A collection of helpful notices shown in WordPress admin.

hip-notices.js

jQuery(document).ready(function($){
	var status = notices.post_status,
        savePostBtn = $("#save-post"),
		publishPostBtn = $("#publishing-action #publish");

		if( status != "publish" && status != 0 ) {
			publishPostBtn.removeClass("button-primary");
			savePostBtn.addClass("button-primary");
		}
});

hip-notices.php

<?php
/*
Plugin Name:  Hippies Notices
Plugin URI:   
Description:  A collection of helpful notices shown in admin. Tells the user if a post is in draft mode, if noindex is set and more.
Version:      1
Author:       Hippies
Author URI:   http://hippies.se/

**************************************************************************

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

*************************************************************************
*/
function hip_notices_init() {
    load_plugin_textdomain( 'hip-notices', false, dirname( plugin_basename( __FILE__ ) ) );    
}
add_action('plugins_loaded', 'hip_notices_init');

add_action('admin_enqueue_scripts','hip_notices_scripts');
function hip_notices_scripts( $hook ) {
    
    if( 'post.php' != $hook )
        return;
    
    wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery' );    
    wp_enqueue_script( 'hip-notices', plugins_url( 'hip-notices.js', __FILE__ ), array( 'jquery' ), '2013-12-01' );
      
    global $post;
    $status = ( is_object( $post ) ) ? $post->post_status : 0;    
    $translation_array = array(
        "post_status" => $status 
    );
    wp_localize_script( "hip-notices", "notices", $translation_array );
}

function hip_admin_notices() {
        
    global $pagenow;    
    if( $pagenow == "post.php" ) {
        
        global $post;
        
        if( is_object( $post ) ) {
            $status = $post->post_status;
            
            if( $status != "publish" ) {
                
                // Using WordPress deafult strings as labels
                switch ( $status ) {
                    case 'private':
                        $label = __('Privately Published');
                        break;
                    case 'future':
                        $label = __('Scheduled');
                        break;
                    case 'pending':
                        $label = __('Pending Review');
                        break;
                    case 'auto-draft':
                    case 'draft':
                        $label = __('Draft');
                        break;
                }
    
                echo '<div class="updated"><p>';
                    echo __( 'Post status currently set to', 'hip-notices' ) . " <strong>$label</strong>";
                echo '</p></div>';    
        
            }
        }
    }    
}
add_action( 'admin_notices', 'hip_admin_notices', 99 );

// Add Toolbar Menus
function hip_custom_toolbar() {
    
    $blog_public = get_option( 'blog_public' );
    if( $blog_public == 0 ) {
        global $wp_admin_bar;

        $args = array(
            'id'     => 'blog_public',
            'title'  => '<span style="color:red">' . __( 'This site is not being indexed by Google.', 'hip-notices' ) . '</span>',
            'href'   => get_bloginfo('wpurl') . '/wp-admin/options-reading.php',
        );
        $wp_admin_bar->add_menu( $args );
    }

}
add_action( 'wp_before_admin_bar_render', 'hip_custom_toolbar', 999 );