[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14333: Database: Since the new "Custom Menu" feauter do we need the page order?

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#14333: Database: Since the new "Custom Menu" feauter do we need the page order?
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 Reporter:  ramiy        |       Owner:                
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Database     |     Version:  3.0           
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:  dev-feedback  
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Comment(by knutsp):

 Too early to remove this column from the database. But since WorPress
 knows if the active theme supports menus, and if there is at least one
 menu created, the UI field for the menu order of a page may be removed in
 the case. A theme or a plugin may also bring the UI back, even if the
 theme supports menus, but no menues are yet created.

 A visible "menu order" for pages may be misleading and confusing for new
 users of WordPress, using Twenty Ten or another menu aware theme, not
 knowing the history of WordPress.

 This dependant UI removal may be a way to prepare for a future removal of
 the menu_order column. WordPress 3.0 made this field practically obsolete.
 Some day it should be marked as such and then removed.

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