cdrmarks/book

Our book about WordPress. Version 1

Milestones: The Story of WordPress

Welcome to the online repository for our book on the history and development of WordPress. The book is currently in version 1, having been written by Siobhan McKeown, edited by Krista Stevens, and with helpful pull requests from members of the community.

Download a rough PDF of the book.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6

Feedback

The book is currently in a stable state. In one month’s time we will be producing final versions of the book for distribution. At this time we are interested in feedback from members of the community. The following feedback is particularly valuable:

• Factual errors: notes about factual errors are welcome. All suggestions for changes should be evidenced with links that back up any claims. Any facts that cannot be corroborated will not be included.
• Clarity: any paragraphs or sections that you feel are not clear. This would be of particular help in sections that are technical in nature.
• Omissions: anything that you feel has been omitted or not sufficiently covered. Note that this is a lengthy piece of writing and many issues have to be condensed to ensure that it is a manageable and interesting read. Suggestions about omissions should be accompanied with information about why it should be included, and backed up with evidence as to their importance.
• Images: if you have any images that you feel would complement the text, we'd love to have them.

All feedback should be opened as issues in the tracker.

The deadline for feedback is Monday 6th April.

Note: the interviews conducted as part of this project are available should you wish to reference anything or conduct your own research.

Do you haiku?

We would like each section of the book to open with a haiku. Therefore, we are looking for seven haiku - one for the opening of the book (that sums the whole thing up), and one for the opening of each section.

To add a haiku:

1. Create a fork of the repo
2. Add your haiku to the haiku file (if there is already one there, add it underneath. We'll decide which ones to choose when we finish the feedback round).
3. Submit a pull request.

Translations

When the book is ready for production and no more changes are expected, we would welcome translations. To translate the book, please create a sub-directory of the project, giving it the correct ISO639 code (for example, pt for Portuguese), and submit a pull request.

License

The content has two licenses:

• GPLv2
• Creative Commons Sharealike

Just like WordPress, you are free to read, share, distribute, and modify the content however you want, passing on those freedoms to everyone else. Cool!