[wp-forums] Users changing their site urls: idea

[esmi at quirm dot net]

on 06/03/2012 22:42 Dion Hulse (dd32) said the following:
> The fields themselves hold
> very little to say "This could break your site" it says "Change this
> if you want the url to change",  which is exactly what it does, if
> everything else has been set up for it first..

Exactly! Some people change it deliberately because they think that this 
is all they need to do. Then you get those who think it's like an 
application preference - if you don't like it, just switch it back, no 
harm done. Then there's the third group who are experimenting with back 
end functionality and accidentally go a bit too far.

We'll never reduce group 1 but some kind of warning or minor barrier 
might reduce groups (2) & (3). I don't think it should ever be hidden 
from from users. It just needs something try and get them to stop & 
think before hitting ENTER.

Mel