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

Thu Oct 27 10:09:57 UTC 2011

Super, cheers!

Dave

On 27 October 2011 11:05, Tom Rees <tom.rees at okfn.org> wrote:

> I'm sure I can fit this nicely into the dataset editor somehow. I've linked
> this ticket into my list of post-v1.5 UX improvements:
> http://trac.ckan.org/ticket/1404
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 6:17 PM, David Read <david.read at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>> 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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>>>
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