Designing VueTube Interfaces

We welcome all front end designers to contribute to the VueTube project. If you're interested in designing interfaces for the VueTube project, please read the following guidelines.

General Guidelines

• It is highly recommended that you join our Discord server (opens new window) to discuss & coordinate your ideas with us. This is to ensure that your designs can be best implemented into the app and that we are able to contact you for further information or discussion.

• For the most part, we will be using Figma (opens new window) to design our interfaces. If you are not familiar with Figma, we recommend that you read their documentation (opens new window) to familiarize yourself with the tool.

• Most of our designs are based on the Material Design (opens new window) guidelines. However, at times we may deviate from these guidelines to better suit our needs.

• Please open an issue on the repository you are working on to discuss your design ideas with us before you start designing. This is so that we are able to provide feedback and prevent you from wasting time on designs that may not be implemented.

Find an Issue to Work On

We understand that GitHub's issue tracker can be overwhelming at times, especially since it wasn't designed with designers in mind. If you are having trouble finding an issue to work on, we recommend that you filter by the designers wanted label. This label is used to indicate that we are looking for designers to help us design interfaces for the app.

Git for Designers

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Note: You may not need to use Git if you are only designing interfaces. However, if you are interested in contributing to this project's codebase or any other project in the future, you will need to learn how to use Git.

If you are not familiar with Git, we recommend that you read this guide (opens new window) for a detailed explanation of how Git works. If you are familiar with Git, but are not familiar with GitHub, we recommend that you read this guide (opens new window) for a detailed explanation of how GitHub works.

If you are not familiar or comfortable with command line tools, we recommend that you use GitHub Desktop (opens new window) or GitKraken (opens new window) to manage your Git repositories.

Submitting Your Designs

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If you are unfamiliar with GitHub Issues, we recommend that you read this guide (opens new window) or the quickstart guide (opens new window) to familiarize yourself with the issue tracker.

Once you have finished designing your interfaces, you can submit your designs by opening an issue on the repository using the design subbmission template. Our maintainers will review your designs and provide feedback. If your designs are approved, we will add the design approved label to your issue. If your designs are not approved, we will add the design rejected label to your issue and provide feedback on why your designs were rejected.

Alternatively, if you wish to start an open discussion about your designs, you may want to use the discussions tab on the GitHub repository.

We highly recommend that you include a link to your Figma (opens new window) file in your issue. This will allow us to easily review your designs as well as provide feedback.