[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):

 Since there seems to be interest, I took some time, did a mockup, a quick
 review, and iterated. I just attached this second iteration here.

 The idea here is to avoid double options and dropdowns with a full list of
 pages. The choice is one: either list, or one of the pages. So we can just
 visualize them, and show the matching URLs.

 * Concept i2a shows this very streamlined approach, incorporating a wise
 suggestion by Mel to facilitate pages creation, making the initial usage
 of this page seamless. Of course, this is not the place to manage pages,
 but just facilitating the creation should be very impactful for first time
 users.
 * Concept i2b is an even simpler approach, that makes a clearer
 distinction: yes we need a way to add pages, but this isn't the right
 place, so we just link the page from there. Simple, effective. This could
 be also considered a first step before doing i2a.

 Also added an alternate "slim" view for the items. I feel it gets a bit
 limited in space, but might make the UI less overwhelming.

 These two i2 mockups assume that behind the scenes we either have a
 "virtual" `/blog` page, or a page that gets automatically created with the
 proper `/blog` slug when necessary. Either approaches are fine to make
 this UI work seamlessly.

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