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My talk at Heart&Sole 2011 on designing the WordPress platform. More event info over at http://heartandsole.org.uk/ Video of the presentation here: http://www.vimeo.com/19939668
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John O’Nolantwitter.com/johnonolan
Radiiatehead of operations
WordPressdeputy head of UI group
.com .com
Clients: Writing:
Projects:
Lesson 1.There is no way to keep30,000,000 users happy.
But we do our best.
Lesson 2.
How Much You Think You Know About WordPressHow Much You Really Know About WordPress
Lesson 3.
Charts That John Finds Useful & FunnyCharts That Are Genuinely UsefulCharts That Are Genuinely Funny
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Start Middle End After Party
Level of Funny
Progression of Chart Humour
Behind The Scenes
Behind The Scenes
Matt MullenwegCo-founder & Project Lead
Ryan BorenLead Developer
Mark JaquithLead Developer
Andrew OzzLead Developer
Peter WestwoodLead Developer
Jane WellsUX/UI and Community Lead
Andrew NacinCore Commit
Dion HulseCore Commit
Contributing Core Developers with Temporary Commit Status
Trusted Contributing Core Developers
Active Contributing Core Developers
Casual Contributing Core Developers
Matt ThomasStyle Lead
Specific Area Core Commit
John O’Nolan UI Deputy
UI Group Contributors
Forum ModeratorsTheme Authors
Docs Team
Plugin Authors
WordPress Users (including consultants/private developers)
Testers
WordPress Users
Theme Reviewers
Mark Riley Plugin Repo Lead
Joseph ScottTheme Repo Lead
Codex Editors
Ben Dunkle Icon Designer
Forum Volunteers
WORDPRESS.ORG STAKEHOLDERS
Matt MullenwegCo-founder & Project Lead
Ryan BorenLead Developer
Mark JaquithLead Developer
Andrew OzzLead Developer
Peter WestwoodLead Developer
Jane WellsUX/UI and Community Lead
Andrew NacinCore Commit
Dion HulseCore Commit
Contributing Core Developers with Temporary Commit Status
Trusted Contributing Core Developers
Active Contributing Core Developers
Casual Contributing Core Developers
Matt ThomasStyle Lead
Specific Area Core Commit
John O’Nolan UI Deputy
UI Group Contributors
Forum ModeratorsTheme Authors
Docs Team
Plugin Authors
WordPress Users (including consultants/private developers)
Testers
WordPress Users
Theme Reviewers
Mark Riley Plugin Repo Lead
Joseph ScottTheme Repo Lead
Codex Editors
Ben Dunkle Icon Designer
Forum Volunteers
THE CIRCLE OF TRUSTAndrew NacinDonncha
O’Caoimh
Jon Cave(duck_)
Silviu Burca(Scribu)
Alex M(Viper007Bond)
Andy Skelton
Joseph ScottXML-RPC
Mike Adams
Matt ThomasUI/2010
Nikolay Bachiyskii18n
Dion Hulse
John O’Nolan(UI Group)
Samuel Wood (Otto42)
Daryl Koopersmith
Matt Mullenweg
Jane Wells
Peter Westwood
Andrew Ozz
Mark Jaquith
Ryan Boren
Matt MullenwegCo-founder & Project Lead
Ryan BorenLead Developer
Mark JaquithLead Developer
Andrew OzzLead Developer
Peter WestwoodLead Developer
Jane WellsUX/UI and Community Lead
Andrew NacinCore Commit
Dion HulseCore Commit
Contributing Core Developers with Temporary Commit Status
Trusted Contributing Core Developers
Active Contributing Core Developers
Casual Contributing Core Developers
Matt ThomasStyle Lead
Specific Area Core Commit
John O’Nolan UI Deputy
UI Group Contributors
Forum ModeratorsTheme Authors
Docs Team
Plugin Authors
WordPress Users (including consultants/private developers)
Testers
WordPress Users
Theme Reviewers
Mark Riley Plugin Repo Lead
Joseph ScottTheme Repo Lead
Codex Editors
Ben Dunkle Icon Designer
Forum Volunteers
WORDPRESS.ORG STAKEHOLDERS
Matt MullenwegCo-founder & Project Lead
Ryan BorenLead Developer
Mark JaquithLead Developer
Andrew OzzLead Developer
Peter WestwoodLead Developer
Jane WellsUX/UI and Community Lead
Andrew NacinCore Commit
Dion HulseCore Commit
Contributing Core Developers with Temporary Commit Status
Trusted Contributing Core Developers
Active Contributing Core Developers
Casual Contributing Core Developers
Matt ThomasStyle Lead
Specific Area Core Commit
John O’Nolan UI Deputy
UI Group Contributors
Forum ModeratorsTheme Authors
Docs Team
Plugin Authors
WordPress Users (including consultants/private developers)
Testers
WordPress Users
Theme Reviewers
Mark Riley Plugin Repo Lead
Joseph ScottTheme Repo Lead
Codex Editors
Ben Dunkle Icon Designer
Forum Volunteers
Let’s Go Back In Time
WordPress 0.71
WordPress 1.5
WordPress 2.3
WordPress 2.5
WordPress 2.7
WordPress 3.0
We’ve come a long way.
