Title: Make WordPress.org – Page 32 – A self-referential site --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) [Konstantin Obenland](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) 4:24 pm _on_ August 25, 2016 Tags: [plugin directory ( 45 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugin-directory/) # 󠀁[Plugin Directory Chat Summary (8/25)](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2016/08/25/plugin-directory-chat-summary-825/)󠁿 This is a summary of the 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/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. Directory chat from August 25. ( [Slack log](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/meta/p1472083206001715)) **Attendees**: [@mapk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mapk/), @webdevmattcrom, @ kevinwhoffman, @Ipstenu, @diddledan, @jcastaneda, [@hugobaeta](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hugobaeta/), [@obenland](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) ### Topics: * **Status of M7** Three tickets have been closed so far. [#1828](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1828) has a mockup now, as discussed last week, and already got some feedback on it. It should be a good base to test and iterate on. [@ocean90](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ocean90/) is on well deserved vacation after 4.6 so [#1691](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1691) is still on standby, while [@dd32](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dd32/) was at a conference and probably didn’t have much time to look at [#1579](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1579). [#1839](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1839) has a final version of the email, so @Otto42 should be able to close that fairly soon. * One of the three fixed tickets was [#1810](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1810), that significantly improves the display of the FAQ section. Additional suggestions voiced in the chat were making questions linkable and not using all caps on them. For more feedback please comment on the ticket so [@mapk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mapk/) has a chance to respond to it. * **Review community feedback** We decided to postpone discussions of the remaining non-urgent items until [@mapk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mapk/) and [@dd32](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dd32/) can participate again and give their input next week. * **Open Floor** @webdevmattcrom created [a mockup for plugin cards](http://codepen.io/mathetos/pen/akXLGZ) on index/archive pages. Some of the things that were discussed was potentially removing the description switch position with the new information to make it more cohesive, different view points about whether the icons provide enough context, and how more context can be added. The next meeting is on [Thursday September 1, 00:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20160901T0000). [#plugin-directory](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugin-directory/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fmeta%2F2016%2F08%2F25%2Fplugin-directory-chat-summary-825%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) [Konstantin Obenland](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) 9:05 pm _on_ August 23, 2016 Tags: [meta ( 33 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/meta/), [plugin directory ( 45 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugin-directory/) # 󠀁[Plugin Directory Chat Agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2016/08/23/plugin-directory-chat-agenda-4/)󠁿 Agenda for this week’s meeting on [August 25, 2016 at 00:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20160825T0000): * Status update for Milestone 7, due next week. * Review remaining [feedback items](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2016/07/28/plugin-directory-v3-next-steps/) from Open BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process.. * Open Floor. We’ll be meeting in [#meta](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/meta/) on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/). If you have anything to propose to add to the agenda, please leave a comment below. See you in the chat! [#plugin-directory](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugin-directory/) [#meta](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/meta/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fmeta%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2Fplugin-directory-chat-agenda-4%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmdodd/) [Jennifer M. Dodd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmdodd/) 3:36 pm _on_ August 22, 2016 Tags: [forums ( 18 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/forums/) # 󠀁[Support Forum Progress Report](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2016/08/22/support-forum-progress-report/)󠁿 I began backfilling all valid closed support forumSupport Forum WordPress Support Forums is a place to go for help and conversations around using WordPress. Also the place to go to report issues that are caused by errors with the WordPress code and implementations. topics and replies last Thursday. The current rate of about 500 topics/minute includes all topic tags, replies, and subscription information and discards spam and deleted topics. I’ve outlined the upgrade path with a tentative timeline for this week below. **Pre-maintenance