Welcome to the MetaMetaMeta 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. Team!
The Meta team is responsible for maintaining and managing WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe 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/ websites. Our work is mostly done on the meta trac. If you see a bug, file a ticket!
WordCamp US will take place on September 17th, 2024! In preparation for the day, we’d like you to share ideas of what contributors at the MetaMetaMeta 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. Team table can get involved with.
Table Leads
We are looking for Contributor DayContributor DayContributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. table co-leads for WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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 – do we have any volunteers?
One will primarily support onboarding, while the other can share about the team and kick off contribution time.
Brainstorm
Below are some ideas to kick-start discussions. Feel free to comment on this post with your ideas, too!
Experienced Contributors
Keep logins to .org working well
Assist various team needs
Website Redesign collaboration
New Contributors – Developers
Collaborate with PluginPluginA 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. Review and work on the Plugin Directory component Trac backlog
Create a blockBlockBlock 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 theme close to team Make sites. “create an alternative block-based theme that’s similar to our existing make sites, do not worry about the actual functionality of them, we can move that out into separate plugins.” See Otto’s post.
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TracTracTrac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. Tickets:
PluginPluginA 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
WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe 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/ Site
APIAPIAn API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways.
GitHubGitHubGitHub 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 by the repository owner. https://github.com/ Issues:
^ This glowing dot cannot be clicked since it’s just an animation.
During the tour, that element of the web page will be highlighted like this:
Since the Polyglot contributors got good feedback about this tour and its potential applicability to other areas of Make WordPress, they then collaborated with MetaMetaMeta 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. contributors @psrpinto and me (@akirk) to convert this tour into a dedicated plugin, simply called Tour, and added an easy way to create such tours (similar like you might know the Inspector of browser developer tools).
In order to restart a tour that you already completed (or dismissed), and for better accessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility), there is also a Masterbar menu to start the tours that are visible on the current page:
There is also a shortcodeShortcodeA shortcode is a placeholder used within a WordPress post, page, or widget to insert a form or function generated by a plugin in a specific location on your site. and an “Available Tours” GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/blockBlockBlock 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. that allows you to embed the list of tours in a place of your choosing on the website so that there is also an additional path of starting a tour for people who are not logged in (and thus don’t see a Masterbar).
Demos
To demo this, we created two videos, one to show what it’s like to go through a tour, and one to show how to create a tour. Finally, a screenshot to show what updating a tour looks like.
Taking a Tour (Video)
Creating a Tour (Video)
Updating a Tour (Screenshot)
You can update each step separately (title, text and CSSCSSCSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. selector) and HTMLHTMLHTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a markup language that is used in the development of web pages and websites. is available in the description.
Also note that tours are a custom post typeCustom Post TypeWordPress can hold and display many different types of content. A single item of such a content is generally called a post, although post is also a specific post type. Custom Post Types gives your site the ability to have templated posts, to simplify the concept. with revisionsRevisionsThe WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider (or using the Next/Previous buttons). The display indicates what has changed in each revision., so you can undo any changes. While creating, testing, and editing a tour, you can keep it as a draft so that it won’t be visible to users who cannot see drafts.
The Tour plugin is not yet in the pluginPluginA 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 but you can download the ZIP file from Github and install it on any WordPress site.
On Make WordPress, we have activated the plugin on the Meta and the Polyglots P2P2P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org/. and we’d be happy to activate it on other Make teams if they want to use it on their own P2 for whatever they feel it could be useful.
Accessibility
I’d like to give a special invitation to the +make.wordpress.org/accessibility/ team to try the tour and let us know which improvements we’d need to make to make it more accessible. We think that an important aspect to start with is that it doesn’t open up automatically and gets in the way of people who were trying to do something different in the first place. The underlying driver.js library had in the past made some strides to make it accessible and per suggestion from @joedolson, we have added alternative ways (such as the Masterbar or Gutenberg block) to start tours.
