I’m not sure how it happened, but for those of you waiting to upgrade to WordPress 2.2 – you might want to wait a bit longer. The post preview that you know and love and have come to rely on to proof your posts prior to publishing has been changed. The post preview option isn’t even available until after you “save and continue editing” (even with the auto save feature), and then you notice a hyperlink to preview that opens up in a new window.
This, in my own humble opinion, was a big mistake.
These are the changes that were made in the core WordPress files. I am going to attempt to modify the code to see if I can’t get the iframe preview pane back – and I’ll let you know how that goes.
The crazy thing is, in the 2.2 list of changes this wasn’t even a suggestion. I can’t find any mention of it at all. In fact, what was mentioned was a request (here) to put the jump link to the preview pane back on the write post page. (Remember that?) If you’ll scroll down through the replies to that ticket (which reads “fixed”), you’ll see that it went completely south, the initial ticket wasn’t fixed – the whole function was changed to something entirely different than the original ticket requested.
I’ve opened up a topic on the WordPress-Extend-Ideas forum to put the preview back inline and allow users the option to turn it on or off. You can view the thread here, and if you’re so inclined, please leave a comment on the topic to let the head guru’s know whether or not this feature is important to you. If you’re a member of the wordpress support forum, your login info works here. If you’re not, consider registering – it’s a beneficial give and take community of WordPress users.
UPDATE: Download the preview frame plugin written by Rob @ Roblog
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Oh, crud. Maybe I won’t upgrade, then… I love the preview pane working exactly like it is… don’t want it changed at all. 😯
Ew, I don’t like that! Thanks for the warning. 🙂
@pamibe, Mark says that 2.2 is a mandatory update as it fixes security issues.
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Leanne, I apologize for not making the link to this original post quite noticeable. Now the link back here has been put both at the beginning and the end of the quoted entry. Hope that is okay with you. If still not, I will delete it.
Thank you, Leanne!
Where are the rest of the smilies? Lose them when you upgraded?
thanks for mentioning that! The plugin defaulted back to the default smiley set. Can’t have that now, can I?!
I would highly recommend not modifying any core files in WordPress, it causes all sorts of problems. Someone has already written a plugin to restore the old-school way of showing previews, but I think this post spells out some of the most compelling benefits to the new way of doing previews:
http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-hackers/2007-May/012806.html
Thanks for popping in, Matt. I’m sure many of us who have 10-15 windows open at a time can appreciate the intent, but having to grab a new window in the middle of a post really isn’t an efficient way for me to work.
I am very glad to see that Rob created a plugin so fast. I’ve restored the core files and installed the plugin – works like a charm.
:cheerful:
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