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[Kristina Hoeppner <1857382@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

In the past when the layout was not very flexible and we didn't have
rows (i.e. a veeeeery long time ago), the page description text field
was an important part of a page as it allowed people to create a section
across an entire page of Mahara and use it as style element. People
created banners in there and needed to have styling options available.
That's why it has a visual editor with all the editing options.

Now (well, for quite some time already actually) that we have a more
flexible layout, we do not need this area anymore to style a page with.
It also added to the confusion for some people as they thought that was
the area where they would add their content.

While the page description is shown on a page, the collection
description is ignored (this may be a regression, but is OK).

Since we have the "tiles" on "Pages and collections", the description
shows up in the tile and is often cut off when it is too long and
banners are not displayed in there either.

I propose the following:

1. Remove the visual editor from the page description.
2. Limit the number of characters for the page and collection description to 140 characters. That seems to fit in there (with our current font size).
3. For existing sites, move the current page description content of pages to the first block on the page that goes across the entire width of the page and doesn't have a block heading. That way, the content is still displayed for pages that are used to displaying it, especially if the page uses the description as content styling element.

** Affects: mahara
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: Triaged


** Tags: usability

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1857382

Title:
  Remove WYSIWYG options for page description

Status in Mahara:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  In the past when the layout was not very flexible and we didn't have
  rows (i.e. a veeeeery long time ago), the page description text field
  was an important part of a page as it allowed people to create a
  section across an entire page of Mahara and use it as style element.
  People created banners in there and needed to have styling options
  available. That's why it has a visual editor with all the editing
  options.

  Now (well, for quite some time already actually) that we have a more
  flexible layout, we do not need this area anymore to style a page
  with. It also added to the confusion for some people as they thought
  that was the area where they would add their content.

  While the page description is shown on a page, the collection
  description is ignored (this may be a regression, but is OK).

  Since we have the "tiles" on "Pages and collections", the description
  shows up in the tile and is often cut off when it is too long and
  banners are not displayed in there either.

  I propose the following:

  1. Remove the visual editor from the page description.
  2. Limit the number of characters for the page and collection description to 140 characters. That seems to fit in there (with our current font size).
  3. For existing sites, move the current page description content of pages to the first block on the page that goes across the entire width of the page and doesn't have a block heading. That way, the content is still displayed for pages that are used to displaying it, especially if the page uses the description as content styling element.

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