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Sidebar permalink panel: improve the URL field label #12033

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afercia opened this issue Nov 18, 2018 · 2 comments · Fixed by #12959
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Sidebar permalink panel: improve the URL field label #12033

afercia opened this issue Nov 18, 2018 · 2 comments · Fixed by #12959
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[Feature] Permalink The permalink of a post or page and the experience of setting or editing it [Focus] Accessibility (a11y) Changes that impact accessibility and need corresponding review (e.g. markup changes).

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afercia commented Nov 18, 2018

Splitting this out from #11874.

I'd tend to think the input field label URL is a bit confusing, as users might think they have to fill the field with a complete URL starting with http(s).

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I've read #11858 (comment) and it makes perfectly sense to avoid technical terms. However, the label could be improved a bit. Also noting Squarespace does use some form of "URL" label but it also expands it adding "slug":

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Other mentioned platforms use some form of "URL" as well, but at least they make it visually clear it's about the last part of the URL:

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Personally, I have no strong opinions on which the best wording would be, but I'd suggest to consider a more meaningful one.

@afercia afercia added the [Focus] Accessibility (a11y) Changes that impact accessibility and need corresponding review (e.g. markup changes). label Nov 18, 2018
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afercia commented Nov 18, 2018

Not sure if it can help, but worth considering the explanation of what a "permalink" is in WordPress in the Help page linked from the Classic Editor help tab:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Posts_Add_New_Screen

@Soean Soean added the [Feature] Permalink The permalink of a post or page and the experience of setting or editing it label Nov 18, 2018
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@afercia I updated it to "URL Slug" just so we have an open PR. Happy to update it, but I think that actually works pretty well.

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