[wp-hackers] "Blogroll" Title (#4343)

Matt speedboxer at gmail.com
Sun May 27 19:22:44 GMT 2007


I agree that it should be links. I also agree that it should be under
Manage. I never quite got why it was it's over Menu...

On 5/27/07, Robin Adrianse <robin.adr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think either "Links" or "Bookmarks" would be fine, since they aren't
> purpose-specific like "Blogroll" is, but IMO preferably the first one
> because it would enable more flexibility in use.
>
> Putting Links/Bookmarks/Blogroll under a sub-tab in Manage is a great
> idea.
> Our Links/Bookmarks/Blogroll management is a rather small venture, and I'm
> sure it would fit.
>
> On 5/27/07, Owen V. Gray <ovgray at rogers.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I was teaching a class on using WordPress, and I realized how
> > > limiting the
> > > title of "Blogroll" was especially to developers using it as a CMS.  I
> > > suggest having it changed to "Links" or some other variant for UI
> > > consistency.
> >
> > I made the same suggestion last October before 2.1 (which changed the
> > title from "Links" to "Blogroll") was released:
> >
> > http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-hackers/2006-October/009301.html
> >
> > http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-hackers/2006-October/009347.html
> >
> > Almost all the messages in those threads favoured making that admin menu
> > title either "Links" or "Bookmarks", rather than "Blogroll" as it was in
> > 2.1 alpha. By then it had already been changed to "Blogroll" on
> > wordpress.com, however. The release version followed the wordpress.com
> > usage.
> >
> > How about an option to name that menu as any one of "Links", Bookmarks",
> > "Blogroll" or whatever (with appropriate changes to the menu page text)?
> > Perhaps with an option to make it a submenu of the "Manage" menu rather
> > than a main menu item?
> >
> > owen
> >
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