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Re: Whitehouse.gov Chooses WordPress, Again

#31

In this age where the trend is JAM stack, it is refreshing to see that something battle-tested like WordPress was chosen. There's a reason WP has withstood the test of time. (WordPress developers being a dime a dozen also help make the case)

JAM stack ? The first letter I guess is Javascript?

“JavaScript, APIs, Markup”

Re: Whitehouse.gov Chooses WordPress, Again

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post #15

I'm disappointed by their choice in site design and I'm sure it'll be infuriating to interact with for those with disabilities. It's a real wasted opportunity to use this instead of something more battle tested and fit for purpose such as the design used by the gov.uk site. https://www.gov.uk/ https://www.gov.uk/guidance/government-design-principles/

I see no infinite scrolling on https://whitehouse.gov/ It clearly has an end point and a footer. Also, the "briefing room" has pagination. Not sure what pages you are looking at.

It would seem you're correct, faulty memory I suppose?

Re: Whitehouse.gov Chooses WordPress, Again

#34

In this age where the trend is JAM stack, it is refreshing to see that something battle-tested like WordPress was chosen. There's a reason WP has withstood the test of time. (WordPress developers being a dime a dozen also help make the case)

It's Jamstack and it's more than just a trend.

Re: Whitehouse.gov Chooses WordPress, Again

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post #15

I'm disappointed by their choice in site design and I'm sure it'll be infuriating to interact with for those with disabilities. It's a real wasted opportunity to use this instead of something more battle tested and fit for purpose such as the design used by the gov.uk site. https://www.gov.uk/ https://www.gov.uk/guidance/government-design-principles/

I really like that persistent link-background highlight effect when you click a link.

Re: Whitehouse.gov Chooses WordPress, Again

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post #4

I hope we again see the value of using systems like Wordpress for it’s simplicity in getting a blog/website setup and easily modify content. Lately most of the modern marketing websites I see is built using gatsby and next.js. Having been talking to different content/marketing teams, they hate it so much because of the complexity it brings. Editing content? Sign in to this headless CRM app, want a form? Go sign in to…

Have you ever tried to customize or add functionality to Wordpress? Because if it’s anything like Drupal or other PHP based tech of a certain era, it’s hell

drupal is much better, IMO, and assuming you actually know how the framework is designed. Wordpress has the 'loop' you hook into and everything happens in it. Drupal has more of a pub/sub model with hooks which seemed much easier to build standalone plugins. At the end of the day I'd say the most important part is understanding how they are built and where you are supposed to spend your time as a dev to make your users happy.

Re: Whitehouse.gov Chooses WordPress, Again

#37
post #13

I'm surprised they dropped the IE supports. (It's failed on my testing, and the CSS syntax they used shown they never think about it.) For their 2% rules, they shouldn't drop the minors. https://github.com/uswds/uswds/issues/3877 This is a super clean and simple feature website. They could offer supports very widely, and the cost won't be high! (I'm a web developer)

IE11 will soon be a security hazard and not worth the effort to code for.

Even IE6, that's no security problems on a well-made & trusted website. And a website doesn't support IE6 can't prevent the attacts usually (eg. XSS)

> effort

this simple theme can code in ONE day.

Re: Whitehouse.gov Chooses WordPress, Again

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post #13

I'm surprised they dropped the IE supports. (It's failed on my testing, and the CSS syntax they used shown they never think about it.) For their 2% rules, they shouldn't drop the minors. https://github.com/uswds/uswds/issues/3877 This is a super clean and simple feature website. They could offer supports very widely, and the cost won't be high! (I'm a web developer)

IE11 will soon be a security hazard and not worth the effort to code for.

Please stop spreading misinformation.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/faq/internet-expl...

"Internet Explorer 11 is the last major version of Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer 11 will continue receiving security updates and technical support for the lifecycle of the version of Windows on which it is installed."

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