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
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
(changing status)
#3
plz tag for 'newbie (subscribing)
#4
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
Attached patch adds the help text mentioned above.
#6
#7
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
I would make it even more active: "Describe this content type. It will be displayed on the Add new content page."
#9
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 tonode/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
Hm. That's a good point, Bevan, but I think this will do for now.
Committed to HEAD. Thanks!
#11
Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.