‘Open Floor’: Design Team Bi-weekly Meeting 10 August 2022

Its been a while since we’ve had an agenda based P2P2 P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org/. published on the Make Design Blog. The most recent one dates back to October 2021. I want to invite contributors to attend the bi-weekly meeting today at Wednesday, August 10, 2022, 15:00 UTC in the #design channel on the WordPress Slack. Learn how to join by following the instructions in the handbook.

We’ll have an ‘open floor’- type meeting as seemed most effective for almost an year now to discuss the following items:

  • Design Table Lead for WordCamp US 2022
  • Design Team RepTeam Rep A Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts.
  • Big Picture Goals
  • Bi-Weekly Meeting

Hoping to see you all there!

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Design Team Meeting Notes: March 24, 2021

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 agenda here. You can join the 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/. channel by following the instructions in our handbook.

Attendees: @chaion07, @ashiquzzaman, @muhammadbux, @vbaimas, @williampatton, @fahimmurshed, @kellychoffman, @audrasjb, @alexdeborba, @annezazu, @mukesh27

Housekeeping

  • We have an open call for note-takers and triage facilitators. These both are great ways to get involved for new contributors but everyone is welcome to help out. Let us know if you are interested in the comments.
  • Contributions to the Design Team is always welcomed. Please 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.” @estelaris or @chaion07 and they will guide you through.

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Blog Highlights

  • Peter published a p2 on the WordPress 5.7 Maintenance Release Schedule. Congratulations to @peterwilsoncc and @audrasjb for being the Release LeadRelease Lead The community member ultimately responsible for the Release. and Deputy Lead respectively. The release candidateRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge. is scheduled for April 7, 2021 at 23:00 UTC and the final release is scheduled for April 14, 2021 at 23:00 UTC.
  • @priethor published the 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/ update for March 2021. Check this p2 out to get to know not only about not only what’s new on Gutenberg but also 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.-Based 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. Editor, Navigation Screen, Full Site Editing. You can also find information on areas to be aware of and how you can get involved.
  • @audrasjb published another Week in Core p2.
  • @annezazu published a p2 which highlights on the Core Editor Improvements.

Announcements

  • There’s a call for Testing. If you are closely following the Gallery Block developments, this p2 is for you. Props to @glendaviesnz for an in depth write up on why the changes are being made and what needs testing.
  • Show and Tell Meeting: Our monthly ‘Show and Tell’ Meeting for March 2021 is taking place next week. If you are working on something and would like to share with the team then please ping either @estelaris or @chaion07 over Slack.

Updates

  • Update on Figma: @ibdz wasn’t available to share his update with the team.
  • If you’re following the WP Briefing podcast by @chanthaboune then you know there’s a new one out now. Titled as ‘How WordPress Improves‘ in this episode Josepha explores the WordPress release process. You can subscribe to Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | PocketCasts | RSS | Spotify | Stitcher so that you don’t miss out on the future episodes.
  • There is a proposal for Native Typescript Support in Gutenberg. Props to @sarayourfriend for the in-depth write up on Typescript, the benefits, details of the proposal and the path forward.

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Design Team Meeting Notes March 17, 2021

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 agenda here. You can join the 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/. channel by following the instructions in our handbook.

Attendees: @estelaris, @chaion07, @ibdz, @ashiquzzaman, @hedgefield,

Housekeeping

  • Design Handbook Pages on TrelloTrello Project management system using the concepts of boards and cards to organize tasks in a sane way. This is what the make.wordpress.com/marketing team uses for example: https://trello.com/b/8UGHVBu8/wp-marketing.: We would like to ask for contributors who would like to review the pages that have already been written and to write any other missing pages. @ibdz, @chaion07, @estelaris & @hedgefield have already volunteered to work on this. If you are interested then please let us know in the #design channel over Slack.
  • Looking for a Figma maintainer: @ibdz volunteered to maintain the components in Figma and add any changes necessary from now on.
  • Adding Note-takers to the Team Page: In an effort to recognize the regular contributors better, the team decided to add the note-takers to the list on the Handbook. We have an open call for note-takers and triage facilitators. These are both great ways to get involved for new contributors but everyone is welcome to help out. Let us know if you are interested in the comments.
  • Contributions to the Design Team is always welcomed. Please 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.” @estelaris or @chaion07 and they will guide you through.

Announcements

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Design Team Meeting Agenda for 10 March 2021

The Weekly Chat for Make WordPress Global Design will take place on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 18:00 UTC in the #design channel of the WordPress Slack. You can join the 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/. channel by following the instructions in our handbook.

Here are the suggested topics:

  • Housekeeping
  • CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Blog Highlights
  • Announcements
  • Updates
  • Discussion
  • Open floor

If you would like to add something to the agenda then please leave a comment. Thank you!

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Design Meeting Notes for 4 March 2020

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.

Housekeeping

There is a reminder about Daylight Saving Hours. The proposal is to move forward meeting times by an hour on March 29. If people would also like a different time that is an option. Leave your comments at the bottom.

The design team is looking for notetakers. It’s imperative for the global community to share the notes on our meetings async. If you need any information, reach out to @karmatosed or any member of the team.

A second call is for triage volunteers, either coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress./metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. or 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/. @karmatosed and @mapk can help.

Updates

Several PRs got into WordPress 5.4 RCRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge. 1 on 3 March. The improvements coming in WordPress 5.4 include:

  • 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. Content Areas (full site editing)
  • Global Styles
  • Patterns
  • The new G2 UI work

Some other work that needs ideas, suggestions and your design skills:

https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/20345

https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/20354

https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/20631

Open Floor

A question was raised whether if the design team maintains discussions on Figma as opposed to 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/. The design team doesn’t have much discussions on Figma, we try to maintain the discussions on either the PRs, GitHub or the 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/. channel. But comments or design iterations are welcome. If you need access to the Figma account, please request it on the Slack channel.

