-- Created at 24.11.2021 12:08 using David Grudl MySQL Dump Utility
-- MySQL Server: 10.3.31
-- Database: interyvo_fida

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CREATE TABLE `wp_actionscheduler_actions` (
  `action_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `hook` varchar(191) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `status` varchar(20) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `scheduled_date_gmt` datetime DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `scheduled_date_local` datetime DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `args` varchar(191) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  `schedule` longtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  `group_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  `attempts` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  `last_attempt_gmt` datetime DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `last_attempt_local` datetime DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `claim_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  `extended_args` varchar(8000) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`action_id`),
  KEY `hook` (`hook`),
  KEY `status` (`status`),
  KEY `scheduled_date_gmt` (`scheduled_date_gmt`),
  KEY `args` (`args`),
  KEY `group_id` (`group_id`),
  KEY `last_attempt_gmt` (`last_attempt_gmt`),
  KEY `claim_id` (`claim_id`),
  KEY `claim_id_status_scheduled_date_gmt` (`claim_id`,`status`,`scheduled_date_gmt`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=9 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;

INSERT INTO `wp_actionscheduler_actions` (`action_id`, `hook`, `status`, `scheduled_date_gmt`, `scheduled_date_local`, `args`, `schedule`, `group_id`, `attempts`, `last_attempt_gmt`, `last_attempt_local`, `claim_id`, `extended_args`) VALUES
(8,	'action_scheduler/migration_hook',	'complete',	'2021-11-24 12:05:41',	'2021-11-24 12:05:41',	'[]',	'O:30:\"ActionScheduler_SimpleSchedule\":2:{s:22:\"\0*\0scheduled_timestamp\";i:1637755541;s:41:\"\0ActionScheduler_SimpleSchedule\0timestamp\";i:1637755541;}',	1,	1,	'2021-11-24 12:06:04',	'2021-11-24 12:06:04',	0,	NULL);


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CREATE TABLE `wp_actionscheduler_claims` (
  `claim_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `date_created_gmt` datetime DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  PRIMARY KEY (`claim_id`),
  KEY `date_created_gmt` (`date_created_gmt`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=7 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_actionscheduler_groups` (
  `group_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `slug` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`group_id`),
  KEY `slug` (`slug`(191))
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=2 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;

INSERT INTO `wp_actionscheduler_groups` (`group_id`, `slug`) VALUES
(1,	'action-scheduler-migration');


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CREATE TABLE `wp_actionscheduler_logs` (
  `log_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `action_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
  `message` text COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `log_date_gmt` datetime DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `log_date_local` datetime DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  PRIMARY KEY (`log_id`),
  KEY `action_id` (`action_id`),
  KEY `log_date_gmt` (`log_date_gmt`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=4 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;

INSERT INTO `wp_actionscheduler_logs` (`log_id`, `action_id`, `message`, `log_date_gmt`, `log_date_local`) VALUES
(1,	8,	'action created',	'2021-11-24 12:04:41',	'2021-11-24 12:04:41'),
(2,	8,	'action started via WP Cron',	'2021-11-24 12:06:04',	'2021-11-24 12:06:04'),
(3,	8,	'action complete via WP Cron',	'2021-11-24 12:06:04',	'2021-11-24 12:06:04');


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CREATE TABLE `wp_cff_facebook_feed_locator` (
  `id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `feed_id` varchar(50) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `post_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
  `html_location` varchar(50) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'unknown',
  `shortcode_atts` longtext NOT NULL,
  `last_update` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  KEY `feed_id` (`feed_id`),
  KEY `post_id` (`post_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_cff_feed_caches` (
  `id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `feed_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
  `cache_key` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `cache_value` longtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `cron_update` varchar(20) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT 'yes',
  `last_updated` datetime NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  KEY `feed_id` (`feed_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_cff_feeds` (
  `id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `feed_name` text COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `feed_title` text COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `settings` longtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `author` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
  `status` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `last_modified` datetime NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  KEY `author` (`author`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_cff_sources` (
  `id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `account_id` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `account_type` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `privilege` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `access_token` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `username` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `info` text COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `error` text COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `expires` datetime NOT NULL,
  `last_updated` datetime NOT NULL,
  `author` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  KEY `account_type` (`account_type`(191)),
  KEY `author` (`author`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_commentmeta` (
  `meta_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `comment_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  `meta_key` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  `meta_value` longtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`meta_id`),
  KEY `comment_id` (`comment_id`),
  KEY `meta_key` (`meta_key`(191))
