Stephen Rider wrote:
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The difference here is that WordPress _does_ have a way to order
pages in core
This is not a way to *change* page ordering but to create pages at a
specific "place" (which can be changes like everything else by editing
the
page)
To quote the actual Page Edit screen in WP 2.5.1:
"Pages are usually ordered alphabetically, but you can put a number
above to change the order pages appear in. (We know this is a little
janky, it'll be better in future releases.)"
So officially there is intent to make this "janky" process easier.
Integrating this plugin would be an excellent way to do just that.
In 99.99% of cases, pages need to be ordered _once_ when creating the
site/pages hierarchy. After that moving a page around especially from
one parent page to another, is not a very good idea. It needs 301
redirects, etc. and can get really messy if many pages are moved many times.
IMHO setting the initial order of a Page when creating it needs to be a
bit clearer. For example merging the Page Parent and Page Order menus
and showing the current page order values in the drop-down list of
parents would make it a lot easier to place the new Page exactly where
needed.
On the other hand, the admin needs a better way to display tree-like
listings, like pages and categories. If you only have 50-60 of them, the
Manage -> Pages and Manage -> Categories work well, but what if there
are 500-600, or several thousands?
Displaying only the "top" parents and then fetching the children with
AJAX when the parent is clicked would be a way of improving it. Storing
the listing in the db ready for displaying would probably be another way.
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