Wp-calypso: Activity log: no clear distinction between post status (draft, published...)

Created on 13 Feb 2018  ·  7Comments  ·  Source: Automattic/wp-calypso

We bundle all post edit events under "post modified" title even when a customer just saved a _draft_.

UI at wp-admin 4.9.4:
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Steps to reproduce

  1. Go to wp-admin (or Calypso post editor)
  2. Create posts, publish some and modify them
  3. Create posts, save them with "Pending review" status
  4. Create posts, don't publish but save them as a draft. Modify those drafts (don't publish, just save)
  5. Observe Activity log: most events say "Post Modified" — it's unclear if the post is a draft or a published post.

Here's a bunch of posts and drafts which are either created, edited, scheduled or marked as "pending review". It's impossible to tell which is which:

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(Don't mind empty titles here, I opened an issue #22372)

What I expected

  • A clear distinction between different posts statuses (drafts, published, pending review).
  • Additional information (at least visibility?)

Worth noting that in Calypso's post editor we don't speak about "drafts" but just about "saving" the post. It's only wp-admin editor terminology.

When browsing posts in Calypso, "Drafts" is used:

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/cc @MichaelArestad

Rewind [Type] Enhancement

All 7 comments

@keoshi Perhaps we need to signify the publish status of a post somehow? Maybe a small label or something?

@MichaelArestad I don't think we have additional status coming in from the API right now.

@lezama can we do anything here to improve the semantics of the AL?

@lezama can we do anything here to improve the semantics of the AL?

@simison is going to work on it 👍

Working with these strings currently:

Drafts

Page draft modified
Post draft modified
Testimonial draft modified
Portfolio draft modified
%s draft modified

Scheduled

Scheduled Page modified
Scheduled Post modified
Scheduled Testimonial modified
Scheduled Portfolio modified
Scheduled %s modified

Pending review

Page pending review modified
Post pending review modified
Testimonial pending review modified
Portfolio pending review modified
%s pending review modified

Published

Page modified
Post modified
Testimonial modified
Portfolio modified
%s modified

Anyone specific I could ask to review these?

@MichaelArestad @keoshi ^^

That list looks fantastic to me, @simison — thanks for doing that!

Done in r170326-wpcom

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