Signup: move MLB flow to Calypso

[oskosk]

The current MLB signup flow is outside of Calypso

The current MLB signup flow is outside of Calypso and it doesn’t look great. Let’s make it better :-)
[Look at] Signup framework docs to make things easier.
-- Original issue created by @nb

cc @scruffian

[oskosk]

This task is being implemented by :

• Branch add/move-mlb-flow-to-calypso
• PR Signup: move MLB flow to Calypso #541

Nov27 updates

Will

• Make mlb-theme-selection step reuse component Theme.

Features to recreate

• Link to MLB.com/blogs on team/theme selection step. Text: Welcome to MLB.com/blogs. After choosing your team and theme below you'll be ready to start blogging.
• Team selection (Defaulting to generic MLB theme set). Specific Team themes are implemented as * Theme Options* inside the 3 available partner-mlb-??? themes and not as individual themes.
• Theme selection
  • Fan
  • Modern
  • Retro
• Link to Terms of Use on team/theme selection step. Text: By clicking continue, you understand that activating an MLB.com/blogs account indicates your acceptance of the Terms of Use.
• Continue (button) on team/theme selection step
• Domain selection with proposal of free .mlblogs.com domain and regular .wordpress.com domains and prices.
• User account creation in case user is not authenticated.

Observations

• Current MLB flow seems to get stuck on domain selection if the user does not select a team/theme an clicks the Continue button.
• Current MLB flow does not select specific team-theme chosen by the user.
• MLB team-based themes are implemented as Theme Options on each of the mlb themes:partner-mlb-fan, partner-mlb-modern, partner-mlb-retro.

Doubts

• Should the mlb-theme step show a customized layout with special MLB background images?

Internal checklist

• Figure out how current MLB signup flow works.
• Analyse a working example of calypso flow.
• Create hello-world flow.
• Rename hello-world flow to mlb.
• Create an account using current flow
• Create an account using new flow
• Get a good format on save plugin for Atom Editor compatible with current .esformatter based styling proposition. Ask for advice on this.
• Figure out how a flow and/or step is tested.

[oskosk]

This is a screencast of the MLB-theme-selection step sample built for getting used to underlying codebase. It's functional but still needs to be tuned up after some feedback.

What is this?!!! A screencast for ants?!!!

[scruffian]

Get a good format on save plugin for Atom Editor customized compatible with current .esformatter based styling proposition. Ask for advice on this.

Good luck with this. Everyone is having problems.

[scruffian]

Should the mlb-theme step show a customized layout with special MLB background images?

This is not necessary right now.

[lancewillett]

Closing as abandoned — feel free to re-open in the future if we revisit it.