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_comments` (
  `comment_ID` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `comment_post_ID` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  `comment_author` tinytext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `comment_author_email` varchar(100) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `comment_author_url` varchar(200) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `comment_author_IP` varchar(100) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `comment_date` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `comment_date_gmt` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `comment_content` text COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `comment_karma` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  `comment_approved` varchar(20) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
  `comment_agent` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `comment_type` varchar(20) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT 'comment',
  `comment_parent` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  `user_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  PRIMARY KEY (`comment_ID`),
  KEY `comment_post_ID` (`comment_post_ID`),
  KEY `comment_approved_date_gmt` (`comment_approved`,`comment_date_gmt`),
  KEY `comment_date_gmt` (`comment_date_gmt`),
  KEY `comment_parent` (`comment_parent`),
  KEY `comment_author_email` (`comment_author_email`(10)),
  KEY `woo_idx_comment_type` (`comment_type`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=2 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;

INSERT INTO `wp_comments` (`comment_ID`, `comment_post_ID`, `comment_author`, `comment_author_email`, `comment_author_url`, `comment_author_IP`, `comment_date`, `comment_date_gmt`, `comment_content`, `comment_karma`, `comment_approved`, `comment_agent`, `comment_type`, `comment_parent`, `user_id`) VALUES
(1,	1,	'A WordPress Commenter',	'wapuu@wordpress.example',	'https://wordpress.org/',	'',	'2021-11-24 11:54:03',	'2021-11-24 11:54:03',	'Hi, this is a comment.\nTo get started with moderating, editing, and deleting comments, please visit the Comments screen in the dashboard.\nCommenter avatars come from <a href=\"https://gravatar.com\">Gravatar</a>.',	0,	'1',	'',	'comment',	0,	0);


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CREATE TABLE `wp_ctf_feed_locator` (
  `id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `feed_id` varchar(50) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `post_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
  `html_location` varchar(50) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'unknown',
  `shortcode_atts` longtext NOT NULL,
  `last_update` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  KEY `feed_id` (`feed_id`),
  KEY `post_id` (`post_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_e_submissions` (
  `id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `type` varchar(60) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  `hash_id` varchar(60) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `main_meta_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL COMMENT 'Id of main field. to represent the main meta field',
  `post_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
  `referer` varchar(500) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `referer_title` varchar(300) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  `element_id` varchar(20) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `form_name` varchar(60) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `campaign_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
  `user_id` bigint(20) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
  `user_ip` varchar(46) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `user_agent` text COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `actions_count` int(11) DEFAULT 0,
  `actions_succeeded_count` int(11) DEFAULT 0,
  `status` varchar(20) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `is_read` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  `meta` text COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  `created_at_gmt` datetime NOT NULL,
  `updated_at_gmt` datetime NOT NULL,
  `created_at` datetime NOT NULL,
  `updated_at` datetime NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  UNIQUE KEY `hash_id_unique_index` (`hash_id`),
  KEY `main_meta_id_index` (`main_meta_id`),
  KEY `hash_id_index` (`hash_id`),
  KEY `type_index` (`type`),
  KEY `post_id_index` (`post_id`),
  KEY `element_id_index` (`element_id`),
  KEY `campaign_id_index` (`campaign_id`),
  KEY `user_id_index` (`user_id`),
  KEY `user_ip_index` (`user_ip`),
  KEY `status_index` (`status`),
  KEY `is_read_index` (`is_read`),
  KEY `created_at_gmt_index` (`created_at_gmt`),
  KEY `updated_at_gmt_index` (`updated_at_gmt`),
  KEY `created_at_index` (`created_at`),
  KEY `updated_at_index` (`updated_at`),
  KEY `referer_index` (`referer`(191)),
  KEY `referer_title_index` (`referer_title`(191))
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_e_submissions_actions_log` (
  `id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `submission_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
  `action_name` varchar(60) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `action_label` varchar(60) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  `status` varchar(20) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `log` text COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  `created_at_gmt` datetime NOT NULL,
  `updated_at_gmt` datetime NOT NULL,
  `created_at` datetime NOT NULL,
  `updated_at` datetime NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  KEY `submission_id_index` (`submission_id`),
  KEY `action_name_index` (`action_name`),
  KEY `status_index` (`status`),
  KEY `created_at_gmt_index` (`created_at_gmt`),
  KEY `updated_at_gmt_index` (`updated_at_gmt`),
  KEY `created_at_index` (`created_at`),
  KEY `updated_at_index` (`updated_at`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_e_submissions_values` (
  `id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `submission_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  `key` varchar(60) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  `value` longtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  KEY `submission_id_index` (`submission_id`),
  KEY `key_index` (`key`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_give_commentmeta` (
  `meta_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `give_comment_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL,
  `meta_key` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  `meta_value` longtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`meta_id`),
  KEY `give_comment_id` (`give_comment_id`),