@joyously presented an idea to link areas of an image to a URL. Some members recommended a 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 or to look for a third-party block. It would be a great enhancement to add.

A topic for discussion: the overall state of the 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. elements in Figma. Feel free to add your comments below or leave them in the Slack chat.

Design meetings are:

  • Core/meta triage: Monday 17:30 UTC
  • Gutenberg triage: Tuesday 17:00 UTC
  • Design Team: Wednesday 19:00 UTC

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Design chat agenda for October 13

This week’s chat is happening today, at 17:00UTC

On this weeks agenda:

If anyone has other tickets the needs attention or other matter for the meeting, feel free to leave a comment with it. See you in a bit in the #design channel in Slack!

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Design chat agenda for September 15

This week’s chat is happening tomorrow, at 17:00UTC

On this weeks agenda:

  • #27159 – Remove/re-arrange TinyMCE buttons to improve user experience, and new related tickets:
    • #38049 – Rename Headings in TinyMCE
    • #38050 – Replace `formatselect` with `styleselect` in TinyMCE
  • CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. Tickets (brought in by @celloexpressions):
    • #34343 – Make panel headers sticky? – thoughts on the gif showing the interaction?
    • #38002 – provide a path to editing posts created in nav menus – brainstorming session for how to provide users with links to edit newly-published content.
    • #37661 – A New Experience for Discovering, Installing, and Previewing Themes in the Customizer – make a schedule of deadlines for feedback and testing
    • #35210 – Add notification area to Customizer
      • Review of the 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. of comment 81 and how to clean up the styling
  • #22058 – Improve custom background properties 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. – give feedback on the new proposal and patch from @cdog
  • Open Floor
  • If anyone has other tickets the needs attention or other matter for the meeting, feel free to leave a comment with it. See you tomorrow in the #design channel in Slack!

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    Design chat summary for September 8

    This is the design chat summary on September 8. (Slack log).

    In attendance was: myself, @hugobaeta, @helen, @melchoyce, @foliovision, @celloexpressions and @afercia.

    • #37860 was talked about. We ended up thinking this needs a make.blog post about the bigger picture CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. wise and design patterns. @helen will write a post about this.
    • We looked at several customizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. tickets #34343, #29158, #22058
    • @aferica would like input on #37969

    It was a great and active chat! Thanks everyone for participating. Next week we’ll meeting at. See you on Thursday September 15th, 17:00 UTC!

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    Design chat agenda for August 25

    I’m sorry for the late post, this week’s chat is happening in a few minutes, at 17:00UTC

    Since I didn’t get to post an agenda yesterday, we’re gonna keep it simple today:

    • Design projects for 4.7
    • Plan of action for #27159
    • Open Floor

    If anyone has other tickets the needs attention or other matter for the meeting, feel free to leave a comment with it. See you in a few minutes!

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    Design chat summary for August 18

    This is the design chat summary on August 18. (Slack log).

    In attendance was: myself, @michaelarestad, @foliovision, @mapk, @melchoyce, @jorbin, @helen, @westonruter, @remediosgraphic

    • I brought up the WordPress 4.7 Design Wishlist post, and @jorbin mentioned there are a lot of design-focused ideas on Helen’s post on make/core. Comment on one of the other, either is fine.
    • We decided to move the weekly chat time back to 17:00 UTC, starting next week.
    • @celloexpressions brought up a few tickets in the agenda comments that we discussed:
      • #34923 – Allow users to more seamlessly create page-based nav menus during customization – needs better wording for the link to edit a newly-published page. The discussion resulted in a consensus to actually remove the link.
      • #37661 – A New Experience for Discovering, Installing, and Previewing Themes in the CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. – It needs a lot more 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. thought, it wasn’t an easy ticket to talk during the chat as it’s quite intricate. If anyone wants to contribute some UX thinking there, that would be very welcomed!
      • #29158 – Customizer 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. Design lacks contrast for visual hierarchy and does not match wp-admin – @celloexpressions believes it needs a strategy for back arrow hover/focus styles. in the conversation it became clear that the ticket is becoming too broad, and that some of the things in there needs a prototype for testing. Everyone agreed that the left-border blue indicator should be committed, and that the rest of the ticket should be broken up into smaller tickets.
      • #22058 – Improve custom background properties UI – he wanted us to focus on the last comment that mentions an idea of leaving these decisions up to the themes. The conversation went into a notion that these options are visualizing what the CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. is doing, not necessarily helping the user make a decision. Overall everyone feels that the solution in the ticket is a tad heavy and not really focused on the users. The conversation continued on the ticket itself.
    • @mapk asked for us to help out with some critique on the implementation of the screenshots portion of the plugin page on the new Plugins Repository (in beta). The generalized consensus was that the screenshots should be in order and include the description very clearly, as in current 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 directory they are used to guide users through the usage of the plugin mostly. Questions like “should this be a separate tab” were brought up as well. @melchoyce suggestion was for @mapk to step back and sketch other ideas and consider how both users and plugin developers are using and could use this.
    • We skipped @karmatosed Old Ticket Sweep (but, please, go through them in the chat agenda post!

    It was a great and active chat! Thanks everyone for participating. Next week we’ll be moving to the new(old) meeting time. See you on Thursday August 25, 17:00 UTC!

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