Releases: Automattic/jetpack-onboarding
Releases · Automattic/jetpack-onboarding
Jetpack Start v9 Release Candidate 1
Release candidate for user testing
v9 Beta 2
Most features are present, pending review.
Improvements since Beta 1:
- More sharing of code from dops-react, more inline CSS and some responsive design fixes
v8.0
Overview
Jetpack Start v8 has a number of major changes designed to maximise user engagement and extensibility. It combines new user-facing changes based on data gathered in previous revisions with cutting-edge browser technologies such as ReactJS and Flux.
Highlights
- Design / UX
- Updated, friendly & simple user interface
- Responsive design scales from phones to desktops
- Functionality consolidated into single Wizard view on the WordPress Dashboard
- Wizard saves state as the user progresses, reloading the page returns to the same state as they left
- Steps can be completed in any order by clicking the menu
- Progress bar keeps user motivated to complete all the steps
- Jetpack Start module activation consolidated into a single informative step
- Re-uses familiar styles and design cues from WP-Admin 4.2
- Technology
- Component-based technology (ReactJS) keeps wizard components simple and isolated, allows easy extension, and provides same technical underpinning as WordPress.com
- Background saving ensures a smooth user experience with no blocking operations
- Dynamically detects available Jetpack Start add-ons and status
- Updated stats/action integration (see below)
- Other
- PHP versions: tested on PHP 5.2 and 5.6
- Browser versions: tested IE 8 / 9 / 11, and the latest Firefox, Safari and Chrome
