Ticket #6709 (closed enhancement: invalid)

Opened 1 month ago

Last modified 1 week ago

Usability changes to write post and write page panels

Reported by: jabecker Assigned to: anonymous
Priority: high Milestone:
Component: Administration Version: 2.5
Severity: normal Keywords: 2nd-opinion dev-feedback
Cc:

Description

I've attached modified .php files that address three major usability issues with the version 2.5 write post / write page panels.

1) Too much scrolling is required. Items that were in the sidebar in 2.3 should be moved back.

2) Display a list of draft posts in the title as in 2.3.

3) Remove the maximum width so that users with wide screens are not forced to a narrow writing area.

Attachments

new-pic-post.jpg (130.5 kB) - added by jabecker on 04/13/08 19:19:04.
picture of the modified write post area
edit-page-form.php (14.7 kB) - added by jabecker on 04/13/08 19:20:52.
modified edit-form-page.php
wp-admin.css (23.5 kB) - added by jabecker on 04/13/08 19:21:26.
modified wp-admin.css
edit-pages.php (6.6 kB) - added by jabecker on 04/13/08 19:21:53.
modified edit-pages.php
global.css (3.1 kB) - added by jabecker on 04/13/08 19:22:20.
modified global.css
edit-form-advanced.php (18.2 kB) - added by jabecker on 04/13/08 20:02:51.
modified edit-form-advanced.php

Change History

04/13/08 19:19:04 changed by jabecker

  • attachment new-pic-post.jpg added.

picture of the modified write post area

04/13/08 19:20:52 changed by jabecker

  • attachment edit-page-form.php added.

modified edit-form-page.php

04/13/08 19:21:26 changed by jabecker

  • attachment wp-admin.css added.

modified wp-admin.css

04/13/08 19:21:53 changed by jabecker

  • attachment edit-pages.php added.

modified edit-pages.php

04/13/08 19:22:20 changed by jabecker

  • attachment global.css added.

modified global.css

(follow-up: ↓ 2 ) 04/13/08 19:37:36 changed by bryan868

  • milestone changed from 2.7 to 2.6.

+1 Excellent, excellent changes here!

Changing the milestone to 2.6 since we have code attached.

04/13/08 20:02:51 changed by jabecker

  • attachment edit-form-advanced.php added.

modified edit-form-advanced.php

(in reply to: ↑ 1 ) 04/16/08 03:17:10 changed by cre8d

+1 from me too. Invaluable changes.

04/16/08 04:24:17 changed by DD32

  • keywords set to 2nd-opinion dev-feedback.

If i recall correctly,

It has been said elsewhere that for now the layout of the post screens will not be changing dramatically, specifically, not moving the categories & tags to the sidepanel.

It was suggested that once the category suggestion stuff and tag suggestions were added in, the extra width of having it below the post window would make sense

But take it with a grain of salt, I dont have anything to reference off right now and i cant seem to search anything up(But i'm sure theres been at least 2 other tickets for this). I'm sure if a large enough need was wanted to move to the sidebar again it'll be considered.

Personally I do not have enough space in my sidebar for the categories, and find that the extra width under the post box is ideal.

See also: #6635

04/16/08 05:18:52 changed by jabecker

I'm using my own changes and have found the layout much preferable to the new WP 2.5 layout.

The Category drop-down lists either all categories or most used categories already. I don't have a ton of categories, true, but there is room at the side to list them. And I can always close the menu when I'm done selecting the categories I want.

I am also using the plugin Simple Tags. It includes tag lists and tag suggestions. The tag lists appear in a scrollable box below the tag input. Again, there's plenty of room for the box to extend down quite a ways before it needs to start scrolling, and I can close the menu when I'm finished with tags.

Don't get me wrong - I'd love to have automatic tag suggestions. But I don't see why that requires a wider area than what's available in the sidebar.

04/16/08 05:26:31 changed by jabecker

P.S. re: #6635, it does not include the change to display the list of drafts at the top.

The reason that I find that function so helpful is because otherwise from the write page, I can't even tell I have drafts saved. With the way that auto-save works now, I ended up with several drafts that I had never intended creating. I realized they were there because I say it on the dashboard. But I don't go to the dashboard very often. I found it really annoying to have to go over to a separate list to find and delete the extraneous drafts. The list is really helpful information.

04/16/08 14:42:44 changed by matt

  • status changed from new to closed.
  • resolution set to invalid.

If you'd like to lobby for this change I'd recommend starting an idea on the ideas forum with links to your screenshots and asking people to vote for it. This isn't really ideal for Trac, so I'm going to close it out here.

04/16/08 20:32:52 changed by Nazgul

  • milestone deleted.

05/09/08 21:20:32 changed by MichaelH