#18197 – New Admin Bar/Header Combo

As you know part of the scope for 3.3 was a revised admin bar that would reduce duplication in the admin headerHeader The header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes.. The first draft of it has been posted to TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/..

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18197

It needs a color refresh, some optimization, some decisions about which links going where, etc, but is the starting point we are using. Would like to get it back toward the lighter gray we used in the header before, but with some border maybe so it doesn’t look like browser chrome. Fiddling with the links and stuff will happen on Trac, but if anyone wants to mock up some color variations, we have until Sunday.

#admin-bar, #dashboard-2, #header, #trac

#17739 – Comment prompt text is misleading

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/17739

Need a better label for email field in default theme comment form so it doesn’t sound like it’s promising peace, justice, and respect for email address privacy by blog author/owner.

#comments, #labels, #trac

#18301 – Multisite Theme Activation

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18301

Goal of this ticket is to make it faster and easier to activate themes in multisiteMultisite Multisite is a WordPress feature which allows users to create a network of sites on a single WordPress installation. Available since WordPress version 3.0, Multisite is a continuation of WPMU or WordPress Multiuser project. WordPress MultiUser project was discontinued and its features were included into WordPress core.https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network. installs. See my comment on the ticket. Looking at a) possible label change, b) adding a highlight state to the themes list table, and/or c) any UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. suggestion that would make this process easier. Let’s hash out early ideas and/or mockups here, and when we’ve got something solid, move over to tracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/..

#multisite, #network-admin, #trac

#17324 – UI Style Update

This thread is for suggestions/questions about the UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. decisions in the 3.2 style update, so the tracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. ticket can be kept clean for ‘this needs to be done’ tasks identified by leads and/or bug reports related to the style code.

#css, #dashboard-2, #design, #style, #trac

#17283 – Color coding off in multisite Right Now box

MultisiteMultisite Multisite is a WordPress feature which allows users to create a network of sites on a single WordPress installation. Available since WordPress version 3.0, Multisite is a continuation of WPMU or WordPress Multiuser project. WordPress MultiUser project was discontinued and its features were included into WordPress core.https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network. adds:

Storage Space 100MB Space Allowed 0MB (0%) Space Used

…and “Space Used” is green by default. It should be gray since it doesn’t denote an action has applied a positive status. Gray until the ‘almost near limit’ color kicks in.

#dashboard-2, #right-now, #trac

#17282 – Dashboard Recent Comments “View All” update

The “View All” buttons on the dashboard boxes are weird b/c they are buttons, but they aren’t actions, they are links. Would like to start switching over to a standard where buttons are mostly reserved for action/commitments, not just links to another screen.

Suggestions for Recent Comments box: instead of “View All” button, replace with links to the various views of the comments screen. So:

View All | Pending (24) | Approved | Spam (6) | TrashTrash Trash in WordPress is like the Recycle Bin on your PC or Trash in your Macintosh computer. Users with the proper permission level (administrators and editors) have the ability to delete a post, page, and/or comments. When you delete the item, it is moved to the trash folder where it will remain for 30 days. (3)

…where the link styles are the same as on edit-comments.php

#buttons, #comments, #css, #dashboard-2, #links, #trac

Trac UI challenge: Probably not that muc…

TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. challenge:
Probably not that much of a challenge, necessarily, but would need approved mockups for someone to want to start a patch. Collapsible page hierarchy on edit.php?post_type=page.

#admin, #dashboard-2, #list-pages, #pages, #trac

Made a ticket for something that has bee…

Made a ticket for something that has been on our radar since 2.7 was in development, but just never got any kind of prioritization because it was minor compared to more serious UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. things. That said, since it’s kind of minor, would be a nice thing to whip out.

Ticket #17028 – Move the “last edited at” text and saved/updated/published notices in post/page editor
1. The timestamp of the last save is currently displayed at the bottom right of the editor box. It would make more sense for this information to be tied to the Publish box instead.
2. The yellow alert boxes that appear at the top of the page are weird. a) They should appear closer to the button that caused the action (general usability/accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) best practice), so probably by the Publish box. b) Once you edit anything on the screen, the “post updated” (or saved, etc) text should go away, because it is no longer current.
Am thinking we could combine these two things into one flexible status message that’s located in or adjacent to the Publish box.

#alerts, #core, #trac

#16068 – Reverting from Scheduled post t…

#16068 – Reverting from Scheduled post to Publish Immediately.
Related older ticket: #8368 – Scheduling post time behavior and language refinements

See ticket for description of problem, pro/con of implementing. The Publish box is kind of a mess that we want to look at in 3.2 anyway, so it wouldn’t hurt for people to start playing around with the best way to incorporate a ‘reset’ feature if we decided 90% of users really need it.

#okcancel, #reset-form, #scheduled-posts, #timestamp, #trac

Ticket #15942 – Username vs. Email for I…

Ticket #15942 – Username vs. Email for Identifying Users

Reported Problem: “When I create a new blog in a network, I am asked to enter the Admin Email. This is rather useless to me because all our accounts come from an LDAP directory. So I have to remember the site admin’s email address, which is not always consistent across my organization. It would be nicer if I had an autocomplete-style field where I could enter the user’s ID.”

The issues of selecting existing users vs. adding new users and doing so by email address vs. username touches more admin interactions than just this one. We’ll need to address it as a whole rather than just focusing on this one person’s complaint, but using this ticket as a starting point for discussion.

#admin, #email, #multisite, #settings, #trac, #username, #users