[wp-testers] AW: Write Page

[Daniel Woolstencroft]

The Trac ticket sounds like a good suggestion. Either that, or we need
sufficient hooks to insert wherever we like on that page.

If scrolling down to categories is a major problem for anyone, give this a
go:

www.istherefood.com/files/forgot-the-category.txt

Rename to .php and upload - normal plugin stuff. I take no credit for it,
I've just inserted two goofy lines of Javascript into the existing plugin.

Tested in Firefox and IE7.

Write your post, and hit save. You'll get a message box telling you that you
forgot the category, click OK, and your browser should scroll to the
category box. Tick one, scroll back up, click publish. Job done.

Hope someone finds it useful.

Dan.

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Charles E. Frees-Melvin <
charles.freesmelvin at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >  Message-ID: <l48pu3dih56qu41hiv8egl9suil2lilogm at 4ax.com>
> >  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >
> >
> >
> >  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.
> >
> >  --
> >
> >  Stefano Aglietti - StallonIt on IRCnet - ICQ#: 2078431
> >  Email: steve at 40annibuttati.it steagl at people.it
> >  Sites: http://www.40annibuttati.it (personal blog)
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