Twenty Thirteen project update, March 4 2013

What we worked on last week

Lots of fixes and improvements went in ā€” thanks to everyone who reported and patched and tested.

Bigger items discussed:

1. Fixing the sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. (including discussion of dropping it completely). We decided to just swap primary and secondary sidebars for now. See #23644.
2. Remove fixed navbar for mobile ā€” yes, letā€™s remove it. See #23647.
3. Keep fixed navbar for desktop for now, but next step is to switch site title to menu there, try that out.

IRCIRC Internet Relay Chat, a network where users can have conversations online. IRC channels are used widely by open source projects, and by WordPress. The primary WordPress channels are #wordpress and #wordpress-dev, on irc.freenode.net. logs: Tue Feb 26 2013 | Thu Feb 28 2013

What weā€™re doing this week

More work on open tickets.

Big items to tackle next:

  • Post format support: #23619 #23620 #23621
  • Sidebar / footer clearing, still no perfect CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets.-only solution. JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. techniques are next. See #23557.
  • Gallery styles: portrait sized images, #23649 ā€” and caption styles, #23584.

Non-theme tickets that affect Twenty Thirteenā€™s progress:

  • #15080: Comment Form Should use HTML5 input types for better 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 ā€œdirect accessā€ (i.e. unassisted) and ā€œindirect accessā€ meaning compatibility with a personā€™s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility)
  • #15081: Search Form should use type=ā€™searchā€™
  • #20088: Improve wp_list_comments() comment markup

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