem. The slides: A couple of days later, during contributor day, I was joined by several amazing WordPress (and GlotPress) …
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Right To Left in WordPress – The Right Way
Here’s the short talk I gave about languages written from right-to-left at WordCamp Europe 2017. I’m visibly nervous — this was the largest crowd I’ve ever presented to. The slides: While the slides make it clear that I go from talking about rtl.css — the file, used in WordPress themes, to RTLCSS — the node …
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WP-CLI live presentation, like a pro
I recently gave a talk about WP-CLI at WordCamp Israel 2016. I thought it would be interesting to actually demo WP-CLI in real time, rather than use boring slides. I used OS X split screen mode, with a terminal window on one side, and a browser on the other showing the site I’m creating and editing: The tricky part was to not have to …
Localization: beyond translation, WC Europe 2015
WordCamp Europe 2015 was a superb event, and I’m happy I was able to present. In this talk, I’ve tried to focus on things that are sometimes overlooked when dealing with localization and internationalization. Video Slides Localization: beyond translation from Yoav Farhi
New community translator launched on WordPress.com
Really excited about today’s launch of our new front-end translation tool for WordPress.com.
Making WordPress Better
Yesterday I helped someone write their first WordPress core bug report, and then someone else write their first patch to fix that bug. It happened after I saw a thread in a Facebook group about an issue with WordPress 3.8. Turns out this was a bug I was responsible for (doh!), but instead of just …
Ice Cream Sandwich on the Nexus S
I’ve been running Alpha 11 of CyanogenMod 9 (Android 4.0/ICS) on my Nexus S for the past few days and all I can say is wow. ICS feels like a whole new era for Android, and this build is rock solid. While you’re at it, get the awesome new 2.0 beta of WordPress for Android.
WordCamp Jerusalem
I’m really excited to be giving a talk at WordCamp Jerusalem in a couple of weeks – the third Israeli WordCamp and the first in Jerusalem. My talk will be an in-depth overview of WordPress i18n and RTL – a topic I already addressed in a quick 7 minutes presentation at WordCamp SF 2010. I’ll …