Paul Hibbitts πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

@hibbittsdesign
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Creating open-source publishing tools for educators and digital publishers with a focus on outcomes over features / Interaction designer and open-source author Paul Hibbitts / 25 years in UX consulting and higher education / Projects include Docsify Starter Kits and Grav CMS Skeletons / Judgement over algorithms / Creator of Docsify-This.net, lightweight Markdown open publishing tool πŸš€ #ux #systemsthinking #workflows #highered

Always learning, always designing, always building 🌱

Webhttps://hibbittsdesign.org
LinkedInhttps://ca.linkedin.com/in/paulhibbitts/
GitHubhttps://github.com/hibbitts-design
Docsify-This Projecthttps://docsify-this.net

Hey fellow #GravCMS fans πŸ‘‹πŸ»

I've just put together a small plugin called Admin Helios Refresh that gives the Grav Admin Panel theme a bit more of a modern feel β€” zinc dark nav, accessible blues, rounded corners, subtle shadows, and focus rings. It's Helios-inspired but works with any Grav site.

Repo is at https://github.com/hibbitts-design/grav-plugin-admin-helios-refresh β€” README has install instructions.

⛡️ Not sure you can travel?

OEGlobal 2026 is:

βœ” In-person
βœ” Hybrid
βœ” Fully online
βœ” 5-minute asynchronous lightning talks

There are many ways to participate.

Submission deadline: April 7 –> https://twp.ai/ImxN0y

#OEGlobal26 #OpenEducation #PublicGood #HowTo #Hybrid #OER #OpenAccess #AcademicMastodon

Working on Helios-inspired Grav Admin Panel styling for the upcoming Helios Course Hub project. Coordinating zinc colours across nav, surfaces, links and badges to match the Helios theme, plus rounded corners, hover transitions, and improved type sizing - all accessible at WCAG AA. Togglable with a single setting in the plugin.πŸ‘‡πŸΌ

The Grav CMS continues to impress me after all these years.

#GravCMS #Markdown

Working on a new blog topic pack:

πŸ“ Systems-Oriented Design in Practice Pack – for when the real question isn't "what should I build?" but "where does this complexity actually belong?"

Coming soon.

NEW PREVIEW BLOG POST: The Architecture Beneath the User Experience: Design Lessons from the Grav Helios Course Hub

This is a big one, nine design principles, each circling back to the same question: where does this complexity actually belong?

https://www.hibbittsdesign.org/The-Architecture-Beneath-the-User-Experience-Design-Lessons-from-the-Grav-Helios-Course-Hub-32a0615470e080f895c3e62abab74975

The Architecture Beneath the User Experience: Design Lessons from the Grav Helios Course Hub | Notion

This all started with a small problem and a timely conversation in the Grav CMS Discord.

www.hibbittsdesign.org on Notion

ICYMI: It's happening... maybe... first pass at a possible 2026 Open Education Conference session proposalπŸš€

From Markdown to Open Web: Publishing and Sharing OER with https://Docsify-This.net

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tgb-a8s9cBgFTaC-d2KOpYJlcsw5Mssb9RbtEDnv4kk/edit?usp=sharing

Doc open for comments/suggestions? Thinking an interactive 20 minute live session πŸ€”

Docsify-This

Publish and Style Online Markdown Files Instantly

It's happening... maybe... first pass at a possible 2026 Open Education Conference session proposalπŸš€

From Markdown to Open Web: Publishing and Sharing OER with https://Docsify-This.net

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tgb-a8s9cBgFTaC-d2KOpYJlcsw5Mssb9RbtEDnv4kk/edit?usp=sharing

Doc open for comments/suggestions? Thinking an interactive 20 minute live session πŸ€”

Docsify-This

Publish and Style Online Markdown Files Instantly

Docsify-This

Publish and Style Online Markdown Files Instantly

πŸš€ Docsify v5, the no-build documentation site generator, is getting close! The newest release candidate is now available:

βœ… Accessibility enhancements for sidebar toggle
βœ… Fallback default language support
βœ… TypeScript type definitions + ESM support
βœ… Fragment identifier improvements for file embeds
βœ… Better word breaking in code blocks
βœ… h6 headings now included in heading selection
βœ… HTML tags stripped from page titles

And much more!

Check out the RC now: https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.4

#Markdown

Release v5.0.0-rc.4 Β· docsifyjs/docsify

ImportantThe RC version docs can be previewed at https://preview.docsifyjs.org/. It may contain breaking changes in further rc versions until the standard v5 release. Docsify v4 is no longer suppo...

GitHub

The rumours are true, course card images will be supported in the upcoming Grav Helios Course Hub πŸ‘‡πŸΌ

https://preview.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-skeleton-helios-course-hub/

GitHub repo:
https://github.com/hibbitts-design/grav-skeleton-helios-course-hub