Category: WordPress
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Thank you Matt and WordPress
I want to thank WordPress for the nice gift for my participation in WordPress release 6.4 as Design Co-Lead. I had a great experience working together with amazing designers like Ellen Bauer, Allison Tarr, Ana Cirujano, Cathi Bosco, Sonia Gaballa, and Ohia. Thank you Matt for being so thoughtful and recognizing the work of contributors. The record hangs nicely on…
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My WordPress Story
20 years ago, WordPress found its way into this world and I have been working with it almost from the beginning. Well, 3 years after the first version launched and then again 5 years later. It was 2003 when I moved back to the US. After a divorce and a child in my arms, I…
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Is my small contribution too small for WordPress’ Five for the Future?
Five for the future is being discussed but there is no guide for contributors who can only give a small amount of hours per week or month. These are my suggestions.
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Redesigning the end-user documentation in the WordPress project – case study
For the past 2 years I have been busy reading and reviewing the end-user documentation in WordPress.org. The goal was to create a new design for the articles as they look outdated. The hidden problem was the problematic search, which is far more important than the way a page looks. This project is written into…
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2021 Yoast Diversity fund recipient
All I can say is Yoast is awesome! As contributor the encouragement received from Yoast, besides the financial contribution, is a great feeling and I am really grateful for their support. This contribution helped me invest more time into the reclassification of the articles inside HelpHub. HelpHub is the documentation for end-users within the WordPress…
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The all-female WordPress release squad
I made few design contributions to WordPress as part of the all-female WordPress 5.6 release team. Most of them are so tiny they went unnoticed but that’s for another post. Why did I join a release team? Is it easy to be a part of a release team? Is there a lot of work involved?…
