@CyberCatfish,
You brought up an excellent point. While I liked Norms simple solution, considering the tight release schedule I’m sure he’s trying to keep, I hear what you’re saying.
This is basically a UX/Usability issue, and from what I’ve gathered from hanging out in this forum and using Blocs, Blocs seems to want to meet both Designers(non-coders) and Developers somewhere in the middle, and for this reason I believe there are some areas in Blocs where what may seem like common sense to a seasoned developers, is not for others. And this particular situation may be just that.
With that said…
@Norm,
Considering that designers and developers will be using Blocs, in where the users may or may not be aware of the web address requirement to make use of CMT, as well as the time to implement (without breaking anything), below is an idea similar to yours that I think might help in ensuring users (whether knowledgeable or not) to navigate this situation in the future. This can help reduce tickets that may be related to this, as well as reduce or eliminate future discussions in the forum surrounding this issue.
1a) Have a notice in the “New Project” pop-up when starting a new projects indicating CMT will not be added to pages unless a site URL is entered.
1b) Also provide a tooltip with information on CMT (same as what’s in page settings now).
2) This can also be added to the “Project Settings” modal.
3) Make the CMT checkbox inactive (and disabled) in Page settings if a URL was not entered. If a URL is then entered, this checkbox is then made active, and enabled by default.
See sample UI mock-ups. Any thoughts?
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