[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21665: Allow non-editable pages to be classified & organized as "System Pages"

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#21665: Allow non-editable pages to be classified & organized as "System Pages"
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 Reporter:  bootsz                              |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request                     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                              |   Milestone:  Awaiting
Component:  UI                                  |  Review
 Severity:  normal                              |     Version:
 Keywords:  dev-feedback has-patch ux-feedback  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by scribu):

 Now that's the kind of holistic thinking I was hoping for. :)

 More thoughts:

 The current incarnation of pages actually contains two concepts:

 A) content pages = a standard, hierarchical custom post type

 End-users are free to create arbitrary content pages, with no additional
 code required.

 B) system pages

 Each system page incorporates specific functionality and requires a custom
 template and possibly other custom code.

 End-users can not create arbitrary system pages, because the value isn't
 in the content, but in the custom functionality.

 ***

 Custom page templates fall somewhere between A) and B); it's custom code,
 but it can be used for multiple content pages.

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