Try It On this P2
We have created a first tour here on the Meta P2 (see the logo in the blue bar at the top of the page, or start it using the Masterbar). It is just a very quick demo, we’ll probably expand it in future. You can take it to get an idea of how such a tour could work and if you’d like to discuss with your own Make team whether you’d like to try it out as well. Please reach out in the comments!
I am uncertain of my availability to host the meeting. I will be traveling to WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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. Canada at the time, but have organized the GitHubGitHubGitHub 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 by the repository owner. https://github.com/ and TracTracTrac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. activity as of recently. I will notify the channel if I am able to faciliate, but would love for any further support.
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Are there any new projects in Meta currently being worked on?
Are there updates from existing projects?
AccessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) Test
PluginPluginA 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
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Imagine if in a few clicks, you could get access to an exact replica of someone else’s WordPress creation and get a peek behind the scenes. Or imagine if you could provide a copy of your site to help with testing against new plugins, themes, or WordPress versions. WordPress Playground makes all this and more possible, including allowing developers to provide a live preview of their plugins before installation via custom blueprints. Now, the project is looking for contributions that can help further enrich the Playground experience and ecosystem.
Meet the Blueprint Gallery, a new community initiative that allows WordPress developers and extenders to share their setups as blueprints with others on GitHubGitHubGitHub 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 by the repository owner. https://github.com/.
Blueprints are the configuration files for a Playground instance, written in JSONJSONJSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. format. They can list certain settings, like PHPPHPPHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php versions, WordPress versions, or steps that the tool should take to set up the right combination of plugins, themes, and content for a demo or a test site.
Blueprints are the meat of the matter: What are the settings and steps that make the demo site a good experience?
You can pick from various examples, ranging from a login step to installing plugins and themes automatically. Additionally, you can import and create content and enable certain experimental features in the GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/pluginPluginA 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.. Use wp-cliWP-CLIWP-CLI is the Command Line Interface for WordPress, used to do administrative and development tasks in a programmatic way. The project page is http://wp-cli.org/https://make.wordpress.org/cli/ commands to add several posts or just a single post with a featured imageFeatured imageA featured image is the main image used on your blog archive page and is pulled when the post or page is shared on social media. The image can be used to display in widget areas on your site or in a summary list of posts.. You can even create a plugin on the fly to add a custom post typeCustom Post TypeWordPress can hold and display many different types of content. A single item of such a content is generally called a post, although post is also a specific post type. Custom Post Types gives your site the ability to have templated posts, to simplify the concept. to a site or a series of content from one site and import it into a Playground site.
Why consider contributing and sharing?
This new way of testing, previewing, and trying out new things lowers the barriers for new users to experiment and explore WordPress. Contributing to the Blueprint Gallery means helping other developers with blueprints for specific use cases while encouraging the use of Playground for WordPress’s overall growth and innovation. This project is as much about showcasing and sharing your work as it is about reusing and leveraging works others have done, especially for impressive and more involved setups, remixing different configurations, and learning about what WordPress and Playground can do.
How to submit your creations?
There are two prerequisites for a successful submission: You need to be familiar with the pull request process on GitHub and provide a folder that contains all assets and other files needed for the blueprint to work.
During the submission process, you will receive a notification if there is information missing and a link to test your blueprint from our pull request. It’s a fairly smooth process. All the details are available in the Contributing Guidelines.
Over the past few weeks, the MetaMetaMeta 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. team has been working on a new theme for the Plugin Directory. This visual refresh is part of the continued effort to establish a consistent design language across WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe 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 updated site launched today. Congratulations to everyone involved in this effort.
The update’s primary focus was to standardize the site’s layout, fonts, spacing, and colors with other newly updated sections of WordPress.org. This follows the recent Pattern Directory refresh and the Forums refresh launched a few weeks prior.
The updated homepage versus the current site.The updated single pluginPluginA 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. layout versus the current site.