window** (this week): * Import all valid topics and replies from more than a year ago. Topics are considered valid if they are public, not 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/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. or theme review (more on that later), and are not spam or trashTrash Trash in WordPress is like the Recycle Bin on your PC or Trash in your Macintosh computer. Users with the proper permission level (administrators and editors) have the ability to delete a post, page, and/ or comments. When you delete the item, it is moved to the trash folder where it will remain for 30 days.. These are all topics that are closed and have no activity. I’m currently at offset 2,197,000 of 2,400,000 of the desired topic set. ([@jmdodd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmdodd/)) * Post a small notification message regarding the maintenance window once it is scheduled at the top of all pages in the support forum. ([@jmdodd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmdodd/)) Switch over forum registration to be handled on login.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/](https://wordpress.org/). This will be done after the forum upgrade; “one catastrophe at a time”. * Change “topic closed” plugin date to two months rather than one year. Any topics older than two months will be considered closed in bbPressbbPress Free, open source software built on top of WordPress for easily creating forums on sites. [https://bbpress.org](https://bbpress.org) 1. This allows us to import much more of the existing database rather than relying on the maintenance window for all of the import. These topics will still be open once we switch over to bbPress 2. ([@jmdodd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmdodd/)) * Import the last ten months of topics from offset 2,400,000 to a set topic ID outside of the two month window. ([@jmdodd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmdodd/)) **Maintenance window** (about 6 hours, very tentatively set for Friday, 26 August 2016): * Close the bbPress 1 forums. They will still be searchable, and users can browse them, but they will not be available for posting new topics or replies. ([@jmdodd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmdodd/)) * Run the import for valid topics and replies from the last two months. Do not include reviews. ([@jmdodd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmdodd/)) * Testing shakedown pre-nginxNGINX NGINX is open source software for web serving, reverse proxying, caching, load balancing, media streaming, and more. It started out as a web server designed for maximum performance and stability. In addition to its HTTP server capabilities, NGINX can also function as a proxy server for email (IMAP, POP3, and SMTP) and a reverse proxy and load balancer for HTTP, TCP, and UDP servers. [https://www.nginx.com/](https://www.nginx.com/).; make sure that registration/login/posting/etc. are all functional. ([@jmdodd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmdodd/)) * Update the forum site URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org. ([@jmdodd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmdodd/)) * DeployDeploy Launching code from a local development environment to the production web server, so that it's available to visitors. nginx rewrites for the support forums only. Rosetta forums still need nginx rewrites, but in the interests of restoring access to the support forum and not complicating the maintenance window, those can be done in a separate action. ([@jmdodd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmdodd/)) * Testing shakedown post-nginx; make sure that registration/login/posting/etc. are all functional. ([@jmdodd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmdodd/)) * Open all bbPress 2 forums except for reviews. ([@jmdodd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmdodd/)) **Post-maintenance window** (at least 12 hours, hopefully on Saturday, 27 August 2016): * User role backfill for any users that are not the default bbPress user role.( [@jmdodd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmdodd/)) * Import all 300k reviews into bbPress 2. Reviews are editable by the poster and involve an external table that holds the actual rating data; the external table will need to be scanned and matched with the new post id of the imported topic. Reviews are also far more dense than normal topics; we gain some efficiency because most reviews have no replies, but no reviews will be discarded. The plugin and theme directories rely on the review data for their current designs; their queries will continue to work from stale pre-maintenance-window data until they are updated to use the new bbPress 2 tables. Doing the review import after the main switchover will allow us to deploy query updates against the plugin and theme directory code as well as the support forum to avoid errors, and reduce the time of the maintenance window from needing to import 360k topics to only needing to guarantee import of about 60k topics. ([@jmdodd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmdodd/)) * Import user favorites and topic, topic tag, and plugin subscriptions. Users will potentially miss some subscription emails during this period, but this should not be updated until all topics are available in the new tables. Plugin subscriptions will be the last data retrieved from the old bbPress 1 tables, as they are unrelated to any topics and will need to be crawled separately on a term-by-term basis.