"Add a snap" form has inconsistent terminology, misleading controls

[greg hale]

1. Click on 'register new snap'
2. Read instructions
  > 'To add a snap, its name must be registered to a store. Set the name and store using this form:'
3. Enter name
4. Look for somewhere to set store
5. Can't find where to set store
6. Cry

• [Error 1] form is called 'add snap' - Should be labelled 'Register your snap'
• [Error 2] Instructions should read - 'Before you can push your snap to a store, its name must be registered'
• [Error 3] there is no input for setting the store - there should be a radio menu to allow the publisher to select the store

[Daniel Manrique (roadmr)]

#1 - sounds fair, I think it'd be nicer for the <h1> element and <title> to be "Register your snap".

#2 - "Push" is slightly technical and this suggestion reads a bit awkward. Something like "Publishing a snap requires registering its name to a store"? We can discuss some other ideas until we find one we all agree is clear.

#3 - Do you have a screenshot? I do, and I see a "select a store to upload your snap to":

https://screenshots.firefox.com/hk9w2BNrBMkBG4TZ/dashboard.snapcraft.io (will expire on May 10th or so).

This, however, may be because I have access to more than one store. If you don't, it's conceivable you don't see the store selector, but the generic message is confusing as you have observed.

(I admit I was lazy here asking for a screenshot - I could easily check the source code to establish this with certainty. But I'd like your feedback on what you see :)

We can maybe tweak the template logic so it doesn't have the user go through store selection if only one store is available. Maybe, in that case:

"Publishing a snap requires registering its name to the FOO store"

where FOO would be "Ubuntu" in most cases (the global store).

[greg hale (greghale)]

#1 - Super!

#2 - That sounds good to me, an alternative: "Register your snap to a store before publishing"
I don't mind either way, both get the message across :)

#3 - I'm very sorry I think I was comparing the Vanilla approved design (https://goo.gl/uiHVTD) and the current implementation and I completely missed the drop down!

> We can maybe tweak the template logic so it doesn't have the user go through store selection if only one store is available...

This is a great idea. Is that possible? What happens when a brand store chooses to be public, and that any publisher can submit snaps to it?

Is it called the Ubuntu store? I was under the impression the it'd now be called the 'Global Snap Store' to get away from it being too Ubuntu-y?

For the scope of this bug, we can just edit the title and copy and the logic can be a separate issue. What do you think?

(Thanks for the quick response)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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