[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37974: Add multi-panel feature to pages through add_theme_support

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#37974: Add multi-panel feature to pages through add_theme_support
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 Reporter:  karmatosed                   |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)               |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                       |   Milestone:  4.7
Component:  Themes                       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-ux-feedback needs-patch  |     Focuses:  ui
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Comment (by folletto):

 > My primary concern about this is duplicate content on the site, which
 search engines tend to frown upon. Much like we redirect when slugs are
 renamed, it seems like the correct behaviour is to redirect to a
 "canonical" source.

 As far as I know, `rel=canonical` alone is one of the ways to deal with
 that as an alternative when the page can't redirect (think of parametrized
 pages where query parameters can shuffle for the same results).

 I'm not even sure that a page that pulls partial content from other pages
 is considered duplication. I'm sure duplication acts when the same page is
 replicated (see the examples [https://moz.com/learn/seo/duplicate-content
 here]), I'm less sure when a piece of it is present across multiple pages,
 otherwise... sidebars and footers wouldn't be duplicated content as well
 no?

 Keeping the page, would allow theme authors to have simple setups where a
 page can show title and excerpt in home, and then link to the same page.
 The flexibility WordPress navigation already have take care of other
 options (such as not linking a page anywhere if they authors don't want it
 linked. WordPress already provides many pages that aren't "linked" often,
 like the archive pages, wouldn't be a new thing). And maybe even users
 would be surprised the page used in the homepage now disappeared entirely?
 How do we clarify that behaviour?

 > But if a section of the front page is removed from the front page
 (remaining as a standalone page), the link from the menu will
 automatically direct to the standalone page, instead of the front page.

 This automation seems a bit of an edge case to me: a menu that leads
 somewhere else is likely very distinct, both design and code wise, from an
 in-page menu.

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