[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #54270: About Page for 5.9 Release
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#54270: About Page for 5.9 Release
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Reporter: chanthaboune | Owner: (none)
Type: task (blessed) | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 5.9
Component: Help/About | Version:
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Focuses:
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Comment (by critterverse):
Hi all, I took a first pass on the About page using some preliminary copy
that’s loosely based on the script for the recent
[https://wordpress.org/news/2021/11/a-look-at-wordpress-5-9 Introducing
WordPress 5.9 video]. I'm sharing a link to this draft in a
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/17jn6MKUtiLkwo_cAwKdpKiCrkilxbIuNkEdWEeNB6Sg/edit?usp=sharing
Google doc] — please feel free to edit or comment there directly!
In addition to the page content, I’ve also mocked up a couple of different
visual directions for the header artwork. **Direction 1** is inspired by
jazz album covers and classic movie posters (particularly by
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One,_Two,_Three this movie poster design]
by Saul Bass).
**Direction 2** is based on organic brushstoke shapes and is inspired by
the lovely design work for the
[https://make.wordpress.org/design/2021/06/03/redesign-of-wordpress-org-
news upcoming wordpress.org/news redesign].
The next steps from a design POV would be to create new header artwork in
whichever style we choose for the other section pages (Credits, Freedoms,
and Privacy). I'm also happy to keep exploring the visuals based on any
feedback.
Layout-wise, this matches pretty closely with the current About page for
5.8 so it shouldn't require a ''major'' dev effort. The only thing I’ve
added is a subtitle under each of the two main section headers. We'll
probably also need to adjust the placement of the typography in the header
area slightly.
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