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Our vision is to be the go-to resource for design for other teams across the WordPress open source project.
This is the agenda for the weekly design chat meeting on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, 18:00 UTC
This meeting is held in the #design channel in the Making WordPress Slack.
Leave a comment if you would like something reviewed, discussed, help or something added to the agenda.
Happy Friday! Gutenberg 8.0 just dropped this last Wednesday. This release included the new Inserter which now contains Patterns.
Probably one of the most significant updates to Gutenberg’s UI in relation to the G2 changes is how the Inserter works now. Not only does it slide out from the left side instead of as a popover, but it also includes Patterns!
Looking at redesigning the Navigation block placeholder screen to allow for existing menus to be selected.
There’s also lots of exploration around the subnav.
Now’s a great time to get involved. While the work on this project is intense, it’s always important to glean new perspectives from other WordPress users and community members. Just drop into any of the links provided above to read up on the details and contribute.
Thanks for reading, staying informed, and contributing anywhere you can!
WordCamp Europe Online will take place on June 4-6, 2020. If you haven’t registered yet, get your tickets on the website.
Contributors day will be on June 4 at 13.00 – 18.00 UTC.
With only a few weeks away, we need to plan our tasks to make better use of our time. This is a call for tasks or projects that could be resolved in a few hours.
The tools that we will use during Contributors day will be the design Slack channel and Zoom (a link will be provided early on June 4th).
If you are a new contributor we will have open office hours between May 25 and June 3, more on this to come.
Do you have an idea of a task that can be solved by the design team? Or are you working on a PR that needs design feedback?
What would be a good task? An example will be a simulation of a triage and walk through open issues.
Let us know in the comments and we will be making a decision on which tasks will be working on depending on the number of contributors we have and the number of tasks.
The call for tasks will close on May 20, 2020 so we can discuss tasks in the next two design meetings and make a good plan.
These are the weekly notes for the design meeting that happens on Wednesdays. You can read a transcript on our Slack channel and find the meeting’s agenda here. You can join the Slack channel by following the instructions in our handbook.
We had a Show and Tell via Zoom today where we discussed 3 topics:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mof6YpA-dP6grZYNxPqPLr3nF58fTalB/view?usp=sharing
Last month saw the first show and tell, let’s have another! This time so far there is set agenda so now is your opportunity to add a comment and share something. Do you have something you are working on to share, it can be Gutenberg, core, meta or even a demo of something cool.
Maybe it’s something you want feedback on that you are contributing, or perhaps it’s something you are working on and would love to bring into the project. Now is your time to share! To share something, just add a comment here and you’re on the agenda!
The video link will be shared in #design on Slack just before. Make sure you download zoom before. There will also be a recording, posted so you can watch async if unable to make the time.
Welcome to the 50th Gutenberg design update y’all!
With that, here’s a video of the full site editing experience from @matveb during the WPBlock Talk online event.
Seeing this come together is amazing! Watch Matias navigate through the experience and easily build a site and edit crucial content within the same interface.
It’s blocks all the way down.
Gutenberg now has its own icons package. This allows Gutenberg to use SVG icons when needed without requiring an entire sprite of icons to load as Dashicons does.
This being said, there’s an interesting post from Joen about the future of Dashicons. Spoiler, they are not going away and will remain a vital part of WordPress. They’re just getting another 30-something icons and then moving to a maintenance mode wherein they will no longer accept further requests.
Now’s a great time to get involved. While the work on this project is intense, it’s always important to glean new perspectives from other WordPress users and community members. Just drop into any of the links provided above to read up on the details and contribute.
Thanks for reading, staying informed, and contributing anywhere you can!
These are the weekly notes for the design meeting that happens on Wednesdays. You can read the full transcript on our Slack channel and find the meeting’s agenda here. You can join the Slack channel by following the instructions in our handbook.
We’re still looking for notetakers! Leave a comment if you’re interested.
@mapk updates us on Gutenberg developments. New interest is gathering around the drag and drop experience, that’s great. And work is being done to tighten up other areas too while full site editing progresses, that’s good to hear.
@timothybjacobs put in a request for design for a new Site Health feature, the recovery mode link. It should be a straightfoward addition to the login screen to mock up for them. Any designers up for that, jump into the linked issue and help out!
Next, we discussed WCEU 2020 contributor day. To make everything run smoothly in a remote setting, we need a few things:
We should also add an archive for the previous Show and Tell zoom meetings to our Handbook.
Next week is another Show and Tell zoom meeting instead of our regular meeting, let us know in the comments if you have something to show off that you’re working on!
This is the agenda for the weekly design chat meeting on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 18:00 UTC
This meeting is held in the #design channel in the Making WordPress Slack.
Leave a comment if you would like something reviewed, discussed, help or something added to the agenda.
There was a post recently announcing that WordCamp Europe Online will not only include speaking session but also a Contributors Day. We are very excited as we will have the opportunity to collaborate with many contributors worldwide that have not had the opportunity to attend WCEU before.
Contributor Day at WCEU will happen on 4 June 2020.
While the technical issues are being handled by the organizers, there are things we need to prepare.
The plan will be discussed during our next team meetings happening on Wednesdays at 18:00 UTC on Slack. If you cannot join us, feel free to leave a comment below.