  KEY `meta_key` (`meta_key`(191))
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_give_comments` (
  `comment_ID` bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `user_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL,
  `comment_content` longtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `comment_parent` mediumtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `comment_type` mediumtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `comment_date` datetime NOT NULL,
  `comment_date_gmt` datetime NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`comment_ID`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_give_donationmeta` (
  `meta_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `donation_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL,
  `meta_key` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  `meta_value` longtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`meta_id`),
  KEY `donation_id` (`donation_id`),
  KEY `meta_key` (`meta_key`(191))
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_give_donormeta` (
  `meta_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `donor_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL,
  `meta_key` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  `meta_value` longtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`meta_id`),
  KEY `donor_id` (`donor_id`),
  KEY `meta_key` (`meta_key`(191))
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_give_donors` (
  `id` bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `user_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL,
  `email` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `name` mediumtext NOT NULL,
  `purchase_value` mediumtext NOT NULL,
  `purchase_count` bigint(20) NOT NULL,
  `payment_ids` longtext NOT NULL,
  `date_created` datetime NOT NULL,
  `token` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `verify_key` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `verify_throttle` datetime NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  UNIQUE KEY `email` (`email`),
  KEY `user` (`user_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_give_formmeta` (
  `meta_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `form_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL,
  `meta_key` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  `meta_value` longtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`meta_id`),
  KEY `form_id` (`form_id`),
  KEY `meta_key` (`meta_key`(191))
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_give_log` (
  `id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `log_type` varchar(16) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `data` text COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `category` varchar(64) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `source` varchar(64) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `date` datetime NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  KEY `log_type` (`log_type`),
  KEY `category` (`category`),
  KEY `source` (`source`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_give_migrations` (
  `id` varchar(180) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `status` varchar(16) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `error` text COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  `last_run` datetime NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;

INSERT INTO `wp_give_migrations` (`id`, `status`, `error`, `last_run`) VALUES
('create_migrations_table',	'success',	'',	'2021-11-24 07:03:15'),
('create_revenue_table',	'success',	'',	'2021-11-24 07:03:15'),
('remove_revenue_foreign_keys',	'success',	'',	'2021-11-24 07:03:19'),
('set-form-donation-levels-to-strings',	'success',	'',	'2021-11-24 07:03:19'),
('set_paypal_standard_id_to_paypal_from_paypal_standard',	'success',	'',	'2021-11-24 07:03:19'),
('create_new_log_table',	'success',	'',	'2021-11-24 07:03:19'),
('delete_old_log_tables',	'success',	'',	'2021-11-24 07:03:19'),
('remove-paypal-ipn-verification-setting',	'success',	'',	'2021-11-24 07:03:19'),
('migrate_completed_migrations',	'success',	'',	'2021-11-24 07:03:19');


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CREATE TABLE `wp_give_revenue` (
  `id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `donation_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
  `form_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
  `amount` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_give_sequential_ordering` (
  `id` bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `payment_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_give_sessions` (
  `session_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `session_key` char(32) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `session_value` longtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `session_expiry` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`session_key`),
  UNIQUE KEY `session_id` (`session_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_links` (
  `link_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `link_url` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `link_name` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `link_image` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `link_target` varchar(25) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `link_description` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `link_visible` varchar(20) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Y',
  `link_owner` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
  `link_rating` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  `link_updated` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `link_rel` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `link_notes` mediumtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `link_rss` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  PRIMARY KEY (`link_id`),
  KEY `link_visible` (`link_visible`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;



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CREATE TABLE `wp_newsletter` (
  `name` varchar(100) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `email` varchar(100) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `token` varchar(50) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `language` varchar(10) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `status` varchar(1) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT 'S',
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `profile` mediumtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  `created` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT current_timestamp(),
