Category: WordPress
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Your first Gutenberg Block – WC Kathmandu presentation
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 […]
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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
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New community translator launched on WordPress.com
Really excited about today’s launch of our new front-end translation tool for WordPress.com.
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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 […]
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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.
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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 […]