[wp-testers] AW: Write Page

[Kirk M]

Musing Minds wrote:
> I use the default category of Musings so at least I don't end up with
> "uncategorized" and "musings" fits with the title of my blog... I would like
> the category near the top too, I was just coming up with a solution for
> "uncategorized" which I personally dislike...
>
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> [mailto:wp-testers-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Matt Moore
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:24 PM
> To: wp-testers at lists.automattic.com
> Subject: Re: [wp-testers] AW: Write Page
>
> Changing the default doesn't really help. Then all my posts will end in 
> the wrong category rather than none at all.
>
> Others have reported this problem, and it wasn't an issue when the 
> category selection was right next to the input box.  Instead, right now, 
> there are a bunch of "related posts," "edit all posts," etc. links that 
> I'll never use in that spot.
>
> It's not a big deal, WordPress is a great product either way. But it 
> does make it less usable.
>
>
>   
My $0.02.

I've been faithfully reading every entry in wp-testers and the 
complaints about the new editor doesn't sit well with me (with all due 
respect everyone's opinion. We're all different after all). What I mean 
is that if I have to use the TinyMCE editor, it never mattered whether 
the available options were stacked in a sidebar or stacked under the 
editor. If I was going to forget to to set a category, it wouldn't 
matter where it was located.

To me it's the choice between a wider writing field (which I prefer) or 
having a sidebar and personally the new location of editor options in 
2.5 is again, rather irrelevant. How many times do you set categories 
and tags for a single post?

The idea it seems here and correct me if I'm wrong, is to set the title 
(realizing that titles come when they may) and write the post first  and 
when you're satisfied with everything, *then* set the category(s) and, 
if you wish, the tags. To me it's a matter of setting a habit that 
overrides the location of certain options.

What might be a possible solution for this is to add a "reminders" 
option where the user can select certain "On Publish" reminders that 
will pop up when the "Publish" button is clicked. This option section 
could be:

On Publish Remind To:

--Set Categories
--Set Tags
--???(possible 3rd?)

To me, this would be fair solution. When the "Publish button is hit, a 
small reminder would "pop-up" asking the author if they had set 
categories/tags yet (Yes or No). "Yes" would allow the post to be 
published and "No" would cancel the publish (state remains the same) and 
the author could now select the appropriate categories and/or tags and 
hit Publish. Sure, the reminder would pop up again but it's just a 
matter of hitting Yes. It's a "dumb" function to be sure but most likely 
an effective one.

I'm not dissing anyone's complaint here, just offering possible 
solutions. No offense intended.