Several locations for node/content settings?

I believe it's easier than it seems. To reduce the number of different locations where to find options related to the way nodes are displayed:

In node.module, find the following:

    $items[] = array('path' => 'admin/settings/node', 'title' => t('posts'),
      'callback' => 'node_configure',
      'access' => user_access('administer nodes'));
    $items[] = array('path' => 'admin/settings/content-types', 'title' => t('content types'),
      'callback' => 'node_types_configure',
      'access' => user_access('administer nodes'));

Replace with:

    // Node configuration tabs and subtabs
    $items[] = array('path' => 'admin/node/settings', 'title' => t('settings'),
      'callback' => 'node_configure',
      'type' => MENU_LOCAL_TASK, 'weight' => -9,
      'access' => user_access('administer nodes'));
    $items[] = array('path' => 'admin/node/settings/global', 'title' => t('global options'),
      'callback' => 'node_configure',
      'type' => MENU_DEFAULT_LOCAL_TASK, 'weight' => -10,
      'access' => user_access('administer nodes'));
    $items[] = array('path' => 'admin/node/settings/node-types', 'title' => t('node types'),
      'callback' => 'node_types_configure',
      'type' => MENU_LOCAL_TASK,
      'access' => user_access('administer nodes'));

The effect is that what it was 'admin/settings/node' and 'admin/settings/content-types' are now tabs/subtabs of 'admin/node'. That is, in 'admin/node' a new tab labeled 'settings' will be shown next to the tab labelled 'list' and that tab will have 2 subtabs labelled 'global options' and 'node types'.

If this approach is good, there would be something left. It is move the options to enabled/disable "submitted by Username on date" found in 'admin/themes/settings' to, either, a) the global options tab or b) to the corresponding page under the 'node types' subtab.

hmm... I'm not sure if I've been able to explain this correctly. Please, apply the above mentioned change and see for yourself. I hope that helps to see what I mean. To see the change, the menu has to be rebuilt, for instance, visiting admin/menus.

Please, review attached patch. I believe it helps a lot when searching where to configre options related to nodes and node types.

That attached patch just moves several panels related to nodes/content settings to a single location (admin/node).

The attached image shows a new tab labelled 'configure' next to 'list', in admin/node.

This images shows the tab 'configure' selected.

And this images shows the node types subtab selected (it was content-types).

I hope it will save some time when looking for the panel that contains option 'x'. It happens to me all the time.

ROFL. I just went back to the past!

So... why have all those options separated? IMO,
a) It makes things much harder to find, and
b) see admin/comment in 4.7

PS: There are also node settings in admin/themes/settings (display post info?) that I would move too.

Can someone please explain why settings pages are separated? ...or post a link?

Aside, there are settings for nodes placed on different places. For instance, why there are settings related to nodes/content in the global configuration page for themes?

Now, the contact module has its own settings as an additional tab (admin/contact/settings). I believe this has been recently implemented by this patch (issue).

The comments module has also its settings implemented under an additional tab (admin/comment/configure). Well, this is not consistent with the contact module approach (it uses the word "settings" instead of "configure").

I believe the comment/contact modules approach is more intuitive. That way, it's easier to find the place where the corresponding settings are. IMO, this is specially relevant when one needs to set things related to content. I do not have a lot of memory and when I need to change anything related to content I have to visit all possible locations to find the place where the option I'm looking for lives.

Probably the patch does not apply. If mine is a lost battle, feel free to mark as "won't fix", but please explain (or post a link) why this was changed in 4.7. Thanks

Getting to know seems to be another lost battle, so...

PS: Did I say I better like the approach in comment or contact modules? Where do you find their settings page? ;-)