  `updated` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  `last_activity` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  `followup_step` tinyint(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  `followup_time` bigint(20) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  `followup` tinyint(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  `surname` varchar(100) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `sex` char(1) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT 'n',
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  `user_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  `status` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
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(3,	'blogname',	'FIDA',	'yes'),
(4,	'blogdescription',	'Just another WordPress site',	'yes'),
(5,	'users_can_register',	'0',	'yes'),
(6,	'admin_email',	'mamboafricake@gmail.com',	'yes'),
(7,	'start_of_week',	'1',	'yes'),
(8,	'use_balanceTags',	'0',	'yes'),
(9,	'use_smilies',	'1',	'yes'),
(10,	'require_name_email',	'1',	'yes'),
(11,	'comments_notify',	'1',	'yes'),
(12,	'posts_per_rss',	'10',	'yes'),
(13,	'rss_use_excerpt',	'0',	'yes'),
(14,	'mailserver_url',	'mail.example.com',	'yes'),
(15,	'mailserver_login',	'login@example.com',	'yes'),
(16,	'mailserver_pass',	'password',	'yes'),
(17,	'mailserver_port',	'110',	'yes'),
(18,	'default_category',	'1',	'yes'),
(19,	'default_comment_status',	'open',	'yes'),
(20,	'default_ping_status',	'open',	'yes'),
(21,	'default_pingback_flag',	'0',	'yes'),
(22,	'posts_per_page',	'10',	'yes'),
(23,	'date_format',	'F j, Y',	'yes'),
(24,	'time_format',	'g:i a',	'yes'),
(25,	'links_updated_date_format',	'F j, Y g:i a',	'yes'),
(26,	'comment_moderation',	'0',	'yes'),
(27,	'moderation_notify',	'1',	'yes'),
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(30,	'hack_file',	'0',	'yes'),
(31,	'blog_charset',	'UTF-8',	'yes'),
(32,	'moderation_keys',	'',	'no'),
(33,	'active_plugins',	'a:19:{i:0;s:56:\"advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome/acf-font-awesome.php\";i:1;s:34:\"advanced-custom-fields-pro/acf.php\";i:2;s:30:\"advanced-custom-fields/acf.php\";i:3;s:29:\"bears-backup/bears-backup.php\";i:4;s:41:\"bearsthemes-addons/bearsthemes-addons.php\";i:5;s:45:\"custom-facebook-feed/custom-facebook-feed.php\";i:6;s:44:\"custom-twitter-feeds/custom-twitter-feed.php\";i:7;s:31:\"elementor-pro/elementor-pro.php\";i:8;s:23:\"elementor/elementor.php\";i:9;s:13:\"give/give.php\";i:10;s:33:\"instagram-feed/instagram-feed.php\";i:11;s:15:\"kirki/kirki.php\";i:12;s:21:\"newsletter/plugin.php\";i:13;s:23:\"revslider/revslider.php\";i:14;s:19:\"sermone/sermone.php\";i:15;s:43:\"the-events-calendar/the-events-calendar.php\";i:16;s:21:\"ubermenu/ubermenu.php\";i:17;s:27:\"woocommerce/woocommerce.php\";i:18;s:24:\"wordpress-seo/wp-seo.php\";}',	'yes'),
(34,	'category_base',	'',	'yes'),
(35,	'ping_sites',	'http://rpc.pingomatic.com/',	'yes'),
(36,	'comment_max_links',	'2',	'yes'),
(37,	'gmt_offset',	'0',	'yes'),
(38,	'default_email_category',	'1',	'yes'),
(39,	'recently_edited',	'',	'no'),
(40,	'template',	'fida',	'yes'),
(41,	'stylesheet',	'fida',	'yes'),
(42,	'comment_registration',	'0',	'yes'),
(43,	'html_type',	'text/html',	'yes'),
(44,	'use_trackback',	'0',	'yes'),
(45,	'default_role',	'subscriber',	'yes'),
(46,	'db_version',	'49752',	'yes'),
(47,	'uploads_use_yearmonth_folders',	'1',	'yes'),
(48,	'upload_path',	'',	'yes'),
(49,	'blog_public',	'0',	'yes'),
(50,	'default_link_category',	'2',	'yes'),
(51,	'show_on_front',	'posts',	'yes'),
(52,	'tag_base',	'',	'yes'),
(53,	'show_avatars',	'1',	'yes'),
(54,	'avatar_rating',	'G',	'yes'),
(55,	'upload_url_path',	'',	'yes'),
(56,	'thumbnail_size_w',	'150',	'yes'),
(57,	'thumbnail_size_h',	'150',	'yes'),
(58,	'thumbnail_crop',	'1',	'yes'),
(59,	'medium_size_w',	'300',	'yes'),
(60,	'medium_size_h',	'300',	'yes'),
(61,	'avatar_default',	'mystery',	'yes'),
(62,	'large_size_w',	'1024',	'yes'),
(63,	'large_size_h',	'1024',	'yes'),
(64,	'image_default_link_type',	'none',	'yes'),
(65,	'image_default_size',	'',	'yes'),
(66,	'image_default_align',	'',	'yes'),
(67,	'close_comments_for_old_posts',	'0',	'yes'),
(68,	'close_comments_days_old',	'14',	'yes'),
(69,	'thread_comments',	'1',	'yes'),
(70,	'thread_comments_depth',	'5',	'yes'),
(71,	'page_comments',	'0',	'yes'),
(72,	'comments_per_page',	'50',	'yes'),
(73,	'default_comments_page',	'newest',	'yes'),
(74,	'comment_order',	'asc',	'yes'),
(75,	'sticky_posts',	'a:0:{}',	'yes'),
(76,	'widget_categories',	'a:2:{i:2;a:4:{s:5:\"title\";s:0:\"\";s:5:\"count\";i:0;s:12:\"hierarchical\";i:0;s:8:\"dropdown\";i:0;}s:12:\"_multiwidget\";i:1;}',	'yes'),
(77,	'widget_text',	'a:0:{}',	'yes'),
(78,	'widget_rss',	'a:0:{}',	'yes'),
(79,	'uninstall_plugins',	'a:3:{s:23:\"elementor/elementor.php\";a:2:{i:0;s:21:\"Elementor\\Maintenance\";i:1;s:9:\"uninstall\";}s:45:\"custom-facebook-feed/custom-facebook-feed.php\";a:2:{i:0;s:39:\"CustomFacebookFeed\\Custom_Facebook_Feed\";i:1;s:13:\"cff_uninstall\";}s:33:\"instagram-feed/instagram-feed.php\";s:22:\"sb_instagram_uninstall\";}',	'no'),
(80,	'timezone_string',	'',	'yes'),
(81,	'page_for_posts',	'0',	'yes'),
(82,	'page_on_front',	'0',	'yes'),
(83,	'default_post_format',	'0',	'yes'),
(84,	'link_manager_enabled',	'0',	'yes'),
(85,	'finished_splitting_shared_terms',	'1',	'yes'),
(86,	'site_icon',	'0',	'yes'),
(87,	'medium_large_size_w',	'768',	'yes'),
(88,	'medium_large_size_h',	'0',	'yes'),
(89,	'wp_page_for_privacy_policy',	'3',	'yes'),
(90,	'show_comments_cookies_opt_in',	'1',	'yes'),
(91,	'admin_email_lifespan',	'1653306843',	'yes'),
(92,	'disallowed_keys',	'',	'no'),
(93,	'comment_previously_approved',	'1',	'yes'),
(94,	'auto_plugin_theme_update_emails',	'a:0:{}',	'no'),
(95,	'auto_update_core_dev',	'enabled',	'yes'),
(96,	'auto_update_core_minor',	'enabled',	'yes'),
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And also assuming that cost is always the determining factor.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>03:19</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the final fairly dangerous assumption that we&#8217;re making there is that we allow ourselves the ability to mark the digital divide is fixed in our minds. Once we get enough access to everyone, we&#8217;re just done. There is no more divide. But as a way of illustration, if you think about access, not in the context of technology, like high technology, digital technology, and in the context of like writing, you probably own a writing utensil, and you probably have access to paper of some sort, which is great. But just because you have like a pencil and a piece of paper doesn&#8217;t mean that I can send you home right now &#8211; I guess most of you are listening at home.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>04:07</p>\n\n\n\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t mean that I can send you to your desk right now. And consider you prepared to write a best-selling novel, right? Because giving you physical tools no more makes you a novelist than handing me a computer when I was a teen made me digitally literate.