KafleG 5:00 am on August 7, 2023
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Themes team meeting agenda for August 08, 2023

The themes team convenes on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. The second meeting for this month is scheduled for August 08.

The meeting takes place in the #themereview channel on WordPress 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/. and you need an account to participate.

Channel: #themereview | Time: Tuesday, August 08, 2023, 15:00 UTC

In addition to the predetermined agendas, we allocate time in the end for an open floor session where you are welcome to ask questions or share any themes-related information.

We highly encourage all members, as well as anyone with an interest, to participate. If you have specific agenda items you would like to include, please feel free to add them in the comment section below.

Meeting Agendas

  • Weekly updates
  • AI Images in themes
  • WordPress 6.3 release day
  • Contributors Days at different WordCamps
  • Community themes
  • Open Floor

1. Weekly updates

Theme Tickets and Help Scout updates

Current statistics can be found on: https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ 

Themes TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. ticket graph: https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticketgraph

Check regular weekly updates here.

Also, updated the Getting Started at a Contributor Day page.

2. AI Images in themes

There was a question in the #themereview channel about allowing AI-generated images in the theme screenshot or bundling them in the theme. There are no guidelines about this.

3. WordPress 6.3 release day

WordPress 6.3 is going to release on the 8th of August. Get ready for the release party.

4. Contributors Days at different WordCamps

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, WordCamp Kathmandu, and WordCamp Malaysia are coming. Are you attending any of these WordCamps and contributor dayContributor Day Contributor 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/.?

5. Community Themes

Blue Note from the WordPress community is currently under development. You can also join and contribute to the community themes.

6. Open floor

During the meeting, we will cover a comprehensive range of themes-related topics. All attendees are encouraged to ask questions or share any theme-related matters they have.

If you have something specific you’d like to bring up during the open floor session, please feel free to comment in the designated comment box below.

#agenda, #themes-team

Nick Diego 8:03 pm on July 31, 2023
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Hallway Hangout: Extending blocks with custom design tools

In a few weeks, @greenshady and I will host a casual conversation about how you can create custom design tools for blocks from a theming perspective.

Based on Justin’s latest article series for the WordPress Developer Blog, you will learn when to move beyond the 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. Styles APIAPI An 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. and create your own custom controls, such as an emoji-based icon picker for the Separator block!

An emoji-based icon picker for the Separator block.


We will also discuss the current limitations of theme development and how block development can be used to extend block themes.

If you’re interested in joining, the Hallway Hangout will happen on Thursday, August 17, 2023, at 1:00 PM CST (18:00 UTC). The meeting link will be shared through the Learn WordPress MeetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. group. RSVP for the event to access the link. Everyone is welcome, but if you have begun building block themes for clients or are interested in block theming, this session is especially for you.

Recording

Notes

The Hallway Hangout was attended by 44 community members, including facilitators @ndiego and @greenshady. 

Justin gave a presentation on his “Beyond Block Styles” article series, followed by a brief Q&A. Questions were asked and answered throughout. The following resources were shared during the event:

Props to @greenshady for review.

#block-based-themes, #hallway-hangout

KafleG 8:39 am on July 26, 2023
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Themes Team Meeting Notes – July 25, 2023

Howdy Mates! :wave:

The meeting notes are from the themes review team discussion.

Attendees:

1. Weekly updates

In the past 7 days,

  • 414 tickets were opened
  • 419 tickets were closed
    • 408 tickets were made live.
      • 20 new Themes were made live.
      • 388 Theme updates were made live.
      • 7 more were approved but are waiting to be made live.
    • 11 tickets were not-approved.
    • 0 tickets were closed-newer-version-uploaded.

For now, 11  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. themes are currently reviewing. In the last 7 days, 6 blocks themes are live.

Note: These stats include both the new theme tickets and updated theme tickets as well.

The themes team published weekly updates about tickets and HelpScout emails. Here is the theme statistic for the past 7 days. The most current stats can be found here.

Number of theme reviewers: 4 (@kafleg, @acosmin, @shrestharaaz, @fahimmurshed, @bijayyadav)

2. Getting Started at a Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor 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/. page update

As per the @poena message here in this channel, this page needs an update. These days, the way contributors day for the themes team is quite different these days. If you have feedback for this page, please create an issue here and also provide your feedback for this page.