Next steps
The Plugin Directory refresh is now live for WordPress.org and all foreign-language sites (Rosetta sites). Some translation work may need to be done for each locale, and that can be managed in the WordPress Plugin Directory project.
It’s important to note that this refresh is not a complete redesign. Over the years, there have been many discussions throughout the community on how the Plugin Directory could be improved—everything from a completely different homepage layout and more data for plugin authors to better search and plugin categorization. The aesthetic updates completed in this iteration do not fundamentally change the Plugin Directory, but they do set the stage for future, more consequential improvements.
Minor iterations and follow-ups are planned in the next few weeks as the community begins using the directory and any new issues are created. There are also a few accessibility issues that will be addressed post-launch, and I wanted to highlight the following open discussions:
If you find an issue or have suggestions for larger functional changes, please add an item to the WordPress.org issues queue on GitHubGitHubGitHub 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 by the repository owner. https://github.com/ or in Meta Trac.
Finally, make sure to join the #website-redesignSlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel if you are interested in additional updates coming to WordPress.org and want to contribute. Thanks!
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🎪 WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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. Europe table planning maybe this
GitHubGitHubGitHub 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 by the repository owner. https://github.com/ and TracTracTrac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/.
PluginPluginA 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
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Here’s the organized summary sorted by GitHubGitHubGitHub 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 by the repository owner. https://github.com/ repo, GitHub label, and Meta TracTracTrac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. component:
WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe 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/
PluginPluginA 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
Over the past few weeks, the MetaMetaMeta 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. team has been working on a new theme for Forums as part of a broader effort to establish a consistent design language across WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe 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 updated site launched today. Congratulations to everyone involved in this effort.
In addition to standardizing the structure, fonts, spacing, and colors, the Forums homepage now matches the layout of the newly redesigned Developer Resources section, improving consistency within the Learn section of the site.
This refresh is not a complete redesign, and there is still work to be done. Rather, it’s intended to be a quick iteration to set the stage for future improvements. You can view the complete redesign proposal in Figma and the current development project board for Forums in GitHubGitHubGitHub 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 by the repository owner. https://github.com/.
The forums on non-English sites (Rosetta sites) will not change as part of this update. Polyglots mentors can contact the #metaSlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel to switch to the new theme. Some translation work will need to be done and that can be managed in the Forums project. The goal is to have all Rosetta sites switched over by July 1, 2024.
If you find an issue or have suggestions for larger functional changes, please add an item to the WordPress.org issues queue on GitHub or in Meta Trac.
Finally, make sure to join the #website-redesign Slack channel if you are interested in additional updates coming to WordPress.org and want to contribute. Thanks!
If you visit WordPress.org, you will notice a few changes. This is not a complete reenvisioning of the homepage but rather a quick initial iteration that aims to accomplish a few things.
Do a better job targeting new-to-WordPress users or those who are coming back to the platform after some time away.
Showcase modern WordPress, particularly the latest release, with a CTA to learn more.
Elevate the community section above the learning resources and add a link to the new Events page.
Compact the design slightly.
Here’s the old design and the updated version side-by-side.
The MetaMetaMeta 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. team has implemented several processes that make updating the homepage relatively easy. It’s entirely a blockBlockBlock 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. editor page that then syncs back to template files stored in version control.
The homepage should feel alive and dynamic. It should be updated consistently to showcase what’s new in WordPress, both in the CMS and the community. So what would you like to see?
Next steps
Each section of the homepage can be viewed as a separate “module” that all work together to form the page. In this iteration, the following modules were updated:
You can view the different versions of each module that were explored and continue to be explored in Figma. Add comments and share ideas there. You can also create issues directly in the wporg-main-2022 GithHub repository. This is the theme that powers the main WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe 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/ site.
Finally, make sure to join the #website-redesignSlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel if you are interested in additional updates coming to WordPress.org and want to contribute.
Props to @ryelle and @joen for reviewing this post and providing feedback.