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>04:24</p>\n\n\n\n<p>So let&#8217;s talk about what it takes to be digitally literate. I&#8217;ve lumped the following skills into three groups. It&#8217;s broadly defined as 21st-century skills, but the groups that I have them in is not a comprehensive list of those 21st-century skills.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>04:41</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first group that is a large component of digital literacy is critical thinking skills. So computational thinking and problem-solving. That particular one is not new, exactly. But the computational thinking part certainly is. 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And the third area of digital literacy that I find to be vitally important is the ethics of licenses both around use and access. So again, things like copyright vs. Copy, copyleft. And specifically for WordPress, that means understanding things like the Creative Commons licenses, GPL, MIT, but then also copyright is its own complicated question unto itself. But the other things that show up for us for WordPress that show up for us with technology are also things like open access versus proprietary information and sources. And things like plagiarism versus sampling.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>07:33</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And our third big bucket, which has become increasingly complex, but the third big bucket for digital literacy to my mind is actually considered something that I call life skills. So things like self-direction, knowing what you want to do next, and how to get it done. 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And that&#8217;s because of this last part of the life skills section, which is digital citizenship.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>08:54</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital citizenship generally is the second week of October 2 or the third week of October. And it&#8217;s one of my favorite weeks because it is something that comes up all the time in our ecosystem. It comes up all the time and open source in general, but certainly for WordPress. So those are our three big buckets of digital literacy, a subset of 21st-century skills as a whole.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>09:22</p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s a lot of stuff, I know. And it&#8217;s also really hard to figure out how you can learn any of those skills, and from my experience, I really believe that WordPress as an open source project can help people learn those things.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>09:43</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once upon a time, ages and ages ago, my mother told me that in order for me to become a better writer, I would have to read and in order to become a better communicator, it would probably help if I spent a little bit more time writing, and I have always felt that the same must be true for all the things that we learn, you find a positive example and study it to become better. Or, depending on what you&#8217;re learning and how you&#8217;re trying to learn it, you find a passive example of something that you want to be able to do better from an active standpoint and participate in that so that your active production of the other part is better.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>10:24</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few parts of the WordPress project and WordPress itself that can help with this.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>10:31</p>\n\n\n\n<p>So there are first a few really specific teams; if you&#8217;re contributing to a team like Themes, or Plugins, or Core, the three areas of those digital literacy skills that you have an opportunity to learn there. For critical thinking, you&#8217;re going to run into problem-solving and computational thinking. You’re also going to run into distributed collaboration, which was really important as just a concept when I first wrote this talk. And now it is currently really important as a reality because we have a bunch of companies that are going to either remote work or partially distributed or fully distributed. And that&#8217;s the way that WordPress has worked for a pretty long time.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>11:19</p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I&#8217;ve always felt like it was important because it was important to WordPress, but it&#8217;s also becoming increasingly an important part of just how to exist in the world at the moment. For those three teams, the things that you can really tap into and practice for the life skill section are digital literacy, nope, digital citizenship, self-direction, and time management obviously comes up in any open source project because you are volunteering your time and it is up to you to kind of decide how much you can commit or not various other parts of time management and directing one&#8217;s own project. Now, but you also get the opportunity to test and practice your cross-cultural communication, social communication and learning what it means to collaborate across cultures in that way.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>12:15</p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the digital literacy side, you also get a little bit of that information evaluation and synthesis for what it&#8217;s worth. And then obviously get to learn more about the ethics of various types of licenses and how use and access relate to those things.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>12:35</p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also have a team or two; these are not really teams or twos. These are things that you can do that are either solo activities or group activities. One is working or checking out the support forums, and the other is blogging. 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And then, of course, research, which I didn&#8217;t really bring up in any of those groupings for digital literacy, is certainly a very important part of it.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>13:49</p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the digital literacy grouping of skills related to digital literacy, you get to work on evaluating information and, depending on how complicated an answer might be. You can also get that opportunity to practice synthesizing complex information and research, a digital literacy skill. And then, once people have responded to a topic you&#8217;ve answered, you also get to tap into that life skill section. You get to be you get the opportunity to practice digital citizenship related to synchronous or asynchronous conversation. You also get to see more about how cross-cultural communication and collaboration works and social communication across those various boundaries that naturally show up when we&#8217;re working across cultures that way. And as I mentioned previously, information synthesis, as well.