[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:  Future Release
Component:  Posts, Post Types  |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch        |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by folletto):

 > people who are using a static page on front also need to select a custom
 template for it

 That's why there's a "Edit $page" link right there. :)

 > this doesn't feel like it'd save a ton of time without removing that
 step as well.

 I feel there are two problems the proposal above addresses:

 1. confusion in how to do it
 2. ease of use

 Where "confusion" in my experience is the biggest one there. I've yet to
 run a single user test with someone that doesn't get confused by that
 small UI.

 Note also that it makes the "blog" page implicit, transforming it from a
 needed page to a string you just type (and _can_  have an associated page
 to keep backward compatibility, or not).

 Of course, I read this improvement as incremental. Personally I'd remove
 that piece of UI entirely from there and move it under the Pages
 administration, where it belongs logically. But that would mean more work,
 and might confuse some people that built an habit. So I'd start with this
 one first. :)

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