Source: Make WordPress: Design

For each new major WordPress release, a unique “About” page is created that showcases features from that release cycle. It’s a chance to provide an overall summary of what’s new. As a fairly self-contained project (in scope as well as time), the About page could offer an opportunity for design contributors to support the release…

This is the agenda for the weekly design chat meeting on Wednesday, 28th August 2019, 18:00 UTC. Housekeeping Updates 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…

I think Fridays are speeding up. It’s hard to believe another one is already here. Widgets to blocks Discussion around “element queries” is happening. The reason is because we’d like to show the mobile-web view of Gutenberg in the Customizer for the widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function.…

These are the weekly notes for the design meeting that happens on Wednesday’s. You can read the full transcript on our Slack channel and find the meeting’s agenda here. Housekeeping Areas to contribute recap @boemedia asked for a little update this week on ways you can contribute right now. There are a few ways you…

This is the agenda for the weekly design chat meeting on Wednesday, 21st August 2019, 18:00 UTC. Housekeeping Areas to contribute recap Updates 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…

Happy Friday, everyone! Gutenberg 6.3 was released! Among the many enhancements was the new Navigation Mode that loads by default when opening the Editor. The AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e.…

These are the weekly notes for the design meeting that happens on Wednesday’s. You can read the full transcript on our Slack channel and find the meeting’s agenda here. You can join the 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/ channel by following…

This is the agenda for the weekly design chat meeting on Wednesday, 14th August 2019, 18:00 UTC. Housekeeping Updates 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…

Along with a new editing experience, the Gutenberg project has created a growing library of UI components like buttons, menus, and text fields. Although these components were introduced with the Block Editor, they’re generic enough to be useful in various contexts outside of it.

Hey all! Now that we’re in the second half of the year, design reviews and feedback are extremely crucial to help keep development moving. Widgets to blocks Looking back on the list of issues that stemmed from a design review regarding the blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that,…