A problem that’s plagued WordPress for years is the confusion and ambiguity around setting your “front page.” The addition of making new pages in #38164 was a big jump forward, but there’s still work we can do to make this a better experience for people setting up their sites.
Here’s what it looks like now:
CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings.
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Let’s try to tackle this issue again in 4.9 and see if we can at least make some incremental improvements.
To start us off, let’s use this post to take a look at some of the ideas proposed in the original ticket and chat them:
Concept by @lessbloat [Source]
Concept by @lessbloat [Source]
Concept from @SergeyBiryukov and @lessbloat [Source]
Concept by @lessbloat [Source]
Concept by @drewapicture [Source]
Concept by @lessbloat [Source]
(Explanation for those three concepts)
Concept by @westonruter [Source]
Concept by me [Source]
How WordPress.comWordPress.com An online implementation of WordPress code that lets you immediately access a new WordPress environment to publish your content. WordPress.com is a private company owned by Automattic that hosts the largest multisite in the world. This is arguably the best place to start blogging if you have never touched WordPress before. https://wordpress.com/ currently handles Home and Blog pages in the Pages list
Any great ideas stand out within these previous iterations and conversations? Any gut reactions?