These are the weekly notes for the design meeting that happens on Wednesdays. You can read the full transcript on our Slack channel and find the meeting’s agenda here. You can join the Slack channel by following the instructions in our handbook.
Housekeeping
We have an open call for note-takers and triage facilitators. These both are great ways to get involved for new contributors but everyone is welcome to help out. Let us know if you are interested in the comments.
Next: we are doing some cleanup of Figma users. If you don’t know, Figma is the main design tool that our team uses for WordPress design. Our policy is that we give View access to everyone who asks for access to the Figma files, and Edit access only to those that are actively contributing to a project. We have revoked edit rights to users that have been inactive in Figma for over 6 months (the system reports them automatically). If you need to upgrade your access because you will work on a specific project, let us know and we will gladly grant you edit access again.
Updates
@estelarisis working on adding new pages to the design Handbook.
@bluetriangle is working on a post editor grid layout block for custom blocks.
@melchoyce introduced the new theme on the Make blog.
@ibdz is working on a WP admin core design library in Figma.
@ZebulanStanPhill created a PR to provide an accessible way of displaying a summary for an accordion, to solve some longstanding accessibility issues. It needs a design review before merge.
Main topic
The Core CSS team proposed to reduce the colors in Core. @ryelle tells us they’ve developed a tool that can replace all the colors with whatever palette we define. There was a palette proposal a while back, the team decided to use that as a starting point and iterate where needed. If you want to help, reach out in the #core-css channel on Slack.
One more thing
On Friday sept 25, @joen and @noahrshrader will be doing a casual Show And Tell to go over work they’ve been doing. It’s slated for 13:00 UTC (15:00 CEST and 9:00 AM EDT.). Check the #design channel on Slack for details on how to join when the time nears. And next week there will be a ‘regular’ Show And Tell meeting during the Design Meeting timeslot!