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Matt (Thomas) Miklic 10:52 pm on November 8, 2013
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MP6 2.2

We’re back with another Friday update to MP6. We’ve had a flurry of improvements and bugfixes as we come down the home stretch.

  • Open Sans is now included in MP6 instead of linking to Google Fonts. (background and discussion)
  • Responsive fixes to the color scheme picker.
  • Hide 3rd-party adminbar elements at responsive sizes to prevent the adminbar from overflowing its container.
  • Improvements to sizing and spacing of responsive adminbar icons.
  • Updated Dashicons with new glyphs.
  • Fixes to Press This.
  • Icon fonts are no longer blurry in Firefox 25/Mac thanks to -moz-osx-font-smoothing.
  • New :focus style for Screen Options and Help tabs.
  • Added @-ms-viewport so IE10/11’s “snapped” mode takes advantage of responsive sizes.
  • Added a fix for the Windows Phone 8 viewport size bug.
  • Manymanymore bugfixes. (see full log)

This edition of MP6 includes contributions from Shaun Andrews, Joen Asmussen, Mel Choyce, Kelly Dwan, Ben Dunkle, Helen Hou-Sandí, Till Krüss, and myself.

Several of the team will be meeting up in-person and via Skype tomorrow to work on readying MP6 for its merge into coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Since this may be the last regular update to MP6 the pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party, now’s a good time to thank all of you who helped test and provide feedback on MP6 along the way, to everyone who’s contributed designs or code to MP6, and to @matt for jumpstarting the effort. We’ve come quite a way since March, and we couldn’t have done it without the mountain of help we received. So, thank you!

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Matt (Thomas) Miklic 9:34 pm on June 7, 2013
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Hello all We’re here with the final regularly…

Hello all! We’re here with the final regularly scheduled weekly installment of MP6, version 1.5. As we’re beginning to wrap up our visual redesign, we’ll continue to release updates to MP6 when necessary, but will no longer be announcing them every Friday. We’ll miss you guys. 🙂

New this week:

  • We’ve begun merging colors-mp6.css and wp-admin.css. This is just about done, but we need to do a bit more testing before we flip the switch and use the new CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. files for everyone. When we’re done, this will allow for much cleaner future potential patches/merges into CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress..
  • Load Open Sans on the login screen.
  • RTL: Fix comment bubble tail and positions, view switch margins.

This week includes contributions from Michael Erlewine (mitcho), Till Krüss, and myself.

You can continue leaving comments here with feedback for us. And we’ll issue new posts when there’s something big new for you guys to take a look at (we’re already noodling on some larger core design issues we’re looking forward to sharing with you). As always, thanks for all your helpful feedback in advance.

#icons, #mp6, #plugins, #svg

Matt (Thomas) Miklic 10:45 pm on May 31, 2013
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Happy Friday everybody Here’s what’s new in MP6…

Happy Friday, everybody. Here’s what’s new in MP6 this week. It was a short week for most of us, so we’ll keep the post similarly short.

  • Mobile: You can swipe right and left to open and close the menubar now, in addition to tapping the “hamburger” button in the top left.
  • Mobile: Implemented a fix for dropdowns not displaying full width; props to deanjrobinson for his advice here.
  • Mobile: Better treatment for post revisionsRevisions The WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider (or using the Next/Previous buttons). The display indicates what has changed in each revision..
  • Mobile: Fixed multisiteMultisite Multisite is a WordPress feature which allows users to create a network of sites on a single WordPress installation. Available since WordPress version 3.0, Multisite is a continuation of WPMU or WordPress Multiuser project. WordPress MultiUser project was discontinued and its features were included into WordPress core.https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network. theme list.
  • Mobile: Align theme/pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party list checkboxes.
  • Mobile: Align theme/plugin list titles.
  • Mobile: Fixed frontend admin-bar.
  • Renamed toolbar.css to admin-bar.css for uniformity with coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress..
  • Added a changelog link to readme.txt.
  • Changed the minimum required WP version to 3.5, so 3.5 users will get update notifications for MP6.

This week’s iteration includes work by Joen Asmussen, Till Krüss, and myself.

If you missed it yesterday, be sure to check out our roundup of potential implementation recommendations for plugin authors who need to add a custom icon to the top-level menu. We appreciate any feedback you’ve got for us, so we can codify our recommendations for developers who’d like to add MP6-style icons to their plugins.

