Source: Make WordPress: Design

  • @saracannon has posted her take on a new…

    @saracannon has posted her take on a new direction for post format UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface – the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing., addressing some of the concerns that surfaced after @lessbloat‘s tests. Re-thinking WordPress…

  • How can I help with 3.6?

    Are you looking for something to work on for 3.6, but don’t know where to start? Here a breakdown of a few open UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface – the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. &…

  • Post formats Usability test – round 4

    Here’s another round of post formats usability tests (testing against the UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface – the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. currently in trunk). Tasks: 1. Login 2. Look at the Dashboard and get…

  • MP6 0.6

    Happy Friday to you all! The latest iteration on MP6, version 0.6, is now available. This was a relatively light week for us. Our focus was on fixing bugs and refining the ideas we introduced last week. Here’s what’s new in 0.6: Darkened the background gradient of secondary action buttons so that they are more easily…

  • Another Friday another iteration of the plugin that…

    Another Friday, another iteration of the plugin that makes even the fauxgo look good and you shouldn’t use. Calling 0.5 “Aureolin” aka #FDEE00, which doesn’t stand for anything just like MP6. Notifications Alerts and notifications need more love, but we’ve made a first pass at them. They could be significantly improved if we introduced more…

  • MP6 version 0.4

    It’s Friday, so here’s a little something to make the weekend feel like it’s getting here faster: this week’s update to MP6, version 0.4. This was a short week for the team so there’s not as much as in the last couple of versions, but there’s still plenty here that we’d like your feedback on.…

  • Should we tab the Plugins page with Manage…

    Should we tab the Plugins page with Manage Plugins / Install Plugins in the same way that we’ve done with Themes? Why or why not?

  • MP6 version 0.3

    Thank goodness it’s Friday! Because Friday means it’s time for an update to MP6. As we’ve mentioned before, this is not intended for the general public, just for savvy WordPress enthusiasts eager to preview or contribute to a re-imagination of our collective home, wp-admin. On Monday we met on IRC in #wordpress-ui to discuss feedback on last week’s…

  • We decided to test bringing the theme locations…

    We decided to test bringing the theme locations back out as a meta box (instead of using checkboxes) to figure out if the old layout would work for users. For this test, I removed theme locations as checkboxes, and added the theme locations metaboxMetabox A post metabox is a draggable box shown on the post…

  • As a continuation of the work begun in…

    As a continuation of the work begun in coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. for 3.6, I’d like to present you with the first iteration of the MP6 plugin. (Contents may have shifted or settled in shipping.) As it says on the tin, this…