[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21735: Clarify the potentially destructive nature of changing your site address from General Settings

[WordPress Trac]

#21735: Clarify the potentially destructive nature of changing your site address
from General Settings
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 Reporter:  johnbillion     |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |    Version:  3.4.1
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:
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 On the General Settings screen we have two nice big fields for changing
 your WordPress Address and Site Address. If you don't know what you're
 doing then changing these values can kill your site.

 We should do one or both of the following:

  * Add some text about moving your site and a link to
 http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress below the address fields.
  * Add an AYS when a user changes the value of either of these fields.

 There could be a JavaScript AYS along the lines of "Are you sure you want
 to change your site address? Make sure you know what you're doing first,
 etc" or there could be a server-side AYS using `wp_die()` with a "Yes I
 know what I'm doing" confirmation button.

 Thoughts?

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