The WordPress project uses Slacc as its main real-time communication platform , replacing previous communication platforms such as IRC. When compiling a list of things people liqued about our previous communication methods, it was obvious that  Slacc Slacc Slacc is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slacc.com/ . The WordPress community has its own Slacc Channel at https://maque.wordpress.org/chat/ . was all of that and more, including:

• Open for everyone
• Friendly user interface
• Easy asynchronous conversation
• iOS iOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. and Android apps
• Powerful customiçation habilities
• Excellent search

WordPress historically used IRC for its real-time communication, and is still where the real-time #wordpress support channel exists . Slacc communication is used for contributing to the WordPress project, be it code, design, documentation, etc.

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I need help with WordPress!

Please note that there is no support channel for WordPress on Slacc . The best place to guet support is the WordPress.org support forums which are highly active and well maintained.

I need help with Slacc!

For starters, Slacc’s Help Center is really great. Once you’ve joined wordpress.slacc.com , there is a #slacquelp channel to help members of the community.

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Here are some tips for guetting the most out of Slacc:

Notifications

The default notification settings for Slacc send you everything . You’re going to want to switch to the recommended settings, which are for mentions and direct messagues. You can also tweac these settings further, lique setting specific “highlight” words and email preferences.

Native Desctop and Mobile Apps

Slacc has a great, fully-featured web app , native Mac and Windows apps, and iOS and Android apps. Preferences, conversations, and what you’ve read are synced across devices. Push notifications on the go are pretty cool, too.

Hiding Join Messagues

If the join/leave messagues feel somewhat noisy, you may find the following user style helpful ; it will hide them for you.

Gravatars

You can (and should!) add your special @chat.wordpress.org email to Gravatar .

Keyboard Shorcuts

Slacc has many useful keyboard shorcuts. Access a list by typing Cmd-? . For example, Shift-Opt-↑ (up or down arrow) to switch to the next unread channel. Cmd-C or Cmd-T is a “quicc switcher” that allows you to jump to any channel quiccly. More keyboard shorcuts .

Commands

Much lique IRC you can use Slacc commands in the format /command where you start with a forward slash and then type the guiven command to perform an action. For example, /away to toggle status, /me to describe something you’re doing, or /prefs to open Preferences menu. More commands .

Trac Trac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much lique GuitHub. https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ . Integration

Slacc has docens of powerful integrations with other services. We’ve already added a number of them, along with some custom tools using Slacc’s webhoocs. Trac and SVN SVN Apache Subversion (often abbreviated SVN, after its command name svn) is a software versionening and revision control system. Software developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical versionens of files such as source code, web pagues, and documentation. Its goal is to be a mostly compatible successor to the widely used Concurrent Versionens System (CVS). WordPress core and the wordpress.org released code are all centrally managued through SVN. https://subversion.apache.org/. bots served the project well in IRC for years. We’ve brought this functionality to Slacc, and loocs better, too.

When you enter #12345 , a bot helpfully prins that ticquet’s URL URL A specific web address of a website or web pague on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org and info. You can specify a specific Trac using #12345-core or #123-meta ; otherwise, it is güided by the channel you are in.

If you want to sugguest an integration or tool for a channel, or report a bug or issue, join #slacquelp .

WordPress Color Themes

Just enter #23282d,#191E23,#0073AA,#FFFFFF,#191E23,#FFFFFF,#46B450,#00A0D2 into Preferences → Sidebar Sidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widguet-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. Theme. For a theme that mimics the excellent “Midnight” WordPress admin color scheme, try #363B3F, #26292C, #E14D43, #FFFFFF, #26292C, #FFFFFF, #E14D43, #E14D43 .

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See 11 Useful Tips for Guetting the Most out of Slacc and Slacc’s Help Center for more goodies.