We’ll be back next Monday with office hours in #wordpress-ui on IRC, for anyone who would like to discuss their feedback with us. You’ll find us there 1800 UTC on June 3.

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Matt (Thomas) Miklic 4:34 pm on May 30, 2013
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The MP6 team has been working on recommendations…

The MP6 team has been working on recommendations for plugin authors who add a top-level icon to the dashboard’s main menu. We’ve investigated a number of options, all of which have their own advantages and disadvantages. In this post, I’d like to share the options we’ve considered in the hopes of generating a larger discussion about what would be the best possible solution for WordPress and for plugin authors. An example of the two SVG methods is available at http://codepen.io/joen/pen/otdkK.

Method A: CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site.-colored SVG icon

This method uses SVG (vector, infinitely scaleable) icons that are embedded inline in the HTMLHTML HTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a markup language that is used in the development of web pages and websites.. Using this method, the icon is able to inherit the color of the admin and change depending on customizations chosen by the user (a high-contrast admin theme for vision-impaired users, for example).

Pros
  • Clean, retina, and infinitely zoomable.
  • Only a single icon file needs to be created, no need for 2x versions or separate hover/active states.
  • With colors being controlled by the admin CSS, they will always match the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. set of icons, as well as any further customizations made by the user.
Cons
  • SVGs won’t render in IE8 and below. A number of possible solutions are discussed below.
  • For the CSS coloring to work, the SVG markup has to be cleaned up either manually or via an optimizer, adding some overhead to the creation.
  • The actual SVG markup has to be inline in the HTML. Hard to cache, requires core changes, potential security concerns.

Method B: CSS background-image SVG icon

This method also uses SVG icons for infinite scalability, but is applied via the CSS background-image property. Using this method, colors must be selected by the pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party author, and a separate file must be created for each color.

Pros
  • Clean, retina, and infinitely zoomable.
  • No security concerns (that we are aware of) with SVGs when used as background images.
  • No WordPress core changes are necessary.
  • SVG files can be used directly from Illustrator, no editing of the SVG necessary.
Cons
  • SVGs won’t render in IE8 and below. A number of possible solutions are discussed below.
  • Multiple files must be created for normal, hover, and active states.
  • With colors being controlled by the plugin author, they won’t match any customizations the user has made (a high-contrast admin theme for vision-impaired users, for example). Plugin authors must be mindful to use the colors recommended in the MP6 style guide (and creative plugin authors could use any colors, gradients, or styles they want).

Method C: PNG icons (the “no-build option”)

Alternatively, plugin authors could specify new MP6-style icons in the PNG format, using the same technique they use currently.

Pros
  • Universal browser support.
  • No WordPress core changes are necessary.
  • No security concerns with PNG.
Cons
  • Multiple files must be created for normal, hover, and active states.
  • Two sets of icons must be created in both 1x and 2x versions for retina displays (and more, when higher-than-2x displays appear).
  • With colors being controlled by the plugin author, they won’t match any customizations the user has made (a high-contrast admin theme for vision-impaired users, for example). Plugin authors must be mindful to use the colors recommended in the MP6 style guide (and creative plugin authors could use any colors, gradients, or styles they want).

SVG Browser Support

Internet Explorer 8 and below have no native support for SVG files. Icons in the SVG format will not display in IE8 and below as a result.

  • Modernizr’s .no-svg class could be used to specify PNG fallbacks.
  • A number of polyfills attempt to add SVG support to these browsers (we haven’t tried them).
  • We could adopt a Google Apps-style browser support policy for MP6, supporting the current and previous major releaseMajor Release A set of releases or versions having the same major version number may be collectively referred to as “X.Y” -- for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, and all other versions in the 5.2. (five dot two dot) branch of that software. Major Releases often are the introduction of new major features and functionality. of each browser. This would drop IE8, but make room for the many new clients we’re supporting: mobile versions of Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and IE; and the Android and Blackberry browsers. We don’t know what IE8 usage is like among WP users, though.

Conclusions

Method A, inline SVG, is the best option from the designer’s viewpoint — plugin authors include a single icon and all styling is provided automatically. MP6 makes dashboard customizations like a high-contrast admin theme for visually impaired users much simpler than the current admin design — and method A makes styling plugin icons as easy as the core set of dashicons. However, the technical hurdles and possible security concerns could be significant and we need more input on whether this method is practical.

