[ckan-dev] UI/UX: Deleting packages on CKAN

Wed Oct 26 17:17:27 UTC 2011

Jonathan,

Yes the UI for this could be improved, and I like your suggestion to explain
to administrators how this works.
http://trac.ckan.org/ticket/1425

Now, where to put this delete button?

David

On 26 October 2011 14:30, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:

> At the moment to delete a package you have to go to 'state' and change
> from 'active' to 'deleted'.
>
> For me this was not very obvious, and someone recently wrote to me
> about this too.
>
> Its a small issue - but unless you know what 'state: active' refers
> to, its not obvious what this means, nor that this is where to go if
> you want to delete a package.
>
> From UI perspective this could be replaced by either a trash can or
> some text that says 'delete', perhaps with some prompt that explains
> what happens when you delete a package - explaining that non-admins
> won't be able to see it, and how you purge, etc.
>
> Just a thought!
>
> J.
>
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