#617588 by dww and yoroy: Drastically improve the UI for the landing page...

#617588 by dww and yoroy: Drastically improve the UI for the landing page before you actually update your site.

modules/update/update.manager.inc

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  * extracting the archive, and verifying the contents. If there are any
  * errors, the user is redirected back to the first page with the error
  * messages. If all downloads were extacted and verified, the user is instead
- * redirected to admin/update/confirm, a landing page which reminds them to
+ * redirected to admin/update/ready, a landing page which reminds them to
  * backup their database and asks if they want to put the site offline during
  * the upgrade. Once the user presses the "Install updates" button, they are
  * redirected to authorize.php to supply their web root file access
@@ -332,8 +332,9 @@ function update_manager_download_batch_finished($success, $results) {
     drupal_set_message(theme('item_list', $error_list), 'error');
   }
   elseif ($success) {
+    drupal_set_message(t('Updates downloaded successfully.'));
     $_SESSION['update_manager_update_projects'] = $results['projects'];
-    drupal_goto('admin/update/confirm');
+    drupal_goto('admin/update/ready');
   }
   else {
     // Ideally we're catching all Exceptions, so they should never see this,
@@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ function update_manager_download_batch_finished($success, $results) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Build the form to confirm that an update should proceed (after downloading).
+ * Build the form when the site is ready to update (after downloading).
  *
  * This form is an intermediary step in the automated update workflow. It is
  * presented to the site administrator after all the required updates have
@@ -353,41 +354,22 @@ function update_manager_download_batch_finished($success, $results) {
  * After this step, the user is redirected to authorize.php to enter their
  * file transfer credentials and attempt to complete the update.
  */
-function update_manager_confirm_update_form($form, &$form_state) {
-  $form['information']['#weight'] = -100;
-  $form['information']['backup_header'] = array(
-    '#prefix' => '<h3>',
-    '#markup' => t('Step 1: Backup your site'),
-    '#suffix' => '</h3>',
-  );
-
-  $form['information']['backup_message'] = array(
-    '#prefix' => '<p>',
-    '#markup' => t('We do not currently have a web based backup tool. <a href="@backup_url">Learn more about how to take a backup</a>.', array('@backup_url' => url('http://drupal.org/node/22281'))),
-    '#suffix' => '</p>',
-  );
-
-  $form['information']['maint_header'] = array(
-    '#prefix' => '<h3>',
-    '#markup' => t('Step 2: Enter maintenance mode'),
-    '#suffix' => '</h3>',
-  );
-
-  $form['information']['maint_message'] = array(
-    '#prefix' => '<p>',
-    '#markup' => t('It is strongly recommended that you put your site into maintenance mode while performing an update.'),
-    '#suffix' => '</p>',
+function update_manager_update_ready_form($form, &$form_state) {
+  $form['backup'] = array(
+    '#prefix' => '<strong>',
+    '#markup' => t('Back up your database and site before you continue. <a href="@backup_url">Learn how</a>.', array('@backup_url' => url('http://drupal.org/node/22281'))),
+    '#suffix' => '</strong>',
   );
 
-  $form['information']['site_offline'] = array(
-    '#title' => t('Perform updates with site in maintenance mode'),
+  $form['site_offline'] = array(
+    '#title' => t('Perform updates with site in maintenance mode (strongly recommended)'),
     '#type' => 'checkbox',
     '#default_value' => TRUE,
   );
 
   $form['submit'] = array(
     '#type' => 'submit',
-    '#value' => t('Install updates'),
+    '#value' => t('Continue'),
     '#weight' => 100,
   );
 
@@ -407,7 +389,7 @@ function update_manager_confirm_update_form($form, &$form_state) {
  * @see system_authorized_init()
  * @see system_authorized_get_url()
  */
-function update_manager_confirm_update_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
+function update_manager_update_ready_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
   if ($form_state['values']['site_offline'] == TRUE) {
     variable_set('site_offline', TRUE);
   }

modules/update/update.module

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function update_help($path, $arg) {
     case 'admin/reports/updates/install':
     case 'admin/reports/updates/settings':
     case 'admin/reports/status':
-    case 'admin/update/confirm':
+    case 'admin/update/ready':
       // These pages don't need additional nagging.
       break;
 
@@ -225,10 +225,10 @@ function update_menu() {
 
   // Menu callback used for the confirmation page after all the releases
   // have been downloaded, asking you to backup before installing updates.
-  $items['admin/update/confirm'] = array(
-    'title' => 'Confirm update',
+  $items['admin/update/ready'] = array(
+    'title' => 'Ready to update',
     'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
-    'page arguments' => array('update_manager_confirm_update_form'),
+    'page arguments' => array('update_manager_update_ready_form'),
     'access callback' => 'update_manager_access',
     'access arguments' => array(),
     'type' => MENU_CALLBACK,