Source: Make WordPress: Design

  • How to participate in user research

    With user interviews for the sitebuilding study kicking off soon, lots of preparation is underway. (As a reminder, you can view the research plan here.) Here’s an update on where things stand right now, and how you can help. Sessions are being scheduled with approximately twenty users during between 12 December and 21 December. The…

  • WCUS contribution day details

    There will be a contribution day this upcoming at WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. US. @joshuawold and I are facilitating. If you…

  • Cancelled design meetings in December 2018

    Because of WCUS and holidays, some meetings coming up will be paused. 5/12: Design weekly meeting 10/12: Triage Week of 24th and 31st: all week meetings cancelled. Feel free to visit the design channel on 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/ anytime…

  • Benchmarking: Webflow

    Previous post: Sparkle The next site-building app I’m exploring is Webflow, which markets itself as a visual code tool for building and launching responsive websites. Seems like a good tool for us to look at for phase 2 of GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process…

  • Exploring sitebuilding via user research

    As phase 2 of 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/ begins to gear up, it’s time to do some exploratory…

  • Weekly design meeting notes of Wednesday November 28, 2018

    Howdy! Another great week, and another meeting in the #design team. Following are notes shared from the discussion. If you prefer the uncondensed  version of things, you can checkout the Slack log! Contributing at WordCamps Props to @folletto and @karmatosed (along with others who helped finesse the wording) for an update to the guide for…

  • Benchmarking: Sparkle

    In anticipation of 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/ phase two, which will focus on design and layout outside of…

  • Design meeting agenda for Wednesday 28 November 2018

    This week’s meeting will be at 19:00 UTC in 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/ #design. @joshuawold will be taking notes and I will be facilitating. Here are the suggested topics: Housekeeping: Contribution day format post. WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related…

  • Facilitating a contribution day for design handbook update

    As previously discussed in 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/ #design, @folletto and myself worked on a contribution day format suggestion. This was tested at WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where…

  • Design Table Facilitator Guidelines

    This page outlines a baseline format to run the Design Table during WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Contributor Days. It’s not meant…