Category: Work

Link Inserter, Iteration One

Post author By shaunandrews
Post date November 21, 2019
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A very early design of the Link Inserter interface in WordPress. Experimental at the time this post was published.

Communicate with Silent Movies

Post author By shaunandrews
Post date March 4, 2019
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It can be hard to describe a visual idea with words. Thats why photos exist. But sometimes even a picture doesn’t get the job done. Thats why GIFs exist.

Soon, WordPress.com will have a new View Site menu that will show you a preview of your awesome website. One thing my team has been tweaking is the loading state. We’ve done our best to reduce the loading time, but sometimes you’ll have to wait. Them’s the breaks.

Take a gander at the following screenshot:

The static screenshot from Sketch does a pretty good job at conveying my intentions for the design, but it still requires some (written, or other) explanation.

Take a gander at the following GIF:

Adding some motion to the picture helps convey the idea without me having to explain anything. Now here’s a (not silent) video of how I made the GIF above:

I originally wrote and published this post over on Automattic.design on August 31, 2017.

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VaultPress.com Homepage and Features

Post author By shaunandrews
Post date August 6, 2013

See the real thing at vaultpress.com and vaultpress.com/features

Tags vaultpress.com

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WordPress.com Connect

Post author By shaunandrews
Post date June 7, 2013

The standard button to connect with WordPress.com.

What you see if your not signed in to WordPress.com.

If you need to create a WordPress.com account, its only 3 fields.

Been working hard on this one: Use your WordPress.com account to create accounts on other sites and services. Some very cool potential for this project.

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VaultPress Designs

Post author By shaunandrews
Post date June 6, 2013

Entering billing information for a new VaultPress account.

Attempting to connect to your site’s server.

VaultPress security, showing some bad code in a file on your server.

VaultPress in the process of scanning your site.

Some interesting stats about your site’s activity.

I’ve been the lead designer on VaultPress since mid-2011. VaultPress is a subscription service that will backup and secure your WordPress site, made by Automattic – the same team behind WordPress.com.