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>14:53</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second one that I have mentioned can be like a solo effort or a group effort, depending on what you do. Blogging, for most people who use WordPress, is probably the most common application of how WordPress can help you do stuff. So I often see it as the most relevant and the most immediately accessible to anyone. But you know, you got to meet people where they are. So, I would strongly believe that this is our best way to help people learn these things.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>15:30</p>\n\n\n\n<p>So blogging for the critical thinking sorts of things, you have an opportunity to practice communication across mediums. 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And she suggested that writing every day would help me tap into this big thing about communication and working with other people collaboration, all of that. And as an adult on the other side of it. Like, I thought she was super wrong when I was younger, because don&#8217;t we all think our parents are wrong when we&#8217;re younger. But as an adult on the other side of it, not only was that an opportunity for me to literally learn how to communicate better. But it also, when I look at it, gave me access to opportunities to practice all sorts of 21st-century skills and digital literacy skills in an environment that was relatively safe. And so, I am a big proponent of this particular one.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>19:26</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another team that helps us tap into and practice a lot of our digital literacy skills is the Documentation team. I recommend that you let this be a supervised activity if you&#8217;re doing this with students because, you know, it&#8217;s a wiki. You can put weird things in there on accident or just inaccurate things. So for critical thinking, the primary skill that you&#8217;re going to be able to practice if you&#8217;re working on documentation is collaboration. You would think that it was also like information synthesis and information evaluation. But for a lot of the work that we&#8217;re doing, the documentation exists. And what we&#8217;re looking at is trying to figure out where it no longer matches what is currently in the CMS, or currently in the project or currently in the team, whatever it is that you&#8217;re working on at that moment. And so, it&#8217;s a strong collaborative effort in the WordPress project. You have to have done the general work to figure out what needs to be changed in the documentation. But a lot of times, you need to figure out who has access to make the changes, what has prevented us from making changes in the past, and things like that. And so I say, collaboration is the only one to learn and critical thinking, but it&#8217;s actually a really big one and can take a fair amount of effort in this particular context.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>20:49</p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the digital literacy aspect, of course, there is evaluating information. But this particular type of information evaluation is a little different for documentation. And this actually is true for the Documentation team, for the Training team, and also for the new Learn team. This question is true for all of them. There is a huge difference between presentation versus application of information. The way you present information for people who already know it and just need confirmation of something or are using it for reference material is really different from when people are looking at a piece of documentation that should be telling them how to accomplish something. And they try to apply it either to their own processes at the moment or apply it to teaching other people. 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The Community team will remain pivotal to so many things that we do now. But now that we have really awakened the Learn team and re-enlivened that Training team, this will shift a little over time. But yes, so that grain of salt that depending on when you listen to this, if you listen to it in 2050, maybe it&#8217;s not accurate anymore. Hopefully, most of what I say is not accurate in 2050. But you know, still.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>23:27</p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Anyway! Critical thinking that&#8217;s where we were. So the critical thinking group of skills inside the Community team, you are going to have an opportunity to practice problem-solving. And frequently also procedural thinking, depending on what you&#8217;re working on in that team. Multimedia communication is absolutely true. And that&#8217;s true, whether you contribute to the team itself and make sure that the team is functioning and doing their basic tasks. 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But, you know, come back to it in the future, and say, that was all really excellent information to know at the moment. And we did do those things. And now, WordPress has proven that open source contribution and collaboration can teach all of the necessary 21st-century skills that anyone would need to survive in the world. And we did do it, that would be really cool. But I don&#8217;t think that that&#8217;s where we&#8217;re headed. Not because I don&#8217;t think people believe in what I&#8217;m saying or care about what I&#8217;m saying. But because it&#8217;s very easy to kind of let these things go at some point.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Josepha Haden Chomphosy&nbsp; </strong>27:20</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if you at some point, were proficient in all of what is considered 21st-century skills, sometimes our skills don&#8217;t get used very much. And so we lose track of them. And we don&#8217;t know, or we don&#8217;t know how to teach them to other people and various ways to do that. 