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Rich Tabor's blog on WordPress, design, and blocks. Rich is a multidisciplinary maker specializing in the intersection of product, design and engineering. Making WordPress.
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You don’t need a flashy redesign
https://rich.blog/flashy-redesign/
Published: September 4, 2024 11:00
Your __________ doesn’t need a flashy redesign; it needs to work better. You might think that a new coat of paint will solve your problems. But if the core functionality is lackluster, users likely care about sleek interfaces. Instead of redesigning, focus…
WordPress Contributors, Think Like a Designer
https://rich.blog/think-like-a-designer/
Published: August 29, 2024 13:46
Open source is beautiful. And open source is often messy. WordPress, with its global community of contributors, is no exception. We’re a passionate bunch, each bringing our ideas, skills, and perspectives to the table. It’s what makes WordPress different—a…
Design systems and AI
https://rich.blog/design-systems-ai/
Published: August 13, 2024 10:00
An interesting read from Brad Frost on the about how AI is influencing the evolution of design systems, highlighting the balance between automation and human creativity in crafting cohesive and scalable digital experiences. This stands out to me most: We…
Good taste: the currency of the future
Published: August 7, 2024 14:53
This interview with David Lee, the CCO of Squarespace, poses an interesting question: Will AI make human creativity a luxury? Creativity is not just about technical skill or craft; it’s about identifying what resonates with people and captures the human…
WordPress 6.6
https://rich.blog/wordpress-6-6/
Published: July 17, 2024 10:55
WordPress 6.6 is a significant update, enhancing design tools and introducing new features like color palettes, block variations, and rollback for plugin updates. Additional improvements include quick previews for pages, editable shadow presets, and custom…
Practical contentment
https://rich.blog/practical-contentment/
Published: July 3, 2024 11:00
Muji champions a mindset of embracing sufficiency over perfection, aiming to elevate the response of "This will do" to one filled with clarity and confidence. This approach balances practical contentment with reason, liberating individuals from…
Shaping WordPress: Style Variations, Speed Challenges & WordCamps
https://rich.blog/shaping-wordpress-004/
Published: June 25, 2024 12:10
Welcome to Shaping WordPress, where I share every couple weeks what’s top of my mind and what’s shaping up for WordPress. If you haven’t already, subscribe. One big thing I’m wrapping up I merged this lift supporting section styles into the Assembler theme…
On contributing to open source
https://rich.blog/on-contributing/
Published: June 13, 2024 10:03
The best part of WordPress is that we get to work together making something we appreciate better. Contributing to open source is all about caring deeply for something and following up that passion with progress. Working together with others. It’s like…
I made 720 WordPress theme styles
Published: June 13, 2024 00:10
Over the last week or so, I made 720 unique theme styles. But here’s the kicker—this is all in a single theme. Wild. With Assembler, you have a whopping 45 color combinations and 16 font sets that can be mixed and matched to generate an incredible 720…
My Run in the WordPress Speed Challenge
Published: June 11, 2024 10:00
I participated in my friend Jamie’s WordPress Speed Build Challenge last week. The premise of the show is that two contestants have thirty minutes to build a landing page using WordPress. Good fun. Tool-wise, I used the Assembler theme, that I’m…