Method B would be the next-best option — it would provide the primary benefit of using SVG icons (infinite scalability) without requiring changes to core. It would be significantly more difficult (though not impossible) for plugin icons to reflect user customizations, but would still require less manual work than creating separate sets of 1x and 2x PNG (method C).

We’re interested in any thoughts that you may have, especially if you’ve worked with SVG before and can offer insight on how we could implement method A successfully. If you know of any reason why any of these absolutely won’t work, feel free to rain on our parade. 🙂

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Matt (Thomas) Miklic 12:29 am on May 25, 2013
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Howdy UI group This Friday brings you version…

Howdy, UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. group. This Friday brings you version 1.3 of MP6, the WordPress birthday weekend edition. This iteration is largely focused on responsive and RTL improvements, as well as bug fixes. Here’s what’s new:

  • First pass at some basic CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. transitions on link hovers, etc.
  • First pass at MP6 styling on post format picker.
  • Mobile: Adjusted theme customizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. margins.
  • Mobile: Changed tablet breakpoint from 768px to 782px to match coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress..
  • Mobile: Fixed word-wrap issue on custom post types .widefat table headers and footers.
  • Mobile: Menubar now scrolls independently of the main column, so menu links are always visible even if you’re at the bottom of a long page.
  • Mobile: Better performance when scrolling in the admin.
  • Mobile: It’s now easier to dismiss dropdowns on touch devices.*
  • RTL: Corrected positioning of post-format-options.
  • RTL: Fixed tagchecklist position.
  • RTL: First stab at mobile style conversion for RTL.
  • RTL: First stab at admin-bar positioning.

*There’s a known issue with the positioning of the New and Account dropdowns on mobile webkit browsers. We’ll have a fix in trunk as soon as we can (free WordPress blogs to anyone who has insight on a solution!)

This week includes contributions from Joen Asmussen, Michael Erlewine (mitcho), Till Krüss, Andy Peatling, and myself. As always our thanks go to everyone who’s contributed by reporting bugs, offering suggestions, and testing it on your sites. If you’ve reported an issue here that hasn’t been resolved yet, rest assured it’s on our list and we’ll get on it soon.

I’ll be out part of next week, so no IRC chat on Monday. We’ll continue to work on refining the responsive experience and RTL issues and stomping out whatever bugs you guys find.

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Matt (Thomas) Miklic 8:59 pm on May 17, 2013
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Hey UI gang Here to help you wind…

Hey, UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. gang. Here to help you wind down the week is the latest update to MP6, version 1.2.

We’ve been focusing primarily on solving some of the trickiest responsive questions this week. Some we’ve found solutions to, and some we’re still discussing. We’ve also got a wild idea for the front-end of the site that we’ve got some mockups of to discuss.

Here’s what’s new this week:

  • A new position for the “hamburger” button that opens/closes the mobile menu. It’s now part of the adminbar, and stays put when scrolling the rest of the page. There’s a much more obvious active style, and we’ve greatly increased the reliability of the button (no more multiple taps to get it to open anymore!).
  • Increased the size of wpadminbar dropdown menus for mobile sizes so that links are easier to tap. (We still need to work on making these easier to close without activating a link).
  • Improvements to the media uploader for responsive. Still needs work, but is more functional now.
  • Fixed buglets appearing because of Jetpack’s 2x retinafying code interfering with MP6.
  • Better positioning of icons in the wpadminbar.
  • Improved responsive layout on the Akismet configuration page.
  • Added new icon glyphs to the Dashicons font.
  • Reworked the way Open Sans is declared in the pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party.
  • Fixes to checkboxes and radio buttons.

Once we decided that the adminbar was the best possible place to put the hamburger button for mobile, I started thinking about whether that same interaction might make sense on the desktop version of the dashboard. After all, we’ve already got a button that hides and shows the dashboard, it’s just always been at the bottom of the menu. What if we put it at the top, in the adminbar? The benefit would be that even desktop users would grow to understanding the meaning of the button, since its purpose, hiding or showing the menu, is the same whether you’re on desktop or mobile. If we took it that far, it could even go to the front end of your site; allowing access to any part of your blog’s dashboard within two clicks of your live site. This would be a bigger change than what we can do with just CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. in MP6, so it’s a topic we’re interested in your thoughts on, to see if it’s a good candidate for a potential coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. patch suggestion.