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Como existiam poucos sites em português que ensinavam programação, criei vários sites que ensinavam outras pessoas a criarem sites e adicionar pequenas funcionalidades neles (como contadores, áreas de login, textos piscando, …). Nesta época, também cheguei a criar meu próprio gerenciador de conteúdo, que aceitava o envio de conteúdo por colaboradores através de um formulário e fazia a publicação automaticamente todos os dias em um determinado horário (com um contador no site avisando quando seria a próxima atualização). Isto pode parecer bem trivial hoje em dia, mas naquele tempo ainda não era nada comum. Esta foi uma época bem divertida, onde passei várias madrugadas aprendendo coisas novas e conversando com outras pessoas que tinham o mesmo interesse no IRC, na falecida rede Brasnet. Se você ficou curioso para saber sobre essa época, veja a <a href=\"https://belohorizonte.wordcamp.org/2016/daniel-kossmann-ferraz-automacao/\">entrevista que o WordCamp Belo Horizonte 2016 fez comigo</a>.</p>\n<h2>Primeiros contatos com o WordPress</h2>\n<p>Quando chegou a hora de escolher um curso superior, não tinha dúvidas que seria algo relacionado à computação. Então entrei no curso de Ciência da Computação na Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Durante a faculdade, também queria experimentar outras áreas e decidi criar um blog para escrever críticas de filmes. Procurando por uma plataforma que fosse fácil de publicar textos para que eu não tivesse que me preocupar com códigos (já via isso todo dia no meu curso), descobri o WordPress. Não demorou muito e em 2009 criei meu primeiro blog público sobre cinema, que depois de um ano se transformou no <a href=\"https://www.interrogacao.com.br/\">interrogAção</a>, um portal cultural sobre cinema, literatura e quadrinhos, com colaboradores de várias cidades do Brasil. Assim como nos meus primeiros sites de tutoriais, e conversas do IRC, muitas dessas pessoas eu só conhecia virtualmente, mas tínhamos um contato intenso de troca de conhecimento.</p>\n<p>Apesar do meu foco estar mais voltado para criação e editoração de conteúdo, comecei a aprender mais sobre como funcionava a criação de temas e funcionalidades no WordPress para poder personalizar o site. Em uma dessas pesquisas, descobri que iria acontecer um evento só sobre o WP na minha cidade. Mesmo não sabendo ainda muito sobre o sistema, decidi me inscrever para poder aprender mais.</p>\n<h2>Primeiro contato com a comunidade</h2>\n<p>O evento era o <a href=\"https://curitiba.wordcamp.org/2010/\">WordCamp Curitiba 2010</a> e ainda lembro do quanto fiquei impressionado por ele ser tão barato (acho que foi R$60 ou menos), oferecer tantos brindes e ter lanches. Os outros eventos de tecnologia que havia participado sempre custaram mais que o dobro e não ofereciam nem metade dessas coisas.</p>\n<p>As palestras foram ótimas e todo mundo era sempre muito gentil e disponível. Fiquei tão empolgado com tudo, que prometi para mim mesmo que iria ajudar na próxima edição e também tentar palestrar nela. Como não conhecia ninguém no evento, defini como desafio pessoal falar com pelo menos três pessoas (eu era extremamente tímido). Duas delas acabaram se tornando amizades de longa data.</p>\n<p>No final do evento, descobri que haveria uma continuação chamada WordCana. 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Mesmo assim, foi uma importante experiência de superação, que me ajudou a continuar querendo melhorar minhas habilidades de falar em público em futuras palestras.</p>\n<h2>De usuário para empreendedor</h2>\n<p>Desde criança sonhava em abrir minha própria empresa e como gostava de criar sites, quando me formei em 2011, não tive muitas dúvidas sobre qual seria meu próximo passo: abrir uma empresa que desenvolve soluções para a internet. Chamei ela de Spirallab, por conta da minha paixão por espirais e pensando em torná-la um laboratório para projetos criativos. No início não defini muito um foco e trabalhei com vários sistemas e linguagens de programação diferentes. Aos poucos percebi que a manutenção dessas diferentes soluções estava ficando muito trabalhosa. Decidi que deveria utilizar apenas uma única plataforma e escolhi o WordPress, porque era fácil de ser utilizado pelo cliente e permitia a criação de diversos tipos de sites.</p>\n<p>Esta decisão me permitiu aprofundar muito mais no sistema, fazendo com que criasse soluções melhores e mais rápidas de entregar para meus clientes. Conforme o tempo foi passando, também aumentei as opções de serviços oferecidos em volta da plataforma: suporte, manutenção, hospedagem otimizada para WordPress (na época era extremamente difícil achar algo assim), cursos e consultorias. Isto permitiu uma diversificação maior de clientes. Também possibilitou uma especialização na plataforma, conhecendo todos os aspectos que a envolviam.</p>\n<p>Mesmo sendo uma empresa pequena (nunca passou de 4 pessoas), fiz questão de encontrar maneiras de contribuir com a comunidade do WordPress. Afinal, eu estava conseguindo sustentar o negócio sem precisar pagar nenhum centavo para utilizar a plataforma. Por isso ajudei a patrocinar vários WordCamps e meetups. Isso criava uma situação curiosa: o nome da Spirallab ficava ao lado de outros patrocinadores que tinham 10 ou 50 vezes o tamanho dela. Ficava então me perguntando porque não haviam mais empresas fazendo o mesmo. As cotas desses patrocínios iniciavam com um valor bem baixo (muitas vezes em R$250). Se formos considerar o faturamento de uma empresa que utiliza o WP como solução principal, acredito que este custo (ou investimento) poderia ser facilmente adicionado ao planejamento anual. Gostaria muito que mais empresas, independente do tamanho, fizessem isso.</p>\n<p>Além disso, palestrei em vários meetups e WordCamps, onde compartilhei o que havia aprendido no meu dia a dia. Sempre foi (e ainda é) uma satisfação muito grande poder fazer estas contribuições. Durante os eventos eu distribuía um adesivo da minha empresa que tinha a ilustração de um alquimista digital (uma espécie de mago moderno). Por conta disto, e do meu visual (cabelo comprido e barba), acabei ganhando o apelido de o Mago do WordPress.</p>\n<p>Oito anos depois da fundação da Spirallab, decidi encerrar as atividades da empresa e iniciei um novo capítulo na <a href=\"https://www.pipefy.com/\">Pipefy</a> em 2019, onde trabalho atualmente como coordenador de desenvolvimento WordPress.</p>\n<h2>O retorno da Comunidade de WordPress de Curitiba</h2>\n<p>Depois do WordCamp 2012, a Comunidade de Curitiba ficou inativa. Mas a vontade de continuar com os eventos continuou na minha cabeça. Demorei três anos para dar o primeiro passo. Então entrei em contato com outras pessoas da comunidade brasileira que tinha conhecido no WordCamp, para saber o que era necessário para voltar a fazer os encontros (também chamados de <i>meetups</i>) em Curitiba. Por coincidência, descobri que mais três pessoas estavam querendo fazer o mesmo e começamos a planejar o evento através do Slack (software de bate papo em texto). Em menos de um mês, organizamos o <a href=\"https://www.meetup.com/pt-BR/wpcuritiba/events/224130389/\">primeiro evento, no dia 5 de agosto de 2015</a>. O mais interessante foi que conseguimos fazer tudo isso virtualmente. Só no dia do evento que nós nos encontramos pessoalmente pela primeira vez.