CEUX, Aug 27 Chat Notes

Sorry guys, I’d meant to get this out earlier. Here’s last week’s meeting log.

Chat notes

Chatted a bit about embeds WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. currently supports, and how we can start grouping similar content types together
Decided on including a generic “embed” blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience.
Explored different ideas for how you could move blocks around
Talked about using an “agile” development approach

For this week

Start wireframing out block scenarios (for example, what happens when I click a video block? What pops up? etc.) and then present them during chat
Explore text as “just another content block”
Continue developing the initial 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 functionality

Next meeting is tomorrow, 17:00 UTC in #wordpress-ui. Bring your wireframes. 🙂

#3-8, #ceux

Avryl 11:04 am on September 3, 2013

Wish I could join today, I’ll definitely read the logs!
Paal Joachim Romdahl 2:58 pm on September 3, 2013

Here are some options for various module options that Themify Page Builder uses.
http://easywebdesigntutorials.com/wordpress/themify-page-builder/

A few things:
At the bottom of each module option is an area to add a CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. class.

Nesting content blocks. For instance as in content box (adding a box with a color behind some content to create a frame around the content. As I have done so in the above page behind the default gallery.

Saving the page and reusing it elsewhere. How should this be handled? Should there be an duplicate underneath the post/page in the all page/post listing? (Quick bar I think it is called.)

Have a great chat! I am not able to make it this time.
diegoliv 8:37 pm on September 3, 2013

I know that this discussion is in it’s initial stage, working on mokups for the best UXUX UX is an acronym for User Experience - the way the user uses the UI. Think ‘what they are doing’ and less about how they do it., but I saw a resource today that I found interesting and I think that it could help to build the functionality of the project.

We know that Backbone is now part of the WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., and is the base of the awesome new media uploader/editor (added in version 3.5). So, i think that in terms of development, it’s the right tool to build this project. So, I saw this Backbone 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 reminds me some mockups that I saw here: http://etchjs.com/ (made by Josh Nielsen).

Anybody knows this plugin? I saw the demo and it looks very promissing. I don’t know if it fits exactly the needs of this project, but at least it’s a good resource for inspiration.
- Helen Hou-Sandi 8:41 pm on September 3, 2013
  
  Very cool! Even if it’s not a perfect fit here, it’s a good thing to know about. Also: looks like license is compatible, yay.
Manuel Schmalstieg 11:04 am on September 4, 2013

I’m very very excited by this project!

One thing that strikes me when seeing the mockups at http://moc.co/sandbox/post-formats/ is the new placement of the “Publish” button: to have the Publish/Update button always visible would be sooo useful!

I’m a heavy user of AdvancedCustomFields, so I often face the problem that after updating a content field below the fold, a lot of scrolling is necessary to get to the Publish button. This is confusing for new users, and a hassle for experienced ones.

Making that button *always* accessible in some location of the screen is a great usability improvement. The same goes for the proposed selector for categories / tags, placed in the footer bar.

Are those improvements considered for being included in the scope of CEUX, or some other 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. project?
- Mel Choyce 1:41 pm on September 4, 2013
  
  @georgestephanis was trying to tackle improvements to publishing this cycle, so he’d be a good person to check in with about that. It’s currently out of scope for CEUX.
  - Paal Joachim Romdahl 9:42 pm on September 5, 2013
    
    George mentioned for me that we could add ideas, wirefreames etc to the issues section of his githubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ area: https://github.com/georgestephanis/publish-ux
  - George Stephanis 10:55 pm on September 5, 2013
    
    Yeah. I’m just wicked busy elsewhere, so I don’t have time to chase this down at the moment.