Who Are We Designing For?
100,000,000 Views Per Day
Just on WordPress.com100,000,000 Views Per Day
3,000,000,000 Views Per Month
A Report Last Year Suggested That
WordPress Powers 8.5% of The Internet
Over 26,000,000 Sites
BUT
Microsoft migrated an estimated
30,000,000 additional sites to WordPress.com
Total: 56,000,000 Sites*
How Many Sites Microsoft Said They MigratedHow Many They Really Migrated
*
Total: 30,000,000 Sites(ish)
It’s like selling out every seat at every match at every stadium at the World Cup
10 Times
The Best Part?
They Speak Over60 Different Languages
Who Are We Designing For?
Lots of people.
The WordPress Design Team
Jane WellsHead of UI / UX / Community
Matt ThomasWordPress Style Lead
John O’NolanDeputy Head of UI Group
That’s me!
Ben DunkleIcon Designer
The UI GroupTracy Cannon + Sara Cannon +
Chelsea Otakan + Irregular Members
+ Honorary Member: Andrew (codemonkey) Nacin
How Do We Do it?
UI LeadDev LeadMattUsers
UI LeadDev LeadMattUsers
Style Lead Icon Design UI Deputy
UI LeadDev LeadMattUsers
Style Lead Icon Design UI Deputy
UI Group(design)UI Lead UI DeputyStyle Lead
UI LeadDev LeadMattUsers
Style Lead Icon Design UI Deputy
UI Group(design)UI Lead UI DeputyStyle Lead
REVIEW(does it work?) NO!YES!Implement it! #blamenacin
UI LeadDev LeadMattUsers
Style Lead Icon Design UI Deputy
UI Group(design)UI Lead UI DeputyStyle Lead
REVIEW(does it work?) NO!YES!Implement it!
UI Group(markup+css)
UI Deputy Core Dev BetaRelease
#blamenacin
UI LeadDev LeadMattUsers
Some code stuff happens
here
Style Lead Icon Design UI Deputy
UI Group(design)UI Lead UI DeputyStyle Lead
Star Trek?
REVIEW(does it work?) NO!YES!Implement it!
UI Group(markup+css)
UI Deputy Core Dev BetaRelease
#blamenacin
UI LeadDev LeadMattUsers
Some code stuff happens
here
Style Lead Icon Design UI Deputy
UI Group(design)UI Lead UI DeputyStyle Lead
Star Trek?
REVIEW(does it work?) NO!YES!Implement it!
UI Group(markup+css)
UI Deputy Core Dev BetaRelease
USER TESTING(does it work?) NO!
YES!
Final Release
#blamenacin
UI LeadDev LeadMattUsers
Some code stuff happens
here
Style Lead Icon Design UI Deputy
UI Group(design)UI Lead UI DeputyStyle Lead
Star Trek?
REVIEW(does it work?) NO!YES!Implement it!
UI Group(markup+css)
BetaRelease
USER TESTING(does it work?) NO!
YES!
Final Release
#blamenacin
UI Deputy Core Dev
It All Started With Some Tabs
UI LeadDev LeadMattUsers
Some code stuff happens
here
Style Lead Icon Design UI Deputy
UI Group(design)UI Lead UI DeputyStyle Lead
Star Trek?
REVIEW(does it work?) NO!YES!Implement it!
UI Group(markup+css)
UI Deputy Core Dev BetaRelease
USER TESTING(does it work?) NO!
YES!
Final Release
#blamenacin
Don’t Forget
&
Everything has to be flexible
What’s Next?
WordPress 3.1
Blue Admin Skin
UI Elements PSD(UI Group Repository)
Style Guide
Beautiful CSS(phase 1)
WordPress 3.2 ?What’s Coming in
You Tell Me.
The UI Group Blog: http://make.wordpress.org/ui
The UI Group Meeting:
http://webchat.freenode.net
Tuesdays - 19:00 GMT
Channel: wordpress-ui
Biking Nikon PDX, dawgbyte77, Smashing Magazine, Steve Evans, White Rabbit TV, Andrew Nacin, Jane Wells, Nacinbot,
SleepyNacin, #BlameNacin
My Name is John O’NolanJOHN
twitter.com/JohnONolanfacebook.com/JohnONolanflickr.com/photos/JohnONolan
This talk is released under the Creative Commons 3.0 license.
All slides and content will be available on john.onolan.org
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LICENSING:
My Book, Coming Soon:
DESIGNINGEMOTIONBY JOHN O’NOLANAND ADII PIENAARSPRING 2011http://amzn.to/DesigningEmotion
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