3. Testing themes on WordPress 6.3 RCRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge.

During the meeting, @kafleg reminded the authors that WordPress 6.3 RC1 is available for testing. The site editor feature is particularly exciting. A video about the upcoming version can be found here.

While writing this meeting notes, WordPress 6.2 RC2 is already released. So, you can test it.

4. Open Floor

During the open floor, @greenshady shared updates on the Theme Handbook Overhaul project, with new document drafts related to CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Concepts > Templates and Core Concepts > Custom Functionality. He added, as always, we could use volunteers to pick up new docs listed here (I’m happy to work with anyone who needs help getting started).

@kafleg appreciated @greenshady for the valuable contribution and mentioned the need to check for complex words and sentences while reviewing the Theme Handbook Overhaul.

@Travel_girl received thanks for helping review accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (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)-ready themes and is planning to work on a guide for checking accessibility themes. Maja Benke is working on how we can effectively change the process of reviewing accessibility-ready themes. She discovered that, during the testing of a few themes in the last weeks, she noticed, that the current docs are not mentioning, that some points we need to check on all template pages. Also, she tries to find a way, to onboard new testers, but also to make sure, the test result is valid, as accessibility has to be tested manually.

Maja is looking for your feedback on this. Check the 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. ticket here.

Justin requested Maja to help with drafting a11yAccessibility Accessibility (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) chapters of the theme handbook and she is ready to do that.

#meeting-notes, #themes-team

KafleG 4:34 am on July 13, 2023
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Themes Team Meeting Notes – July 11, 2023

Howdy Mates! :wave:

The meeting notes are from the themes review team discussion.

Attendees:

1. Weekly updates

In the past 7 days,

  • 668 tickets were opened
  • 669 tickets were closed
    • 655 tickets were made live.
      • 21 new Themes were made live.
      • 634 Theme updates were made live.
      • 1 more were approved but are waiting to be made live.
    • 14 tickets were not-approved.
    • 0 tickets were closed-newer-version-uploaded.

For now, 8  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. themes are currently reviewing.

Note: These stats include both the new theme tickets and updated theme tickets as well.

The themes team published weekly updates about tickets and HelpScout emails. Here is the theme statistic for the past 7 days. The most current stats can be found here.

Number of theme reviewers: 4 (@kafleg, @acosmin, @shrestharaaz, @fahimmurshed)

2. WCUS Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor 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/.

For those who attend the WCUS and the Contributor day of it, I would like to request them to join the themes table as well.

In the themes table, table leads will guide you on how to contribute to community themes. So, this year WCUS CD will focus on building block themes for the community @poena, and @onemaggie will be there to guide you on what is community themes and how to contribute to them.

If you are interested in contributing, you can also contribute online for this community theme.

Read more here about WCUS contributor day. Contributor Day – WordCamp US 2023

3. Open floor

During the open floor, @kafleg shared,

@kafleg requested theme authors to test your themes with the beta and RCRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge. versions of 6.3. You’ll see exciting features that you were looking for for a long time.

@greenshady requested meeting attendees to help on reviewing and writing the theme handbook.

P.S. While writing this meeting note, beta 4 is also released.

#meeting, #meeting-notes, #themes-team

KafleG 1:29 am on July 10, 2023
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Themes team meeting agenda for July 11, 2023

The themes team convenes on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. The second meeting for this month is scheduled for July 11.

The meeting takes place in the #themereview channel on WordPress 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/. and you need an account to participate.

Channel: #themereview | Time: Tuesday, July 11, 2023, 15:00 UTC

In addition to the predetermined agendas, we allocate time in the end for an open floor session where you are welcome to ask questions or share any themes-related information.

We highly encourage all members, as well as anyone with an interest, to participate. If you have specific agenda items you would like to include, please feel free to add them in the comment section below.

Meeting Agendas

1. Weekly updates

Theme Tickets and Help Scout updates

Current statistics can be found on: https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ 

Themes TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. ticket graph: https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticketgraph

Check regular weekly updates here.

2. WCUS Contributor Day

@poena asked in the #themereview channel what we are supposed to do on WCUS Contributor Day. Let’s plan what we are going to do on the WCUS contributor day.

3. Open floor

During the meeting, we will cover a comprehensive range of topics related to themes. All attendees are encouraged to ask questions or share any theme-related matters they have.

If you have something specific you’d like to bring up during the open floor session, please feel free to comment in the designated comment box below.

#agenda, #meeting, #themes-team