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

Tue Mar 6 22:35:16 UTC 2012

What if it were to be removed in the UI altogether and limit it to the "All Options" screen where it is obscure for a basic user after initial set-up but still available for a more advanced user.

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On 2012-03-06, at 18:31, Andrea Rennick <andrea at ronandandrea.com> wrote:

> I actually dealt with something similar just today!
> 
> The user had www.domain.com in one field and domain.com in the other.
> Previewing a post would result in a permissions error.
> 
> nifty, huh?
> 
> a.
> 
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 6:16 PM, esmi at quirm dot net <esmi at quirm.net>wrote:
> 
>> "I changed the site address in General settings to http://example.combecause I didn't want /wordpress in my url and now my site looks awful and
>> I can't log back in. Help!"
>> 
>> How many of these have you seen or fielded today? Personally, I've lost
>> count of the number I've dealt with since this morning.
>> 
>> So if anyone else wants to wade in, or vote, on <
>> http://wordpress.org/extend/**ideas/topic/make-changing-**
>> site-urls-in-settings-general-**a-2-click-process<http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic/make-changing-site-urls-in-settings-general-a-2-click-process>>,
>> please feel free.
>> 
>> I'm suggesting a really tiny change and it is flagged as "under
>> consideration" but, if it did get accepted into core, I think (hope) we
>> would see a significant drop in these kinds of posts.
>> 
>> Mel
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