Improve help texts in "add content type"

marco.robotangel - December 20, 2007 - 00:52
Project:Drupal
Version:7.x-dev
Component:user interface text
Category:feature request
Priority:normal
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:closed
Issue tags:Needs usability review
Description

Steps to reproduce: Try to add a new content type.

The help texts for 'description' and 'submission guidelines' are confusing. As you can see at [1] the difference between those two doesn't get clear. Improve these help texts.

Setting this to "needs more info" - feel free to make suggestions here.

#1

keith.smith - December 21, 2007 - 17:36
Version:6.x-dev» 7.x-dev

To quote Gábor from http://lists.drupal.org/pipermail/development/2007-December/027977.html: "RC1 is string freeze, so whatever needs modifications in the strings is generally postponed to Drupal 7."

#2

keith.smith - December 21, 2007 - 17:36
Status:postponed (maintainer needs more info)» active

(changing status)

#3

Bevan - January 6, 2008 - 23:41

plz tag for 'newbie (subscribing)

#4

brunodbo - September 5, 2009 - 12:34

It seems the help text under the 'Description' field is gone now in D7. I don't know if the text is meant to make it back in, I believe it would be useful to explain where this text is going to be displayed.

Anyway, here's a stab at it (the 'Description' field help text on /admin/content/types/add):

"A brief description of this content type. Like the content type's name, this text will be displayed as part of the list on the add new content page."

#5

brunodbo - September 5, 2009 - 12:58

Attached patch adds the help text mentioned above.

AttachmentSizeStatusTest resultOperations
add_content_helptxt.patch767 bytesIdlePassed: 14614 passes, 0 fails, 0 exceptionsView details | Re-test

#6

Bevan - September 14, 2009 - 18:26
Component:documentation» user interface text
Category:task» feature request
Status:active» needs review

#7

keith.smith - September 22, 2009 - 19:46
Status:needs review» needs work

How about something a bit more active:

"A brief description of this content type. Along with the content type's name, this text is displayed on the add new content page."

#8

lisarex - November 2, 2009 - 20:30
Status:needs work» needs review

I would make it even more active: "Describe this content type. It will be displayed on the Add new content page."

AttachmentSizeStatusTest resultOperations
beforeAddContentType.png3.09 KBIgnoredNoneNone
afterAddContentType.png7.85 KBIgnoredNoneNone
add_contenttype_202533_8.patch695 bytesIdlePassed: 14594 passes, 0 fails, 0 exceptionsView details | Re-test

#9

Bevan - November 3, 2009 - 02:37
Status:needs review» reviewed & tested by the community

The patch looks good, simple and clean. It passed simpletests. The change seems obvious; "Why didn't we do this already!?".

One possible improvement is to make the <em>Add new content</em> text into a link to node/add/$node_type. Though this also inroduces the issue of taking the user away from the form and losing their unsaved changes. That is a larger problem in Drupal that needs addressing separately.

Debating whether or not to make it a link or not shouldn't delay the simple text addition in this patch, so RTBC.

#10

webchick - November 3, 2009 - 05:32
Status:reviewed & tested by the community» fixed

Hm. That's a good point, Bevan, but I think this will do for now.

Committed to HEAD. Thanks!

#11

System Message - November 17, 2009 - 05:40
Status:fixed» closed

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

 
 

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