This week’s edition of MP6 includes contributions from Joen Asmussen, Mel Choyce, Ben Dunkle, Till Krüss, Andy Peatling, and myself. Many thanks, as always, to those of you who have shared your feedback and ideas with us so far. Keep them coming!

We’ll be in #wordpress-ui on Freenode May 20, 2013 at 18:00 UTC to discuss this week’s work; please meet us there if you’d like to chat about what’s new.

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Matt (Thomas) Miklic 1:09 am on May 11, 2013
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Howdy gang On this fine Friday evening we…

Howdy gang. On this fine Friday evening we bring you version 1.1 of MP6. This was a short week for several of us, so this week’s edition consists of a few small updates:

  • More additions to the Dashicons icon font, including buttons in the visual editor (TinyMCE). Some plugins, including Jetpack, may still insert some PNG buttons that still need to be replaced.
  • CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. fixes for better layout positioning and cross-browser consistency.
  • More consistent results for custom checkbox and radio inputs.
  • Removing the PNG “stalk” on comment counts in lists.
  • Set textareas to overflow auto to prevent permanent scrollbars in IE.
  • Other small bugfixes.

This week’s iteration includes contributions from Joen Asmussen, Mel Choyce, Ben Dunkle, and myself.

Because this was a short week for us, don’t fret if an issue you reported hasn’t yet been fixed. Rest assured it’s on our radar.

Thanks again to everyone who’s contributed your feedback so far — keep commenting below to share your ideas, suggestions, or just bug reports, we appreciate them all.

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Matt (Thomas) Miklic 12:04 am on May 4, 2013
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MP6 1.0

Here we are in the tenth week of the MP6 experiment, and with it comes our tenth release, 1.0. And while the version number is simply the one that comes after 0.9, it’s also beginning to look nearly complete. We’ve worked our way through our primary to-do list, concentrating now on responsive issues and coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. issues for which we’ll be submitting patches. Here’s what’s new this week.

  • Restyled toolbar submenus with a dark background that matches menubar submenus.
  • Made all the various delete/trashTrash Trash in WordPress is like the Recycle Bin on your PC or Trash in your Macintosh computer. Users with the proper permission level (administrators and editors) have the ability to delete a post, page, and/or comments. When you delete the item, it is moved to the trash folder where it will remain for 30 days. links the same color red, and removed inconsistent backgrounds/borders.
  • Improved the alignment of notices within thickbox containers.
  • Added right padding to top level adminmenu links to leave room for the current arrow indicator.
  • Improved the appearance of the file upload input.
  • Improved the appearance of the comment moderation confirmation screen.
  • Removed the blue hover state from disabled page navigation links.
  • Removed the wayward borders within the .widefat table.
  • Fixed a z-index issue causing toggle arrows to overlap expanded widgets on the widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. management page.
  • Submenu and current item arrows in the .folded and .auto-fold states are now the same size.
  • Corrected the alignment of the New link in toolbar.
  • The annoying bug where the W menu opens by default on every page load has been fixed.
  • General coding standards improvements throughout.
  • Updated the Dashicons icon font.
  • Mobile: Improved theme updates table styling.
  • Mobile: Fixed toolbar quicklinks line height.
  • Mobile: Improved plugins list styling.
  • Mobile: Menu management page improvements.
  • Mobile: Allow the HTMLHTML HTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a markup language that is used in the development of web pages and websites. editor buttons to wrap to two lines on small screens.
  • Mobile: Improved styling of the link manager on small screens.
  • Mobile: Adjusted height of select elements to match button height.
  • Mobile: Bigger touch targets in the file editor’s file list; larger textarea for the editor.
  • Mobile: Improved styling for post format options on small screens.
  • Mobile: Fixed TinyMCE split buttons and list boxes.
  • RTL: Added RTL tests to /branches/.
  • RTL: Fixed metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress./post box widget positioning.
  • RTL: Fixed PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party/theme editor submit button position.
  • RTL: Fixed dashboard comment widget avatarAvatar An avatar is an image or illustration that specifically refers to a character that represents an online user. It’s usually a square box that appears next to the user’s name. position.

