#wordpress 2019-07-11

2019-07-11 UTC
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prtksxna I am hoping to figure out some gutenberg stuff for my website too
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prtksxna If I remember correctly, there is an option to store block data in the post's meta data too
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GWG prtksxna: I just haven't found the idea to make it something I want to do
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prtksxna GWG: Yeah… I want to learn a bit more about it to figure out what it can do best
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prtksxna Cause, meta boxes aren't going anywhere (at least not any time soon)
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GWG So, it is working for now
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prtksxna nods
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jackjamieson Just submitted Yarns Microsub Server to the WordPress plugin repository. First time submitting a plugin there so hopefully it's approved quickly
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[xavierroy] [jackjamieson] 👍
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sknebel jackjamieson++
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Loqi jackjamieson has 4 karma in this channel over the last year (11 in all channels)
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GWG Yay
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GWG jackjamieson, what's next for you?
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jackjamieson GWG, This week mainly catching up on writing etc. And I might start doing some research to figure out how to add websub to Yarns. At IWS I was playing with adding a feature to automatically create follow posts, so I might work on that. But I also liked cleverdevil's approach of a follow page.
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GWG I have some thoughts about that and storage in Yarns
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GWG But too much to do
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jackjamieson I hear that. Happy to hear your thoughts whenever you have time. Mostly I'm planning to enjoy using Yarns, and then I can take time to figure out next steps more thoughtfully (based on my experience, itches, etc.)
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GWG Well, abstract the storage
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GWG So you can swap where without the higher level code being affected
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GWG Oh, and you can look at my push.sh script to update the WordPress repo,if it helps
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jackjamieson GWG, abstracting the storage sounds like a good idea. Do you mean by creating intermediate functions or classes to represent feed items?
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GWG Yes.
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GWG Look at PHP interface and abstract classes
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GWG They are designed for this.
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GWG Inheritance is the broader concept
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GWG So, your channel management class is an abstract class, with implementations that store channels as 'posts', a custom DB table, etc.
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GWG But, the higher level code doesn't know what is actually happening when it asks for actions to be performed.
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GWG So you can even have a setting to change storage and support both, theoretically
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jackjamieson Just looking it up now. Thanks for the suggestion. Yet more to learn :)
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GWG Me too
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GWG You know what happens when you stop learning
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jackjamieson My thoughts exactly
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GWG Someone I met at IWC Berlin is sending me PRs on Syndication Links, Indieweb, and Post Kinds...and I learned some things from reading them
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GWG jackjamieson: By the way, I fixed the Syndication Links problem at the airport on the way home
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GWG The Webmention update made Syndication Links think webmentions weren't installed, so it disabled all targets based on webmentions
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jackjamieson I saw! And today I syndicated my first tweet using Syndication Links instead of the old Bridgy plugin
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jackjamieson Ah, that makes sense. I was wondering what happened
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GWG I had a check.. if ( class_exists( 'Webmention_Plugin' ) ) load webmention syndication
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GWG It happens
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GWG I mean to redesign that feature one of these days anyway
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jackjamieson I've learned to appreciate the amount of coordination required across IndieWeb plugins. One of the challenges of being so modular
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GWG I tried to design it that way
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GWG And I keep rearranging the pieces
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GWG To find the best configuration
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GWG Rel-me used to be in Syndication Links
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GWG It moved to Indieweb
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GWG Bridgy merged into Syndication Links
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jackjamieson GWG The big limitation I've had doing mostly academic software development is that it's usually fairly self-contained, and I've developed some bad habits as a result. Seeing how the IndieWeb plugins work together has helped me understand modular design, which means (1) I'm writing better code now than I used to, (2) I can better understand how IndieWeb building blocks fit together, which is good
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jackjamieson for my dissertation
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GWG https://indieweb.org/principles
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GWG #8
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jackjamieson Exactly!
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