Twenty Thirteen project update, March 19, 2013

We’re in great shape to get to betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process.. Here is what we’re working on right now.

Blocking older installs

Tracked in #23819 — since Twenty Thirteen is 3.6+ only, older installs could see errors. We’d like to come up with a graceful way to not allow older versions of WordPress to install and run Twenty Thirteen.

Maybe a nag function in the theme that puts up a warning? Forcing a change the previously activated theme upon activation? What are your thoughts?

Relates to #13780 also.

Post formats integration

See #23619, #23620, and #23621 — we are waiting on the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. functionality to be committed before we can change the theme code (images, videos, galleries, links).

Recently completed

• HTML5 improvements to comment list, comment form, and search form (yay!) #22005, #23702, and #23701
• Solidify footer positioning when no JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/. or no Masonry script available: #23771
• More gallery visual fixes: #23773 and #23769

Open issues

Here is a link to open tickets.

#3-6, #bundled-theme, #theme, #twentythirteen