[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:  task (blessed)        |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                |   Milestone:  3.5
Component:  Administration        |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal                |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  jane-likes has-patch  |
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Comment (by lessbloat):

 Replying to [comment:73 nacin]:
 > Remaining items:
 >  * The @todo in options-reading.php for determining whether we use a new
 or existing blog page.

 I thought about this for a bit.  If the user selects "Add new page", and
 the title they enter is the same as a title of a page that already exists
 we should just add another page with the same title.

 '''My rationale:'''

 First off, doing it this way shouldn't affect new users (unless they
 choose "Sample Page" as their title which is unlikely).

 But let's say a user with 20 pages decides to add a static front page:

 - They go to settings -> reading
 - Click "Show a page instead of your latest posts"
 - The drop down at this point says "-- Select --"
 - Once they expand the drop down, they'd see all of their pages, so you'd
 think if they wanted to select an existing page, they'd just go ahead and
 select it.
 - But let's say they do select "-- Add new page --" and they enter the
 title of "Home" (when a page with the title of "Home" already exists),
 upon saving, the drop down would go ahead and auto-select the new "Home"
 page for them.

 The only confusing part might be when they go to edit their static front
 page titled "Home", as there will be 2 in the listing, but they kind of
 brought it on themselves :-).

 Thoughts?

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