[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #22198: Realigning the Discussions Settings page

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#22198: Realigning the Discussions Settings page
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 Reporter:  saltcod          |       Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new              |   Priority:  normal
Milestone:  Awaiting Review  |  Component:  Comments
  Version:  3.4.2            |   Severity:  normal
 Keywords:                   |
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 [I looked for some tikets for this but didn't find any directly related,
 so hopefully I haven't missed a big one out there floating around.]

 The Discussions Settings page (options-discussion.php) always trips me up
 when setting up a new site. There's a lot of options, descriptions,
 directions, etc on that page — much of which is probably unavoidable. When
 I visit it, I always think that the hierarchy isn't quite right.

 To help with this, I thought of two half-measures.

 1. A very simple solution:

 Put the "Allow people to post comments on new posts" at the top of the
 options list, with a little space below it. That would make that option
 the most prominent on the page, without making it stand out too much.

 Like this:
 [[Image(http://f.cl.ly/items/3e0c062W0N1l3J2D0q0Y/Screen%20shot%202012-10-15%20at%2011.56.02%20AM.png)]]


 2. A more involved solution:

 I really like the new click-to-reveal-the-options at work in the "Page on
 Front" (#16379) workflow and thought it might work well here.

 *Something* in this direction:
 [[Image(http://f.cl.ly/items/022A1G3k0O3q0g1u380L/Screen%20shot%202012-10-15%20at%2012.12.09%20PM.png)]]


 The first could be accomplished for 3.5, but the second re-working could
 be a further down the line item.

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