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Assign a Default Icon to all Articles within a Category.

Feature Upgrade · Articles & templates · Created by Gritchu
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Feature Suggestion: Add the ability to set a default icon that will apply the icon to every article placed within that Category.   Example: I have a category called "Characters". Currently, every character article I create gets assigned the same generic "person" icon and placed within this category. It would be great if I didn't have to add the icon to each article I write as I have to look up the icon name every time and that takes away from my content world building.   How I see it being implemented: A new field called "Default Article Icon" to be placed below the "Icon" field on the Category settings page.
  • When set, any article placed within that category will show up in the menu with the default category icon.
  • If an icon is set within the article itself it will override the category icon. This will allow users to have unique icons for articles as it currently works.
   

What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

No functionality is missing, however it can be improved upon to make life easier. What is unsatisfying is that assigning icons to many articles of the same type is very tedeous. Especially when redesigning the look of the page.  

How does this feature request address the current situation?

It removes the need to look up what icon is being used for any given category. It also makes it easier to update the icons of multiple articles within a category.  

What are other uses for this feature request?

Makes article creation a little easier. Makes changing the icon for groups of articles much easier. Still allows for unique icons to be used on individual articles.

Follow up


Thank you all for the support. I do hope some version of this gets implemented.
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102/300 Votes · +20314 points

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