[wp-testers] AW: Write Page

[Charles E. Frees-Melvin]

I have posted a suggestion on trac, that might be a middle ground for 2.6.

http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6433

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Daniel Woolstencroft <wptest at dtw.me.uk> wrote:
> I had similar thoughts to Stefano. At the moment I've got the "Forgot The
>  Category" plugin installed (http://dancoulter.com/forgot-the-category/) and
>  that's helped users to not forget. I've also tweaked it so it scrolls the
>  page down to the Category section if there's no category filled in.
>
>  What would really help, and I mean this regardless of plugins, is if there
>  was a save post button next to the category section. Or if the whole
>  right-hand column followed you down the page. The "workflow" of the page is
>  going to be:
>
>  Write Title
>  Write Post
>  Assign Tags (optional)
>  Assign Categories (optional)
>  Save/Publish.
>
>  The main problem people are having right now, and I think the main source of
>  resistance, is that last step; you've got to scroll back up to the top again
>  to accomplish it. If you don't assign cats or tags, then it's not a problem,
>  but how many people honestly don't bother doing this?
>
>  Another option would be to have a section beneath Categories, but before
>  Advanced Options, that allowed you to save and publish your post. This could
>  be achieved via a plugin, I think, but I can't find a hook to add something
>  immediately below the Category box - it appears that in 2.5 we can only add
>  to the very bottom of the write post page.
>
>  Or, maybe we could place the "most used" categories in the right hand
>  column, and leave the entire list where it is? Again, I can't seem to find a
>  hook for doing this.
>
>  Having used 2.5 in anger for over a week now, while I bring a new site
>  online, and then going back to 2.3 for my own blog, I can't help but say I
>  much prefer 2.5. After a brief period of adjustment it's a definite
>  improvement. The category box placement is my only real niggle, and I think
>  that can be resolved via a plugin if there aren't going to be any changes to
>  Core as yet.
>
>  Dan.
>
>
>  Message: 6
>  Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:43:50 +0100
>  From: Stefano Aglietti <steagl4ml at gmail.com>
>
> Subject: Re: [wp-testers] AW: Write Page
>  To: wp-testers at lists.automattic.com
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>
>  On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:49:56 -0700, Matt Mullenweg <m at mullenweg.com>
>  wrote:
>
>  >Others may never take to it, but that's okay, WP has always done what it
>  >considers best in core, avoided unnecessary options, and allowed people
>  >with differing opinions about how things should work to express that
>  >through plugins. We also watch usage of plugins closely, and might
>  >change the direction of the software based on something with grassroots
>  >popularity, in fact many of the major features in WP the past few years
>  >have been a result of this.
>
>  To solve the "scroll problem" (that sound more fantasy related than
>  computer relted ;) ) would be nice when the user push the publish
>  button check if a category is assigned and some tags are added, if not
>  jump to category panel and tags panel with an ajax messagge that
>  invite to assign category(s) and tag(s) before publishing it, with a
>  done button in these box. When both button are pushed the post will be
>  really published (if no category is selected the default one is
>  assigned, if no tags are written no tags assigned to the post)
>  This way no scroll, no risk to forget to assign the right categories
>  to a post or missing tags.
>
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>
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