[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #54119: Customize: Always Show Homepage Settings

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#54119: Customize: Always Show Homepage Settings
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 Reporter:  donalirl     |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Customize    |    Version:  5.8.1
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:  2nd-opinion
  Focuses:               |
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 == Summary

 The options at Appearance → Customize →  Homepage Settings are contextual.
 They appear only if the user has at least one published page. I am
 proposing tp always show Homepage Settings, regardless of the presence of
 published pages.

 == Why

 When you start a new website, the first page you think about is your
 homepage. So, when you go to look for Homepage Settings, you may not have
 published a page yet. Or, maybe you start working on your homepage, but
 it's still a draft.

 In this scenario, Homepage Settings is not there at all. A user who
 visited Customize would have checked there and not seen anything related
 to setting the homepage, so they would not think to check again for it
 after publishing their first page.

 If Homepage Settings were to always show, a user would immediately learn
 where to set a homepage, even if no pages appear in the dropdown yet to
 select their homepage.

 It's also worth noting that at Customize → Homepage Settings, you can use
 the 'Add New Page' option to create a new page using this interface,
 therefore a user with no pages yet can create their homepage here.

 By always showing Homepage Settings, this will avoid the confusion a new
 user faces with Homepage Settings not being present in Customize.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54119>
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