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Opened 15 years ago

Closed 8 years ago

Last modified 8 years ago

#8455 closed enhancement (maybelater)

Preselect matching authors in WordPress Importer to enhance usability

Reported by: tott's profile tott Owned by: tott's profile tott
Milestone: Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version:
Component: Import Keywords: needs-patch
Focuses: Cc:

Description (last modified by SergeyBiryukov)

To increase usability in WordPress imports, especially for imports with many users or imports that are rerun a preselection of authors would increase usability.

Attachments (3)

import-usability-preselect.diff (2.2 KB) - added by tott 14 years ago.
current version of patch
create_users.xml (8.2 KB) - added by tott 14 years ago.
import file to create users
user-assignment-test-data.xml (190.2 KB) - added by tott 14 years ago.
import file with various posts assigned to users

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Change History (17)

#1 @Denis-de-Bernardy
15 years ago

  • Keywords has-patch added; import usability author dropdown removed

#2 @Denis-de-Bernardy
15 years ago

  • Keywords needs-testing added

patch still works at 11175.

no import file to test it with, though...

#3 @lloydbudd
15 years ago

  • Milestone changed from 2.8 to 2.9

@tott
14 years ago

current version of patch

@tott
14 years ago

import file to create users

@tott
14 years ago

import file with various posts assigned to users

#4 follow-up: @tott
14 years ago

Attached a version of the patch against the current trunk.

To test on a fresh trunk install
1) apply patch http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/8455/import-usability-preselect.diff
2) import http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/8455/create_users.xml and make sure you let WordPress create the missing users
3) import http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/8455/user-assignment-test-data.xml and see if the user dropdowns are prefilled correctly.

#5 @ryan
14 years ago

  • Milestone changed from 2.9 to 3.0

#6 in reply to: ↑ 4 @chrisscott
14 years ago

Replying to tott:

Attached a version of the patch against the current trunk.

To test on a fresh trunk install
1) apply patch http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/8455/import-usability-preselect.diff

This patches OK against r13305

2) import http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/8455/create_users.xml and make sure you let WordPress create the missing users

When I do this, the users aren't created and the posts are all assigned to 'admin'. Verified I left the user dropdowns in the default state (- Select -). Did it twice for good measure and still don't get the users created.

3) import http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/8455/user-assignment-test-data.xml and see if the user dropdowns are prefilled correctly.

#7 @Denis-de-Bernardy
14 years ago

  • Keywords needs-patch added; has-patch needs-testing removed
  • Milestone changed from 3.0 to Future Release

#8 @SergeyBiryukov
12 years ago

  • Milestone changed from Future Release to WordPress.org

#11 @SergeyBiryukov
10 years ago

#27580 was marked as a duplicate.

#12 @chriscct7
8 years ago

  • Milestone WordPress.org deleted
  • Resolution set to maybelater
  • Status changed from new to closed

Closing as maybelater. Complete lack of interest on the feature on the ticket over the last 6 years. Feel free to reopen when more interest re-emerges (particularly if there's a patch)

#13 @lkraav
8 years ago

"displet-auto-select-authors-during-import" plugin has probably eased a lot of the pain here, even though for some reason the plugin is now gone from the directory.

#14 @SergeyBiryukov
8 years ago

  • Description modified (diff)
  • Summary changed from Enhance usability in Wordpress Import - preselecting matching authors to Preselect matching authors in WordPress Importer to enhance usability
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