Next-Gen Events: Technical Check-in
In May, @angelasjin shared an exciting update about a new initiative for communities to embrace innovative formats to host WordPress events. This post highlights some of the technical changes and new features that we’ve added to support this pilot program. CompletedNew URL FormatAutomated Attendee SurveysAutomated Organizer SurveysIn Progress:New Events landing page on WordPress.orgWhat’s next?QuestionsDo we want to turn on the attendee/organizer surveys for all WordCamps?Looking past the events homepage, what are we thinking for next steps? Completed New URL Format Breaking away from the traditional //{city}.wordcamp.org/{year} URL format, we updated the WordCamp network to support the URL structure discussed in “Proposal: Next Generation Event URL“. This allows us to experiment on an isolated network so we can move quickly while limiting side effects to traditional WordCamps. The URL format for Next-Gen events is `events.wordpress.org/city(or country)/year/event-type`. We opted to not create a new post type and reused the wordcamp post type. We currently differentiate WordCamps and Next-Gen events strictly based on it’s site URL. WordCamps = //{city}.wordcamp.org/{year} Next-Gen events = //events.wordpress.org/city(or country)/year/event-type Eventually, we want to support recurring events and it still isn’t clear how this URL will support that. Tracking issue for recurring events. Automated Attendee Surveys We implemented an…
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