[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:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-feedback      |     Focuses:  ui
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Comment (by westonruter):

 @karmatosed sorry, I probably got ahead of myself.

 @babbardel @karmatosed I like the idea of using child pages to store the
 content for the panels. This would ensure that they would still appear in
 search results, although the URL would need to redirect to the URL of the
 parent page, since these panel sub-pages would only used for content
 storage as opposed to showing the normal UI for pages. The theme could
 hide (by filtering) any such panel subpages from appearing in any page
 lists (either on the frontend, or in backend post list table or page
 dropdown lists), with the UI for managing these panel subpages taking the
 form of the customizer multi-panel sections as described above.

 A page could be designated a multi-panel page by assigning it to a multi-
 panel page template. The theme could come with various templates
 supporting the various panel configurations, and then opening such a page
 assigned to the page template in the customizer, the appropriate
 customizer sections could then be displayed to manage the contents of
 those page panels. This presumes that the number of panels on a page
 template and their ordering would be fixed.

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