</p>\n<p>Pela velocidade que conseguimos organizar este evento, pode parecer que já tínhamos experiência neste tipo de organização, mas na verdade não tínhamos muita (ou nenhuma) experiência como organizadores. Por isso, a primeira coisa que nos perguntamos foi: o que seria legal ter, caso fossemos participantes? E duas coisas se destacaram: ter comida e ser divertido. Então pedimos comida (pizza, pela praticidade) e tentamos fazer algo mais divertido e sem formalidades. Não queríamos aqueles eventos onde quase ninguém fala com ninguém e depois da palestra todos vão embora como se estivessem fugindo de algo.</p>\n<p>Para que ninguém se sentisse perdido, no início do meetup fizemos uma breve apresentação com slides, explicando o que é o evento e como ele é organizado, pedindo para cada um se apresentar. Essa estrutura se manteve durante todos os próximos eventos. Aos poucos fomos fazendo vários experimentos. Desde uma seção onde todos podiam compartilhar uma notícia, dica de tema ou plugin, até um espaço para classificados, onde as pessoas poderiam dizer se procuravam ou ofereciam determinado serviço. Entre os organizadores, sempre combinamos previamente dicas para serem compartilhadas, de forma a estimular outras pessoas a participarem. 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Às vezes, conto a história do meu primeiro WordCamp, onde me desafiei a conversar com três pessoas desconhecidas.</p>\n<p>Hoje em dia, apesar de continuar sendo uma pessoa mais quieta, não sou mais tão tímido e consigo falar em público sem tanta dificuldade. Por conta desta superação pessoal, sempre que possível, incentivo outras pessoas a darem sua primeira palestra e também compartilho todas as dicas que utilizei (e ainda utilizo) para fazer melhores apresentações. Fico muito feliz quando vejo pessoas superando essas dificuldades e crescendo pessoalmente e profissionalmente. Apesar de ter mudado muita coisa, ainda utilizo como desafio pessoal fazer sempre algo para me tirar da zona de conforto em cada palestra (às vezes não tem o efeito esperado, mas pelo menos tenho mais uma história engraçada para contar).</p>\n<p>Já se passaram mais de seis anos desde o primeiro meetup (teve até um <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhYqoPaRsPo\">vídeo comemorativo</a>) e desde lá a comunidade de WordPress de Curitiba faz eventos mensalmente. Confesso que não é nada fácil manter essa consistência, mas é muito gratificante!</p>\n<h2>De desenvolvedor para criador de conteúdo sobre WordPress</h2>\n<p>Sempre gostei muito de ler newsletters sobre tecnologia, mas não havia nenhuma específica de WordPress no Brasil. Depois de muito contemplar (e procrastinar), decidi criar uma newsletter que priorizasse a divulgação de conteúdo em português. E, em 22 de junho de 2019, publiquei a edição zero do <a href=\"https://www.painelwp.com.br/\">PainelWP</a>. Desde lá, semanalmente procuro e divulgo as principais notícias, tutoriais, dicas, eventos e vagas de WordPress. Meu principal objetivo com a newsletter é inspirar mais pessoas a criarem conteúdo sobre WP em português.</p>\n<p>Como aprendo muito lendo tutoriais e artigos, também comecei a escrever regularmente este ano (2021) no <a href=\"https://www.danielkossmann.com/category/wordpress/\">meu blog conteúdo sobre WordPress</a>. Uma das publicações que estou fazendo por conta do PainelWP é escrever semanalmente sobre como utilizar <a href=\"https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/\">funções nativas em PHP do WordPress</a>, com exemplos de códigos. Escrever regularmente é bem desafiador, mas é muito gratificante e aprendo bastante. Recomendo a todos os profissionais que querem aprimorar seus conhecimentos, criar um blog e postar regularmente. Uma ideia é manter um registro do que você está aprendendo no blog.</p>\n<p>Além disso, tudo isso é publicado sob a <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.pt_BR\">licença Creative Commons BY-SA</a>, quase um equivalente do software livre para conteúdo. Escolhi esta licença pois facilita que o conteúdo seja compartilhado e utilizado, assim como o código fonte do WordPress.</p>\n<h2>A importância da comunidade de WordPress</h2>\n<p>Acredito que a grande vantagem e diferencial do WordPress, além dos inúmeros plugins e temas disponíveis, é a sua comunidade. Por ser uma plataforma aberta e facilitar a criação de sites, ele atrai pessoas com vários níveis técnicos e históricos muito diferentes. Esta diversificação ajuda a criar um espaço aberto para trocas, onde cada um tem algo diferente para ensinar.</p>\n<p>Isto cria uma conexão que se dá tanto online quanto presencialmente. É muito gratificante encontrar pessoas pessoalmente em eventos da comunidade. A partir desses encontros, fiz várias amizades duradouras. Estes contatos também me ajudaram bastante profissionalmente. Já recebi várias indicações para serviços a partir deles e também já indiquei várias pessoas.</p>\n<p>Uma dica importante que aprendi na comunidade de WordPress é: toda vez que estiver em uma roda de conversa durante os eventos, deixe um espaço livre para que uma nova pessoa possa se juntar à roda. Este formato também é chamado de <a href=\"https://ericholscher.com/blog/2017/aug/2/pacman-rule-conferences/\">regra do Pac-Man</a>.</p>\n<p>Se você ainda não faz parte da comunidade de WordPress, recomendo procurar um meetup na sua cidade (ou próximo dela) para participar. Também há várias comunidades fazendo encontros online agora, que são uma ótima oportunidade de trocar conhecimento com pessoas de outras cidades. 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In today&#8217;s episode, we will talk about Gutenberg 11.9, WordPress 5.9 coming up to a WordPress instance near you and then about navigation area block on Full-Site Editing and all the good things that come to WordPress.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m Birgit Pauli-Haack, curator of the Gutenberg Times and WordPress developer advocate. And today, I have two co-hosts. You all know Grzegorz Ziolkowski, JavaScript developer at Automattic and WordPress core contributor. And our surprise guest today is Riad Benguella, one of the lead developers on Gutenberg and also code wrangler at Automattic. I am delighted you are here with us Riad, thanks for joining us.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Grzegorz Ziolkowski</em>: Hi, Birgit. Thanks for having me. It&#8217;s an honor for me to join you and Grzegorz on the show, and help spread the Gutenberg love to the community.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Birgit Pauli-Haack</em>: Yeah, yeah. It&#8217;s good. Yeah. 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