[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16379: Better UI for doing "Page on Front"

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#16379: Better UI for doing "Page on Front"
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 Reporter:  markjaquith     |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |
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Comment (by mikeschinkel):

 Replying to [comment:6 markjaquith]:
 > > Any reason why 1 and 3 shouldn't also have a streamlined process?
 >
 > Because you're not choosing a dummy page. You're choosing a real page,
 with real content. So you have to create the page and its content anyway.
 Not so with the Blog dummy page.

 That feels like an arbitrary distinction.

 I guess the question is, how often does someone use the when the are
 initially setting up a site vs. how often do they use it for an existing
 site?  My ''guess (which could be wrong)'' is that +85% of the time they
 are doing it upon initial setup with the actual page has not yet been
 created.  Why not create it for them as a placeholder if its not already
 there, or associate with one that's already been created?

 Again, it just seems arbitrary to make that distinction and in the 100% of
 the use-cases that I have it would be helpful if I could just go and
 configure front page+post list page and it would create the pages for me.

 Of course either way you decide it's still trivial effort, it's just an
 annoyance that should be annoying IMO.

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