The Five for the Future site gets a refresh

Over the past few weeks, 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., Design, and Community team members have collaborated on a new theme for the Five for the Future site, now powered by blocks. This visual update is part of an ongoing effort to create a consistent design language across WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/. The refreshed site launched today, just in time for WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. US 2024 in Portland, Oregon, next week. Congratulations to everyone involved!

This update introduces a 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 child theme alongside the shared WordPress.org parent theme, paving the way for future enhancements. The main changes include converting all content to blocks and standardizing the layout, typography, and colors. The homepage was also redesigned, and new contributor testimonials were added.

Here’s a look at the homepage, followed by the pledges directory, and the new testimonials page.

Next steps

This change marks the beginning of modernizing Five for the Future. Following this visual refresh, contributors will focus on adding new features and content, beginning with case studies of participating organizations and additional testimonials. Plans are also in motion for a Five for the Future blog and newsletter. 

Forthcoming updates will aim to improve organization profiles by listing activity, automating emails, enhancing onboarding, and adding options for sponsored contributors. The goal is to showcase the strength and impact of Five for the Future with a refreshed, feature-rich website.

If you find any issues with the new theme or have suggestions for improvements, please add a ticket to the WordPress.org issues queue on 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/.

Finally, if you are interested in additional updates coming to WordPress.org and want to contribute, make sure to join the #website-redesign 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. Thanks!

Props to @ryelle, @harishanker, @fcoveram, and @laurlittle for contributing to this post.

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