Twenty Fourteen Project Update

Things we’ve finished:

• Many 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 “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) fixes: keyboard navigation for main menu, color contrast, Skip to Content links, remove all unneeded title attributes: #25054
• Allow featured images to work on pages (not just posts), a better UXUX User experience for index vs. single views, and better layout and handling when no featured images exist: #25325
• Simplified sidebars to allow a wider layout: #25031, remove a confusing front-page only 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. area: #25565—after a long discussion about the Ephemera widget and how it should interact with the main stream of blogblog (versus network, site) posts: #25330
• Myriad layout and style fixes

Big things we’re working on next:

• Deciding on whether or not the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. HeaderHeader The header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes. Text Color feature should be disabled for Twenty Fourteen: #25540
• Implementing “Plan B” for featured content: #25549
• Building an amazing alternative view for front page featured content—yes, a slider! #25550
• Triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. all our open tickets for Twenty Fourteen.

Join in the fun! We have weekly office hours, Tuesdays and Thursdays at Tuesday 17 UTC) as well as general “Bundled Themes” bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. scrubs, Fridays at Friday 18 UTC.

[Update: fixed the TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. links. I guess they can’t be in parentheses.]

#3-8, #bundled-theme, #theme, #twentyfourteen