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There’s a WordPress Component Library in Figma. Duplicate to edit, direct access is reserved for the design team.
It’s about that time again: time to start creating the About page for WordPress 5.9.
I took a first pass on the About page using some preliminary copy that’s loosely based on the script for the recent Introducing WordPress 5.9 video. Here’s a link to this draft as a Google doc — all are welcome to view, edit, or comment there directly!
In addition to the page content, I’ve also mocked up a couple of different visual directions for the 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. artwork.
Direction 1 is inspired by jazz album covers and classic movie posters (particularly by this movie poster design by Saul Bass):
Direction 2 is based on organic brushstoke shapes and is inspired by the lovely design work for the upcoming wordpress.org/news redesign:
The next steps from a design POV would be to create new header artwork in whichever style we choose for the other section pages (Credits, Freedoms, and Privacy). I’d also like to look into how the chosen look & feel could potentially be utilized for the Dashboard page to help create visual consistency between the two sections.
The featured content is still TBD but hopefully this first draft can help get the conversation going! Design feedback is very much welcome at this stage — please comment on the Trac ticket with your thoughts and ideas. 🙂
This release the design team have tried a little different process. This iteration started with collaborating to create a list of potential things to focus on for 5.4. As discussed in this week’s design meeting, the next step is to review a proposed list.
To try and focus things a little I have grouped these, ordered first by the projects everyone is focusing on this year. 5.4 sees updates as a focus here with that work starting. Thanks to @mapk for giving the issues for the editor and a review of this post.
The things focusing on this release for the editor are foundational experience iterations, which lay the ground for later releases this year.
If nobody objects these will be punted this week. Punting doesn’t mean they won’t be done a much as not this release.
As you look through the list and comment, it would be great to consider a few things:
If there is anything you are working on please also add as a comment so it can be added.
#5.4 #release-focus
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