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About WordPress 5.9
It’s about that time again: time to start creating the About page for WordPress 5.9. I took a first pass on the About page using some preliminary copy that’s loosely based on the script for the recent Introducing WordPress 5.9 video. Here’s a link to this draft as a Google doc — all are welcome to view, edit, or…
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Show and Tell for Nov. 2021
Our monthly show and tell meeting will take place on Zoom tomorrow, Wednesday November 16th at 18:00 UTC. A zoom link will be posted in the #design channel on the WordPress Slack. Learn how to join by following the instructions in the handbook. This months discussion will focus on the [ + ] button that appears throughout the WordPress…
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Background editor improvements
This post presents an analysis that Channing Ritter and I have made of the Cover and Image blocks and offers some ideas to improve the user workflow and streamline some of the basic operations, like cropping, image placements, and rotation. We’ll also offer an idea to integrate Fill modes into Cover blockBlock Block is the…
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Redesign of the Gutenberg Page
A while ago, myself and @kellychoffman started working on the redesign of the Gutenberg landing page on WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations…
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Site Editing iA concepts – Part 2
Last Week @kellychoffman and I shared some concepts that explored how we might introduce some of the powerful site editing features in the GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to…
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Show and Tell Oct 2021 Agenda
Our monthly show and tell takes place on Zoom tomorrow at 18:00 UTC. This monthly call is a chance for designers to share work, ask for feedback, and answer questions. All are welcome to join; A Zoom link will be shared in the #design channel on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/.…
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Site editing IA concepts: How to surface and access new features
Co-wrote (and designed) with @jameskoster. We are at a point in the GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ development where…
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Adventures in Block Theme Switching
A blue-sky exploration around what block theme switching might look like in a world of highly flexible themes that — in the true spirit of WordPress — can be hacked and cobbled together to your heart’s content.
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Moving to Bi-Weekly Meetings
We had our team meeting a few days ago (Oct 6) in #design on Slack. One of the topics was around the scheduling of our meetings. Currently, we do a weekly meeting with the last meeting of the month being on Zoom. One of the agenda items for our meeting was to discuss moving to…
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Agenda for Design Team Meeting, Oct 6, 2021
We’ll be having our weekly SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ meeting today at 18:00 UTC in the #design channel on the WordPress Slack. Learn how to join by following the instructions in the handbook. Agenda Discuss an alternate meeting schedule Bi-weekly…