[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #24074: Admin bar can provide redirect hook and home button

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#24074: Admin bar can provide redirect hook and home button
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 Reporter:  godhulii_1985            |       Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new                      |   Priority:  normal
Milestone:  Awaiting Review          |  Component:  General
  Version:  3.5.1                    |   Severity:  normal
 Keywords:  ux-feedback ui-feedback  |
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 If a wordpress theme uses {{{wp_footer()}}} then visiting the site will
 provide an admin bar at the top. I think the user experience for this bar
 can be extended considering these points:


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 == Enable/Disable ==
 # Despite lots of potential information in this bar, a theme owner may not
 want to see this in his site. So there should be an option in ''Dashboard
 > Settings'' to show/hide this.
 [[BR]]
 [[BR]]
 == Act as Home button ==
 # Leftmost anchor element of this bar is '''site-name''' that redirects
 the user to http://example.com/wpurl/wp-admin. However there is another
 link just below it (Dashboard) that redirect to the same link.

 This admin bar is always visible no matter how deep we scroll in a site.
 So lets assume, an user (say Bob) has scrolled down for 1000 lines. Then
 Bob wish to return to homepage. Facebook or other sites in this situation
 provide their site-logo on top-left to return to Home and allow pressing
 '''Home''' button in keyboard to go to top of the page. So the admin bar
 in this case can provide a link to return to: http://example.com/siteurl.

 This way we will skip information duplication (the top-left and Dashboard
 both point to same location now), increase information efficiency and
 provide a consistent user experience with current trend.
 [[BR]]
 [[BR]]
 == Redirection on Logout ==
 # The logout button works as follows: From http://example.com?p=111 page
 if Bob click on logout then Bob will be taken to http://example.com/wpurl
 /wp-login.php?action=logout. From here Bob have to click to '''back to
 Site-name''' link to return to homepage or type http://example.com?p=111
 in address bar to return to this page. This is distracting for the user
 IMO.

 This can be improved as if logout link append an extra parameter where to
 redirect the user (in this case window.location.href). This way the user
 will not be distracted from his interaction with the site.

 '''So long story short:''' there should be a hook for the logout link in
 admin bar, taking input on where to redirect once Bob logout.


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 Right now I have implemented these in my site with this way:


 {{{
 if( is_user_logged_in() )
 {
  var $logoutURL= $('#wp-admin-bar-logout a');
 $logoutURL.attr('href',$logoutURL.attr('href')+'&redirect_to='+window.location);

  $('#wp-admin-bar-site-name a').attr('href', get_bloginfo('siteurl') );
 }
 }}}


 Thanks,[[BR]]
 -S.

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