Want to get involved? See the handbook and optionally drop into #design to chat. Most active design work happens in the block editor project, consider dropping into Needs design or Needs design feedback.
There’s a WordPress Component Library in Figma. Duplicate to edit, direct access is reserved for the design team.
Happy new year, everyone! In December, a team of intrepid designers, developers, and WordPress people banded together to learn more about WordPress’ end users. In total, the team chatted with seventeen different people over seven days. Huge thank-yous to everyone who joined in—you’re all 🌟s!
Now it’s time to sift through the data and pull out some insights. This will happen over the next two weeks. Here’s the current plan:
These artefacts will be used to guide the product direction of GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ Phase 2—and possibly beyond!
Many hands make for light work, and many brains make for more insights and less bias. You don’t need to be a designer, and no prior research experience is necessary. Pop into the #research channel in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/., pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” @tinkerbelly or @jarahsames, or comment here if you’d like to join in on any of the stages.
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The next site-building app I’m exploring is Webflow, which markets itself as a visual code tool for building and launching responsive websites. Seems like a good tool for us to look at for phase 2 of GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/!
Continue readingIn anticipation of GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ phase two, which will focus on design and layout outside of the_content, I wanted to record some new site builders I’ve been recently introduced to. I’ll try them out and look at the pros and cons. I have two site builders currently planned for benchmarking, but if anyone has suggestions, please add a comment. I’m looking for less established apps (so, not something established like Drupal, Squarespace, Wix, Weebly, etc.) that handle site creation and might do something we haven’t seen before. Inspiration can come from anywhere!
The first site builder I’m testing is Sparkle, which @kjellr introduced me to.
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