Summary of May 6 Meeting

Summary of May 6 Meeting

Q & A with Justin Shreve about his Ideas & Feedback Theme project which was accepted for GSoC. (Congrats!)

Abstract:
http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2010/wordpress/t127230764519

Previous Discussion: https://make.wordpress.org/ui/2010/04/01/better-ideas-so-to-speak/

  • GSOC officially starts May 24
  • Working on the functional specs
  • Now is a good time for feedback on features
  • Sites with similar functionality (for inspiration): Ubuntu BrainStorm, Dell IdeaStorm, UserVoice
  • He will be using the wp-ui mailing list for specific tasks and other help.
  • We’ll primarily use the mailing list to request help and for specific tasks.
  • … more specifics will be coming in the next few weeks.

This week’s challenge::

Better alternatives to the orange from the update notifications for themes/plugins. Blue/gray has been suggested as an alternative. Post mockups and suggestions here.

#gsoc, #ideas-forum, #update-notifications