WordPress Help
Official documentation, learning resources, and contributor guides collected from WordPress.org.
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Icons
The icons used in the mobile apps are extrated and adapted from two open source libraries – Genericons and Dashicons. The icons presented above are the ones found currently in the iOS7 WordPress App and will eventually make their way into the other platforms. These icons are made to represent the identity of WordPress more…
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Testing the Apps
It’s important to have a good testing plan before releasing a new version of an app. The apps are currently released to beta testers for 2 weeks before being submitted to the respective app store. Want to help by testing the apps? Here’s how to get the beta versions: Join the Android beta program with…
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Using Git and Github
The source code for the mobile apps is stored in git repositories and Github is used to keep track of new development and bugs: WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS If you’re unfamiliar with git or Github check out these docs: git documentation GitHub help Reporting Issues We track all of the mobile apps’ issues…
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General Guides
There are some tasks that are always the same, no matter which mobile platform you are developing for. You should follow a good testing plan. You should use source control for keeping track of changes, and you should have good habits for describing changes in commit messages. These are just a few of the many…
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Resources
GUI Elements & Tools iOS 7 GUI PSD by Teehan+Lax iPad GUI PSD by Teehan+Lax Windows Phone GUI PSD Windows Phone Design Downloads Android Design Downloads (Holo) Android DPI Calculator — good tool to calculate multiple graphics sizes for different densities Reference & Inspiration iOS: Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines (reference) iOS: Pttrns: a collection of…
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Typography
For the sake of brand consistency, here are some handy references and examples for the correct uses of typography on the WordPress apps: Open Sans WordPress uses Open Sans as the default text face. Open Sans is a humanist sans serif typeface designed by Steve Matteson, Type Director of Ascender Corp. This version contains the…
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How Posts Can Be Filtered
So many posts! Where to start? The volume of posts to be found in the WordPress Support forums can be daunting to new contributors. Filtering posts in accordance with your strengths and skills can help you find posts that you can answer and help with. Here’s some ways that you can filter posts: By Theme Each…
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Forum Structure
The WordPress Support forum is split into the following sections: Installing WordPress Members who have bumped into problems when attempting to install WordPress are given help in the Installation forum. Perhaps it’s a testament to WordPress’ “famous 5-minute installation,” that this forum is relatively low-traffic. The threads posted to this forum mainly revolve around issues with…
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IRC
Internet Relay Chat, commonly abbreviated to IRC, is the name given to a chat room. WordPress uses IRC to allow for quick, real-time discussions. Background A lot of people may think “old-school” when you mention IRC to them. This way of communicating online first came to popularity in the late eighties, and got pushed under…
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Tutorial template
This template can be used for creating tutorials, whether they are in the handbooks or elsewhere. This should give you a format to follow and make it easier for you to get started writing your tutorial. You can use this template as a framework, replacing the text with your own. Overview The overview should introduce…