( [@jmdodd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmdodd/)) [#forums](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/forums/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fmeta%2F2016%2F08%2F22%2Fsupport-forum-progress-report%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mapk/) [Mark Uraine](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mapk/) 2:47 pm _on_ August 19, 2016 Tags: [design ( 20 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/design/), [forums ( 18 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/forums/)    # 󠀁[Support Forum Preliminary Mockups](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2016/08/19/support-forum-preliminary-mockups/)󠁿 The next revision of the support forumSupport Forum WordPress Support Forums is a place to go for help and conversations around using WordPress. Also the place to go to report issues that are caused by errors with the WordPress code and implementations. design is ready, as we get closer to coding, hopefully by next week! In order to move to the next stage, I want to get these mockups in front everyone to gather comments and feedback. These are definitely _preliminary_ mockups; things can and will change, especially during the implementation phase. If you haven’t followed along before, take a moment and review the [Design Research post](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2016/07/11/forum-design-research/) and the [Wireframes post](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2016/08/08/support-forum-preliminary-wireframes/) from earlier. ### The Homepage [⌊Homepage⌉⌊Homepage⌉[ Homepage [⌊Mobile view⌉⌊Mobile view⌉[ Mobile view **Homepage Notes** * Search is prominent in the blue title bar, which follows the design pattern from the new 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/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. Directory and Get page. * 3 columned jump points to various popular documentation destinations. * Forums have a grid layout, as seen in the wireframes, but the most recent topic links have been removed. Instead, longer descriptions have been added. The support team can customize these to make it easier to locate the relevant forum and dive into it, without be overwhelmed with text. ### Forums page [⌊Forums page⌉⌊Forums page⌉[ Forums page [⌊Mobile view⌉⌊Mobile view⌉[ Mobile view **Forum View Notes** * Two columns in the table now use icons instead of text descriptions to minimize their width. This should reduce wrapping of the topic title. ### Topic/Discussion page [⌊Discussion page⌉⌊Discussion page⌉[ Discussion page [⌊Mobile view⌉⌊Mobile view⌉[ Mobile view **Discussion page Notes** * The initial post is given a grey highlight, to separate it from replies. * If the post has been resolved, it’s marked as such and the specific answer is noted with a green checkmark. ### Search results [⌊Search results page⌉⌊Search results page⌉[ Search results page [⌊Mobile view⌉⌊Mobile view⌉[ Mobile view **Search Results Notes** * As of right now, search will be use the built-in bbPressbbPress Free, open source software built on top of WordPress for easily creating forums on sites. [https://bbpress.org](https://bbpress.org) 2 search, so it will only return forum posts in the results. * If the user doesn’t see an answer or post about their question, there’s a button to quickly move this into a form for creating a new discussion. ### Feedback I’d love some some feedback on these mockups! Feedback on anything is great, but in particular I have a couple of questions: * Should comments from moderators, authors, and plugin authors have a different style than regular comments? * Where should the “All Topics” and “No Replies” links go? Perhaps on the homepage? Leave your feedback below and let us know what you like and don’t like. 🙂 [#design](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/design/), [#forums](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/forums/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fmeta%2F2016%2F08%2F19%2Fsupport-forum-preliminary-mockups%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) [Konstantin Obenland](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) 4:19 pm _on_ August 18, 2016 Tags: 1691-meta, [plugin directory ( 45 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugin-directory/) # 󠀁[Plugin Directory Meeting Summary (8/18)](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2016/08/18/plugin-directory-meeting-summary-818/)󠁿 This is a summary of the 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/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. Directory chat from August 18. ( [Slack log](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/meta/p1471478406001302)) **Attendees**: @SergeyBiryukov, [@mapk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mapk/), @ webdevmattcrom, @kevinwhoffman, @deblynprado, @Otto42, @Ipstenu, [@dd32](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dd32/),@ jcastaneda, [@obenland](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) ### Topics: * **Review M6** Five tickets were closed. Favorites have a 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. now, which [@dd32](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dd32/) had largely done earlier. We decided last week to postpone [#1691-meta](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1691) to Milestone 7 so [@ocean90](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ocean90/) has more availability to give advise on how to move forward there. For [#1579](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1579) [@dd32](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dd32/) committed @tellyworth’s patch. * **Planning M7** [#1579](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1579) and [#1691](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1691) were taken over from last milestone. After last weeks review of feedback items, [#1810](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1810) and [#1828](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1828) were identified as important tickets needed to move forward, so those were moved into M7 as well. [#1810](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1810) is pretty far already, likely be fixed soon. [#1828](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1828) will need some more attention, namely a decision on how screenshots should be displayed by next weeks meeting ([@mapk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mapk/)). Additionally [#1839](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1839) and [#1841](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1841) were added to the milestone since they should be fairly easy to fix. * **Open Floor** @webdevmattcrom is working with [@mapk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mapk/) on adding additional info to search results: [Mockup](https://www.dropbox.com/s/2t75tw6z1zsh1dt/2016-08-16%2010_42_08-Plugin-Homepage.png?dl=0). The next meeting is on [Thursday August 25, 00:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20160825T0000). [#plugin-directory](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugin-directory/) [#1691-meta](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/1691-meta/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fmeta%2F2016%2F08%2F18%2Fplugin-directory-meeting-summary-818%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) [Konstantin Obenland](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) 6:12 pm _on_ August 17, 2016 Tags: [meta ( 33 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/meta/), [plugin directory ( 45 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugin-directory/) # 󠀁[Plugin Directory Chat Agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2016/08/17/plugin-directory-chat-agenda-3/)󠁿 Agenda for this week’s meeting on [August 18, 2016 at 00:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20160818T0000): * Review [Milestone 6](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/milestone/Plugin%20Directory%20v3%20-%20M6). * Plan Milestone 7 from [existing tickets](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=!closed&component=Plugin+Directory). * Review remaining [feedback items](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2016/07/28/plugin-directory-v3-next-steps/) from Open BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process.. * Open Floor. We’ll be meeting in [#meta](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/meta/) on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/). If you have anything to propose to add to the agenda, please leave a comment below. See you in the chat! [#plugin-directory](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugin-directory/) [#meta](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/meta/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fmeta%2F2016%2F08%2F17%2Fplugin-directory-chat-agenda-3%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) [Konstantin Obenland](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) 5:16 pm _on_ August 11, 2016 Tags: [plugin directory ( 45 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugin-directory/) # 󠀁[Plugin Directory Meeting Summary (8/11)](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2016/08/11/plugin-directory-meeting-summary-811/)󠁿 This is a summary of the 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/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. Directory chat from August 11. ( [Slack log](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/meta/p1470873603000819)) **Attendees**: @justingreerbbi, @SergeyBiryukov, [@mapk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mapk/),@ webdevmattcrom, @kevinwhoffman, @qriouslad, @liljimmi, [@dd32](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dd32/), [@samuelsidler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samuelsidler/), [@michaelarestad](https://profiles.wordpress.org/michaelarestad/),@ afragen, @lunacodes, @gibrown, @clorith, [@obenland](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) ### Topics: * **Status of M6** Five tickets have been closed so far, including one that cropped up this week. Due to a knowledge dependency, [#1691](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1691) might need to be bumped to M7. Patches in [#1579](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1579) are commit ready. * **Review community feedback** We decided to postpone discussions on the two items with the most feedback, read more links and plugin cards, until [@mapk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mapk/) can participate and give his input this week. * Initially the step back towards everything on one page on single plugin pages was the desire to explore solutions outside of the tabs in general. Designers weren’t sure that tabs were the right solution, especially the way they are currently implemented. Tabs indicate that each section warrants similar importance. In many areas certain sections just aren’t as important as others, so displaying these on a single page helped with