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Appearance → Settings
“Settings” is not an immediately-expected term. Participants suggested the following changes:
- Options
- Colors
- Theme Appearance
- Customize
- Configure
Suggested recommendations include:
Enable preview image as a clickable link to settings.
Change link to button like other action links.
Consider alternate wording and placement.
Provide bulleted list underneath link.
Comment | File | Size | Author |
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#1 | themesettings.patch | 1.6 KB | Devin Carlson |
Comments
Comment #1
Devin Carlson CreditAttribution: Devin Carlson commentedI've attached a patch which changes "settings" to "theme options".
For consistency, the url of the theme settings page changes from "admin/appearance/settings" to "admin/appearance/theme-options".
The help text is also updated for consistency, changing from:
Set and configure the default theme for your website.
to
Set the default theme for your website and configure its options.
Comment #2
Jeff Burnz CreditAttribution: Jeff Burnz commentedThis is going to relate closely to :
#1167444: Not clear which themes are enabled and disabled
#1164824: Rename "default theme" to something that is easier to understand
Comment #3
JohnAlbinI prefer the word "Configure" over "theme options".
Over in #943212: hook_form_system_theme_settings_alter() vs. THEME_form_system_theme_settings_alter() name-clash we need to rename the THEME_form_system_theme_settings_alter() hook as well. I've posted a patch in that issue that fixes that bug while also renaming "settings" to "configure". I have to do both of them in the same patch because the bug fix actually relies on the rename of the term described in this issue.
There hasn't been much discussion in this issue, so I felt free to unilaterally pick a new term. If people would like to discuss, I'm open to that discussion in this issue. I can easily re-roll the patch in the other issue if new light is shed on this subject.
Comment #6
snehi CreditAttribution: snehi as a volunteer and commentedAgreed with johnalbin
configure is general term for everything not just only theme for any other options too.
Comment #17
akmalfikri CreditAttribution: akmalfikri commentedComment #18
akmalfikri CreditAttribution: akmalfikri commentedComment #19
akmalfikri CreditAttribution: akmalfikri commentedThis looks like a task instead of a bug, which is why I changed the category.
If you disagree, you can change it back.