On the create content page, all that is shown currently is the content type name and also a description attached to it.

However this information can be "not enough" for new users, so maybe more default information needs to be exposed in addition to the description?

Candidate information that I can think of:

# Default comment settings (open/closed/hidden)
# sticky?
# published?
# promoted to the front page?

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Bojhan’s picture

Bojhan commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

Not sure what drupal version you are using, but most of this information should show up in vertical tabs.

naheemsays’s picture

naheemsays commented
Status: Closed (fixed) » Active

I was using the drupal 7 dev nightly from 27 April.

It seems that I never explained what I was suggesting well enough - I am talking about improving the node/add page (and not the node/add/% page that has been improved in this cycle and I like the improvements very much, so thanks to the developers!).

Currently the Create Content page has something along the lines of:

Article
- This is like a page...
Page
- This is like an article but more permanent...

Its all good for if you already know what you want, but for someone who is installing a new drupal install, they mean next to nothing. I think it would be good if it could be something like:

Article
- This is like a page...
- Default settings: promoted to front page, comments are allowed, not sticky on lists...
Page
- This is like an article but more permanent...
- Default settings: NOT promoted to front page, comments are NOT allowed...

The benefits I see for this is that when a new user installs drupal, the user will know which content type to choose if the intent is to make it show on the front page, or to allow comments. The default settings bit should not be a text field, but something that is autogenerated (and potentially hidden as if the site uses eg the nodequeue module to set a front page, the internal "promote to front page" means nothing.)

Bojhan’s picture

Bojhan commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

I see, oke see http://drupal.org/node/233200 there are a few issues in that issue as well that talk about your suggestions,

naheemsays’s picture

naheemsays commented

Leaving as closed, but both #233200: Content types descriptions tweaks and #398344: Redesign Content Types Overview are related to different problems, so adding this onto either seems to be widening the scope of those issues. I will make a quick comment referencing this node in the latter issue.