wordpress-mobile / wordpress-mobile/WordPress-iOS

Add "Deleted Site" support

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[Type] Bug Site Management
Dominant language
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Description

The app has seemingly no support for the "deleted site" workflows.

Site List

On wp.com, deletes sites are displayed at the bottom. There is a way to "restore" a deleted site.

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In the app, these sites are displayed as normal sites. There is no indication anywhere in the list or the settings that the site is deleted.

Posting

On wp.com you can't start a new post on a deleted site. In the app, you can. If you try to publish such post, you get the following cryptic error:

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by tracing the app's site-list and posting workflows described in the issue, then compare their behavior with the wp.com examples. Done should include clear deleted-site indication, support for restoring a deleted site, and prevention of new posts on deleted sites with a comprehensible error.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
swift
Domain
mobile-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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