Improved workflow for BuddyPress Pages creation

[tw2113]

Right now, when creating pages like "Register" and "Activate", the user has a "new page" button that takes them to a new "add new" page editor screen where they can create a new page. However, they are then just left there and have to re-navigate to Settings > BuddyPress and click into the Pages tab to actually set the newly created pages. This is an open circle, that is not very intuitive.

As per discussion in #buddypress on slack, we should look into porting the slugs UI and API from bbPress. We could then implement this same functionality into the Pages tab and get new pages created on the fly without taking the user to new screens.

[hnla]

I would suggest we ought to also consider a little more detailed explanation of this page creation or lack of associated page for a component, we have the screen space to add a few more lines of explanatory text without things looking too jumbled.

[DJPaul]

We're closing this ticket because it has not received any contribution or comments for at least two years. We have decided that it is better to close tickets that are good ideas, which have not gotten (or are unlikely to get) contributions, rather than keep things open indefinitely. This will help us share a more realistic roadmap for BuddyPress with you.

Everyone very much appreciates the time and effort that you spent sharing your idea with us. On behalf of the entire BuddyPress team, thank you.

If you feel strongly that this enhancement should still be added to BuddyPress, and you are able to contribute effort towards it, we encourage you to re-open the ticket, or start a discussion about it in our Slack channel. Please consider that time has proven that good ideas without contributions do not get built.

For more information, see ​https://bpdevel.wordpress.com/2018/01/21/our-awaiting-contributions-milestone-contains/
or find us on Slack, in the #buddypress channel: ​https://make.wordpress.org/chat/