[theme-reviewers] Contribution day pack and resources for theme reviews

Sun Jun 22 21:00:41 UTC 2014

Hey Morgan!

You can do that from here:
http://make.wordpress.org/themes/about/trac-ticket-request-queue/trac-ticket-request-queue-spring-2014/

We need to update to Summer, but it still works.

For the Contribution day just get in touch with Tammie, we found a way how
to handle them :)

Emil

On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Morgan Feeney <info at morganfeeney.com>
wrote:

> Hi Chip
>
> Just wondering, can I assign myself a ticket or 2?
>
> Regards
>
> Morgan
>
> On 21 Jun 2014, at 14:34, Tammie Lister <karmatosed at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Chip, thanks so much, your guide is so helpful that would be really cool
> if it was updated. Often on contribution days it's 'Theme corner'. You have
> default themes and also reviews bundled together - if you are lucky with
> enough hands you can split. It would be great to have a format and good
> guide that can be handed around. Not ever contribution day has a reviewer
> there, nor should it have to have one.
>
> I think you hit the nail on the head with the biggest time being the
> setup. I know WordCamp Manchester are taking a refreshing approach of a
> setup session having been run a week before the event. I'm excited to
> attend such a well prepared contribution day. At Hamburg the setup ended up
> as expected taking a large chunk. I have tried a few ways but nothing beats
> the showing by example I did at Hamburg and actually doing a review along
> with other people.
>
> One good thing that often happens whether contributions happen or not is
> awareness at these days. Sometimes that's the most important thing. It's
> great to spread the guidelines and also raise awareness in themers about
> the standards. Even if they are contribution by reviews they can contribute
> by creating themes that are easier to review.
>
> I'm excited by everyones comments and look forward to working out some
> structure we can maybe even set out to get more contributions.
>
> Regards
> Tammie Lister
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Morgan,
>>
>> Given the current state of the queue, you should have your pick. All I
>> ask is that any tickets that get assigned for a Contributor Day get put
>> fully through the review process.
>>
>> I'm not sure exactly what your plans for the CD are, but here's one way
>> I'd envision a really useful one:
>>
>> 1. Prerequisite: everyone has a fresh, hosted or local WordPress
>> installation ready and available to use for Theme Review.
>> 2. 30-60 minutes: walk everyone through how to set up a Review
>> environment, and how to join the TRT
>> 3. Request/claim a Priority #3/4 review ticket (you can show them where
>> to request, but if the person leading the CD has Reviewer privileges, you
>> can just assign yourself one to expedite the process - or as we discussed
>> before, just request one the day before, to be used for the CD)
>> 4. Have all participants install the Theme from the selected ticket.
>> 5. 30-60 minutes: walk through the review process for a new Theme
>> 6. Request/claim a Priority #1 review ticket
>> 7. 10-15 minutes: walk through review process for a Theme update
>>
>> The key to making it useful as a group exercise is having everyone
>> install the Theme, and review it together. Help them poke through the files
>> and verify licenses, look at ThemeURI/AuthorURI and make sure they're
>> appropriate, look at header.php/footer.php/functions.php code and look for
>> issues - basically, spend a long time in the code, before turning to Theme
>> Check and the TUT.
>>
>> I will do my best to try to find some free time in the evenings this week
>> to rewrite my guide to reviewing Themes.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chip
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 6:29 AM, Morgan Feeney <info at morganfeeney.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Guys
>>>
>>> Not a bad idea.
>>>
>>> I would like to take this opportunity to ask the review admins if they
>>> could allocate some themes ready for the Contributor day taking place in
>>> Manchester UK on 29th June UK time. I remember at the last contributor day
>>> I discussed this idea with Chip and he mentioned I gave a heads-up for the
>>> next one so themes could be ready to be allocated and done quickly as a
>>> small team of us will be ready and waiting to contribute.
>>>
>>> I’ll be guiding people through the process of setting people up on the
>>> mailing list, and requesting themes for review. Although I haven’t put any
>>> themes through I’ve been through the process up to the point where I closed
>>> a ticket after reviewing and submitting my comments (oops) instead of
>>> leaving it open for the theme dev to get back to me (lesson learnt there).
>>>
>>> So hey there Chip! Can we do this?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> <image003.jpg>
>>>
>>> *Morgan Feeney*
>>> Lead Designer
>>> info at morganfeeney.com | 07984 476605
>>> www.morganfeeney.com
>>>
>>> On 21 Jun 2014, at 11:55, Mario Peshev <mario at peshev.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've set something like that for WordCamp Porto last year:
>>> https://gist.github.com/mpeshev/7397609
>>>
>>> I was also looking for some starters guide that's acceptable for new
>>> contributors - having the gist of everything plus handy links around.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mario Peshev
>>> WordPress Architect and Consultant
>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/mpeshev
>>> http://peshev.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 12:43 AM, John Wilson <mail at johnwilsononline.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Tammie,
>>>>
>>>> I agree. I've only managed a couple of reviews so far and have kind of
>>>> being winging it as I go along. I've made a couple of errors along the way,
>>>> part of the learning curve I guess, like closing tickets too soon. Luckily
>>>> this has been cleared up in recent messages so know what I'm doing now.
>>>>
>>>> I didn't think it was easy to find details of how to get started, the
>>>> process and the correct format reviews should be delivered when first
>>>> starting out. I relied (and still do) on Chip's write up from 2011. This
>>>> said to close the ticket, not mentioning allowing for a developer response,
>>>> hence my mistake first time around.
>>>>
>>>> I think there's great help out there if you can find it, but an up to
>>>> date, central hub for the theme review process and some solid guidelines &
>>>> resources would really help, especially on Contributor days so new theme
>>>> reviewers can quickly & easily get to grips with the process in the few
>>>> hours they have together with other reviewers.
>>>>
>>>> Once I have a few more reviews under my belt, I would happily volunteer
>>>> some of my time to help work on such a resource alongside any other
>>>> volunteers.
>>>>
>>>> See you at the Manchester WordCamp & contributor day hopefully.
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>> > On 20 Jun 2014, at 19:29, Tammie Lister <karmatosed at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > I've now lead a few contribution days for themes and I think one
>>>> thing that would really help would be some kind of pack and resources. I
>>>> may be totally off track and not seeing this somewhere, if I am wrong and
>>>> this exists please let me know as that would be great.
>>>> >
>>>> > From what I can see, the information is around it's just in a lot of
>>>> places.
>>>> >
>>>> > Things we may want to have on hand are also a collection of themes
>>>> people could jump into. Some way that this can happen without a reviewer
>>>> present. Just thinking out loud, I'm sure there are a number of things we
>>>> could have ready as a pack for contribution day.
>>>> >
>>>> > What do people think of having a resource / section dedicated to this?
>>>> >
>>>> > Regards
>>>> > Tammie Lister
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