Whew! This week’s iteration includes contributions from Joen Asmussen, Mel Choyce, Ben Dunkle, Michael Erlewine (mitcho), Till Krüss, and myself.

We’ll be in #wordpress-ui to discuss your feedback on Monday, May 6 at 18:00 UTC. Thanks again as always to everyone who’s contributed your feedback so far. As always, please keep it coming — we’re interested in any suggestions, bug reports, ideas, or patches you may have. If you’ve reported an issue that we haven’t addressed yet, it won’t hurt to mention it again (with a screenshot if possible) at this point.

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Matt (Thomas) Miklic 11:26 pm on April 26, 2013
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MP6 0.9

Thank goodness it’s Friday, because we get to bring you this week’s edition of MP6, the secret pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party that’s a little less of a secret every day. This week’s edition is primarily focused on improvements to the responsive design and 6PM (that’s MP6 in RTL). Here’s the details:

  • We’ve styled reset links as text links instead of buttons so they’re reduced in visual weight.
  • Long links in the menubar now wrap to two lines instead of being truncated. (ref)
  • Fixed unreadable inactive widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. titles. (ref)
  • Fixed checkboxes collapsing to 0 width in the media manager. (ref)
  • Fixed radio buttons and bottom margin in edit image popup
  • Mobile: The menubar now opens on the left for consistency with the standard desktop layout.
  • Mobile: Labels and inputs on settings pages are now full-width, with no floats, for a cleaner mobile layout.
  • Mobile: Reduced the size of avatars in the Recent Comments list so there’s more room for text.
  • Mobile: Larger radio buttons that are easier to select by touch.
  • Mobile: Set text inputs to 16px to prevent iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. auto-zooming when entering text.
  • Mobile: Better styling of Undo actions in the Recent Comments list.
  • Mobile: Icons in the toolbar are now better aligned.
  • RTL: Fixed positioning of menubar.
  • RTL: Fixed screen metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. positioning.
  • RTL: Fixed main content well and screen options positioning.
  • RTL: Made improvements to menubar text and icons.

This week’s iteration includes contributions from Michael Erlewine (mitcho), Till Krüss, and myself.

We’ll be in #wordpress-ui to discuss your feedback on Monday, April 29th, at 18:00 UTC. Thanks again as always to everyone who’s contributed by sharing your feedback, patches, and suggestions — please keep them coming! If you’ve reported an issue that hasn’t been fixed yet, don’t fret — we’re compiling items as we get them and keeping track of what’s still outstanding.

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Matt (Thomas) Miklic 11:54 pm on April 19, 2013
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Greetings Savvy WordPress Enthusiasts Time for another update…

Greetings, Savvy WordPress Enthusiasts. Time for another update to the pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party that gives WordPress that new car smell again, MP6.

This week, we worked on getting MP6 into the hands of a few million new potential testers. We’ve already gotten some interesting feedback from WordPress.comWordPress.com An online implementation of WordPress code that lets you immediately access a new WordPress environment to publish your content. WordPress.com is a private company owned by Automattic that hosts the largest multisite in the world. This is arguably the best place to start blogging if you have never touched WordPress before. https://wordpress.com/ users, and hopefully our experience getting WordPress.com’s various moving bits working alongside MP6 will help pave the way for plugin authors when the new design has started making its way into coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress..

In version 0.8, we have:

  • Prepared MP6 for a new opt-in test on WordPress.com.
  • Updated the Dashicons font with more consistent icon alignment.
  • Removed cursor: default from current items in the menu bar. (ref)
  • Updated color of widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. titles so they’re readable on the new blue background. (ref)
  • Improved typography on Post RevisionsRevisions The WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider (or using the Next/Previous buttons). The display indicates what has changed in each revision. page.
  • Fixed the alignment and sizing of checkboxes. (ref)
  • Removed CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. for old PNG icons.
  • Fixed display issues with the bulk editor.
  • Made improvements to Press This.
  • Improved the legibility of the Browse Happy outdated browser warnings.

This week’s iteration includes contributions from Joen Asmussen, Ben Dunkle, Till Krüss, and myself.

As usual, we’ll be in #wordpress-ui on Monday April 22 at 1800 UTC to discuss your feedback on this week’s edition. Thanks as always to those of you who have helped with feedback, patches, and suggestions so far.

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