creating proper hierarchy. A lot of are used to the tab architecture so they probably expect a central navigation, but if the information is arranged correctly it might not be needed either. Forcing a Read More on every section is not very helpful though, Screenshots and FAQs for example could be handled much differently. There are already two tickets that handle that, [#1810](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1810) to make FAQs more accordion-like and [#1828](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1828) to make screenshots a gallery sort of thing. Changelogs could be limited to the last n releases of a plugin to make it more manageable and possibly merged into the Contributors & Developers section. Action items, as a result of the discussion, include completing the aforementioned two tickets and finding a better place for the changelog. With that three out of five read mores would be eliminated and we can take another look and iterate from there. * Another part of the new directory that received a lot of feedback is the simplified plugin cards on the front-page and search results. [@mapk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mapk/) is in favor of including more information, but it needs to be the right information. Ultimately we should be very conscious about why we add more data to a view, to ensure we’re providing the right data for users. Four pieces of data are currently being discussed: Active installs, Last Updated Date, Author, and Compatibility. It’s hard to tell if the data is right because search results aren’t ideal, so we agreed to focus on improving the plugin detail page first, while also improving search, then circle back around to the cards once we have a more accurate search and can run real user tests. The next meeting is on [Thursday August 18, 00:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20160818T0000). [#plugin-directory](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugin-directory/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fmeta%2F2016%2F08%2F11%2Fplugin-directory-meeting-summary-811%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) [Konstantin Obenland](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) 9:40 pm _on_ August 9, 2016 Tags: [meta ( 33 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/meta/), [plugin directory ( 45 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugin-directory/) # 󠀁[Plugin Directory Chat Agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2016/08/09/plugin-directory-chat-agenda-2/)󠁿 Agenda for this week’s meeting on [August 11, 2016 at 00:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20160811T0000): * Status update for Milestone 6, due next week. * Review remaining [feedback items](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2016/07/28/plugin-directory-v3-next-steps/) from Open BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process.. * Open Floor. We’ll be meeting in [#meta](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/meta/) on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/). If you have anything to propose to add to the agenda, please leave a comment below. See you in the chat! [#plugin-directory](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugin-directory/) [#meta](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/meta/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fmeta%2F2016%2F08%2F09%2Fplugin-directory-chat-agenda-2%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mapk/) [Mark Uraine](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mapk/) 9:38 pm _on_ August 8, 2016 Tags: [design ( 20 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/design/), [forums ( 18 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/forums/)    # 󠀁[Support Forum Preliminary Wireframes](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2016/08/08/support-forum-preliminary-wireframes/)󠁿 After looking through the feedback from the [initial forum design research](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2016/07/11/forum-design-research/), I began to create wireframes to help organize some of these ideas. Forum design is pretty standard across the web, and features don’t vary much either, so building out wireframes proved to be a straightforward task. I wanted to stick with something basic and build from there. The forums and the topic/discussion pages are simple and straightforward. I worked through some layouts for the Support homepage and played around with the display of content in different ways. ### The Homepage [⌊Homepage⌉⌊Homepage⌉[ Homepage [⌊Mobile view⌉⌊Mobile view⌉[ Mobile view * I made the search more prominent on the homepage. Rather than diving down into the forum topics, people are more likely to search for their issue instead. * I provided three very prominent sections at the top for the ‘Welcome’ intro, a link to the Codex (documentation), and a third link, possibly to the Support Handbook. * Below those jump points, the forums are separated out and grouped with their 3 most recent topics. This was done to help with discovery and ensure users find the right forum. I determined that, if the topic was popular enough to continue getting activity, then others coming to the Support page might also relate to that topic. * The post tags are moved to the bottom along with other useful links.   ### The Forum Page [⌊Forums page⌉⌊Forums page⌉[ Forums page [⌊Mobile Wireframe - Topic page⌉⌊Mobile Wireframe - Topic page⌉[ Mobile view * The layout comes with the new subnav that’s being implemented on other parts of the site. This includes a search field, and the three main subnav links. * The title of the forum is on the left top with a description under it. * The list of topics in the table below display the topic title, author, author avatarAvatar An avatar is an image or illustration that specifically refers to a character that represents an online user. It’s usually a square box that appears next to the user’s name., number of participants, number of replies, latest person who replied with their avatar, and the date. * Below the list, if logged in, you’ll see the form to add a new topic. Otherwise, you’ll see a call to action to login and add a new topic. * The sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. has been moved to the right. Primary content in LTR languages should be on the left, while 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. content should be on the right. The sidebar includes: number of topics/discussions, number of replies, Last reply, and last activity.   ### The Topic/Discussion Page [⌊Discussion page⌉⌊Discussion page⌉[ Discussion page [⌊Mobile view⌉⌊Mobile view⌉[ Mobile view * This page would include a breadcrumb nav to help orient the user to their location given that it’s deeper than two levels. * The title of the forum is below that. * The initial question is a highlighted box which includes the user’s question/ title, the user info, and the detail of the question/topic. * The comments are displayed below in a simple layout. * If logged in, there will be a reply form below. * Sidebar includes: number of replies, number of participants, last reply (user), last activity (date), and ‘favorite’ option.   ### The Search Results Page [⌊Search results⌉⌊Search results⌉[ Search results [⌊Mobile view⌉⌊Mobile view⌉[ Mobile view * The question is predominantly displayed at the top. * Search results are displayed below with pertinent information like title, desc., author, date, etc. * Pagination * Sidebar includes ability to convert the search query into a proper question (‘ Ask Question’ button). Most likely transfer the user to a form page where the user can select which forum this question should be posted in. * Sidebar also includes recent forum posts and additional meta data.   ### A Call for Feedback I’d love to hear what you think about the wireframes. Please leave some feedback below! 🙂 [#design](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/design/), [#forums](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/forums/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fmeta%2F2016%2F08%2F08%2Fsupport-forum-preliminary-wireframes%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) [Konstantin Obenland](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) 12:38 pm _on_ August 4, 2016 Tags: [plugin directory ( 45 )](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugin-directory/) # 󠀁[Plugin Directory Chat Summary (8/4)](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2016/08/04/plugin-directory-chat-summary-84/)󠁿 This is a summary of the 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/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. Directory chat from August 4. ([Slack log](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/meta/p1470268858000448)) **Attendees**: [@dd32](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dd32/), [@samuelsidler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samuelsidler/),@ Ipstenu, @webdevmattcrom, [@obenland](https://profiles.wordpress.org/obenland/) ### Topics: * **Plan M6** Two tickets left over from M5 were moved into M6, [#1579](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1579) and [#1691](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1691). To complete the favorite functionality [#1811](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1811) was added, as well as three bug reports that should be fairly straight forward to fix. * **Review community feedback** We decided to postpone discussions on the two items with the most feedback, read more links and plugin cards, until [@mapk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mapk/) can participate and give his input next week. Search is still in need of iteration. One of the things to do here is to go through the top search terms and compare them to see which results are better and how they can be improved. Another is adjust the algorithm based on user reports, which are being depended on to cover more cases. Showing categories on the front page instead of (or in addition to) curated sections was something that was thought about previously and is absolutely something that will happen. There are a lot of possibilities to mix it up, even things like “trending in [categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging.]”. We didn’t get to discuss “Making plugin author dashboard public and moving it out of `wp-admin`” before the end of the meeting, so that can be picked up in the meeting next week as well. The next meeting is on [Thursday August 11, 00:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20160811T0000). [#plugin-directory](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/tag/plugin-directory/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fmeta%2F2016%2F08%2F04%2Fplugin-directory-chat-summary-84%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) ## Post navigation [← Older posts](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/page/33/?output_format=md) [Newer posts →](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/page/31/?output_format=md)