Template Type Name label
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Daniel JamesDaniel James
    Posts: 844Member, Sourcefabric Team

    Hi guys,

    This page:
    http://campsite-dev.sourcefabric.org/admin/article_types/add .php?Back=%2Fadmin%2Farticle_types%2F
    says:

    The name field may only contain letters and the underscore (_) character.

    Name:

    This makes no distinction between Template Name and Display Name. It
    would be clearer to label this:

    The Template Name field may only contain letters and the underscore (_)
    character.

    Template Name:

    In other places (such as
    http://campsite-dev.sourcefabric.org/admin/article_types/ ) this is
    referred to as a Template Type Name. Is that a more accurate label?

    Cheers!

    Daniel
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Mugur RusMugur Rus
    Posts: 132Member
    When you add a new article type you define the template name (article type
    template name). Later you can define display names in different language by
    translate. Same for fields (field template name - field display name)

    Mugur Rus
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    On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Daniel James <
    campsite-dev@lists.sourcefabric.org> wrote:

    >
    > Hi guys,
    >
    > This page:
    > http://campsite-dev.sourcefabric.org/admin/article_types/add
    > .php?Back=%2Fadmin%2Farticle_types%2F< http://campsite-dev.sourcefabric.org/admin/article_types/add .php?Back=%2Fadmin%2Farticle_types%2F>
    > says:
    >
    > The name field may only contain letters and the underscore (_) character.
    >
    > Name:
    >
    > This makes no distinction between Template Name and Display Name. It
    > would be clearer to label this:
    >
    > The Template Name field may only contain letters and the underscore (_)
    > character.
    >
    > Template Name:
    >
    > In other places (such as
    > http://campsite-dev.sourcefabric.org/admin/article_types/ ) this is
    > referred to as a Template Type Name. Is that a more accurate label?
    >
    > Cheers!
    >
    > Daniel
    >
    >

  • Vote Up0Vote Down Daniel JamesDaniel James
    Posts: 844Member, Sourcefabric Team

    Hi Mugur,

    Thanks for the swift reply :-)

    > When you add a new article type you define the template name (article type
    > template name). Later you can define display names in different language by
    > translate.

    Right, but the 'Add new article type' page just says 'The name field'
    and 'Name:', it doesn't make clear that this is for the template name,
    rather than the display name.

    I've tried to make this clearer in the manual.

    Cheers!

    Daniel
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Sava TatićSava Tatić
    Posts: 113Member, Administrator, Sourcefabric Team
    On Wednesday, November 10, 2010 15:31:16 Daniel James wrote:
    > Right, but the 'Add new article type' page just says 'The name field'
    > and 'Name:', it doesn't make clear that this is for the template name,
    > rather than the display name.

    If it's not clear to you, then it's not clear to most people. So we should
    change the strings accordingly.

  • Vote Up0Vote Down Daniel JamesDaniel James
    Posts: 844Member, Sourcefabric Team

    Hi Sava,

    >> the 'Add new article type' page just says 'The name field'
    >> and 'Name:', it doesn't make clear that this is for the template name,
    >> rather than the display name.
    >
    > If it's not clear to you, then it's not clear to most people.

    I'm trying to think about it from the point of view of an editor or
    journalist who doesn't understand templates at all.

    > So we should
    > change the strings accordingly.

    It's also an issue on the 'Add new field' page. If I enter a field name
    with a space in it, I get an error message, but it's not clear to the
    end user why this should be a wrong thing to do. A minor issue, but I
    think tweaking these things can add up to a better user experience.

    Cheers!

    Daniel
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Sava TatićSava Tatić
    Posts: 113Member, Administrator, Sourcefabric Team
    On Wednesday, November 10, 2010 16:53:10 you wrote:
    > A minor issue, but I
    > think tweaking these things can add up to a better user experience.

    Agreed. Can you please make a Jira ticktet?

    All the best,

    Sava

  • Vote Up0Vote Down Daniel JamesDaniel James
    Posts: 844Member, Sourcefabric Team

    Hi Sava,

    >> A minor issue, but I
    >> think tweaking these things can add up to a better user experience.
    >
    > Agreed. Can you please make a Jira ticket?

    That's done:

    http://dev.sourcefabric.org/browse/CS-2331

    Cheers!

    Daniel
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