KafleG 5:00 am on February 28, 2024
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Themes Team Meeting Notes – February 27, 2024

Howdy Mates, welcome to 2024!

The meeting notes are from the themes team discussion.

Attendees:

:one: Weekly updates

In the past 7 days,

  • 909 tickets were opened
  • 890 tickets were closed
    • 884 tickets were made live.
      • 9 new Themes were made live.
      • 875 Theme updates were made live.
      • 0 more were approved but are waiting to be made live.
    • 6tickets were not approved.
    • 0 tickets were closed-newer-version-uploaded.

Note: These stats include both the new theme tickets and updated theme tickets as well.

Number of reviewers: 4 (@acosmin, @kafleg, @fahimmurshed, @vowelweb)

The themes team published weekly updates about tickets and HelpScout emails. Here is the theme statistic for the past 7 days. The most current stats can be found here.

4 BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. theme is live in the last 7 days.

:two: 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. Asia 2024 Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/.

WordCamp Asia Contributor Day is happening on March 7, 2024 at Taipei, Taiwan. @onemaggie and @bijayyadav will be leading the themes table.

If you want to learn about WordPress block themes and want to contribute to the community themes project, please join the table.

You can check this blog post to learn more about the themes table.

:three: Contributor Mentorship program and community themes

There is a contributor mentorship program running and @onemaggie and @kafleg are mentoring the mentees and trying to onboard many contributors for the community themes project.

:four: WordPress 6.5, Font Library, and implementation in the themes

During the meeting @digambarpradhan asked a few questions,

  • Is there a plan to allow themes to use a font library?
  • Some issues regarding UXUX UX is an acronym for User Experience - the way the user uses the UI. Think ‘what they are doing’ and less about how they do it. if the font library isn’t allowed on themes?

Also there is a discussion thread in 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. I highly recommend checking that. \

:five: Theme test data especially for block testing

Theme test data which is specially build for block theme is available for testing. Thank you @poena for the great work.

We recommend theme authors to check the test data.

There was no agenda or any discussion during the open floor.

#meeting, #meeting-notes, #themes-team

Maggie Cabrera 2:02 am on February 28, 2024
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WordCamp Asia 2024: Theme’s team table on contributor day

With 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. Asia coming soon, we need to prepare for contributor dayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/.! The themes team will focus more on Community Themes development. If you are passionate about developing blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. themes and participating in the Community Themes project, we would love to have you on the Themes table.

We will also discuss the WordPress.org theme guidelines. If you want to create themes and submit in the WordPress themes directory, we will guide you through the process. Join the themes table and be a WordPress theme author in a single day.

The Theme table will be Code Lounge (South Lounge) on the third floor, and we will be there to welcome you all. If you can’t attend WordCamp Asia, you can join us over 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/. at the #contributor-day channel!

We request you all create a WordPress.org account and a GitHub.com account if you do not already have one.

Thanks to @kafleg for your help drafting this post.

#block-based-themes, #wordcamp

KafleG 2:14 am on February 26, 2024
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Themes team meeting agenda for February 27, 2024

The themes team convenes on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. The first meeting for this month is scheduled for February 27.

The meeting takes place in the #themereview channel on WordPress 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/. and you need an account to participate.

Channel: #themereview | Time: Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 15:00 UTC

In addition to the predetermined agendas, we allocate time at the end for an open floor session where you are welcome to ask questions or share any themes-related information.

We highly encourage all members, as well as anyone with an interest, to participate. If you have specific agenda items you would like to include, please feel free to add them in the comment section below.

Meeting Agendas

  • Weekly updates
  • 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. Asia 2024 Contributor Day
  • Contributor Mentorship program and community themes
  • WordPress 6.5, Font Library, and implementation in the themes
  • Theme test data especially for blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. testing.
  • Open Floor

I am looking forward to seeing you at the meeting!

#agenda, #themes-team

KafleG 3:00 am on February 12, 2024
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Themes team meeting agenda for February 13, 2024

The themes team convenes on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. The first meeting for this month is scheduled for February 13.

The meeting takes place in the #themereview channel on WordPress 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/. and you need an account to participate.

Channel: #themereview | Time: Tuesday, February 13, 2024, 15:00 UTC

In addition to the predetermined agendas, we allocate time at the end for an open floor session where you are welcome to ask questions or share any themes-related information.

We highly encourage all members, as well as anyone with an interest, to participate. If you have specific agenda items you would like to include, please feel free to add them in the comment section below.

Meeting Agendas

  • Weekly updates
  • Open Floor

Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting!

#agenda, #themes-team

Birgit Pauli-Haack 5:39 pm on February 9, 2024  

Recap of Hallway Hangout on Intrinsic Design

On February 8th, 2024 contributors came together in a Hallway Hangout.  The discussion was focused on understanding intrinsic design principles and some challenges of implementing them in WordPress themes and plugins.

Participants: @fabiankaegy @poena @greenshady @karmatosed @colorful-tones @onemaggie @sierratr Andrea Roenning, GustovoH. and @bph (Faciliator)

Thank you to all for a great discussion!

Here is the video of the recording:

Transcript is available on YouTube.

About intrinsic design

Intrinsic design is an approach to web design that aims to make layouts adapt to different screen sizes in a fluid way, without relying on predefined breakpoints. With intrinsic design, individual design elements like blocks are designed to optimize themselves for any available space, rather than being targeted to specific screen widths. This allows content to reflow and adapt naturally to different devices and screen sizes.

To dive deeper into the topic, read:

Intrinsic design, theming, and rethinking how to design with WordPress

Summary of the Discussion

The discussion covered intrinsic design principles and their implementation in WordPress themes and blocks. Participants discussed how intrinsic design aims to make layouts fluidly adapt without breakpoints, allowing elements to optimize themselves based on available space.

Challenges of responsive design in 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/ were examined, such as inability to control hard-coded breakpoints and lack of tools to define minimum/maximum widths. Potential solutions using upcoming features like container queries and states were explored.

Issues hiding/showing content and images on mobile were debated, as was the need to understand user needs across devices. Browser support limitations for newer techniques were also a factor.

Overall, the conversation focused on better implementing intrinsic techniques in WordPress, workarounds for current limitations, and how upcoming coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. changes could help address responsive design challenges. Participants shared ideas and examples from their own work to improve intrinsic support moving forward.

Adding and using grid support in WordPress themes

Discussions online and resources

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Props to @greenshady for review.