I'm not sure how we would have the "preview" button appear before saving. As it is, there has to be some data in the post to preview or the theme has nothing to look at.
I feel strongly we shouldn't have elements which do, well, nothing. Also, it might create the mistaken impression that you can "preview" as your workâthat is, before you save. I think the best solution is twofold: 1) Maintain the current "preview" link for full-page preview 2) Create a plugin which allows a preview tab (next to settings), which when clicked, will pull up a live preview. I feel fairly strongly that the preview *shouldn't* block out the edit form, because otherwise isn't much more useful than the current method. You should be able to type in the edit form while having changes immediately mirrored in the tab preview. On May 21, 2009, at 7:28 PM, Michael C. Harris wrote: > > 2009/5/22 David <[email protected]>: >> On May 20, "Michael C. Harris" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> What would be your ideal for a preview ? I'm assuming you're saying >>> that the current preview isn't satisfactory for you ? Would you >>> like a >>> preview on the publish page itself ? Something else ? >> >> Blame it on ignorance and the discoverability of the Habari entry- >> writing workflow. > > It was a completely serious question; if it's not clear, maybe we can > make it clearer :) > > [snip excellent feedback] > >> Transitioning from inactive (gray) to active instead of from >> invisible >> to active. (I had already scanned the publish page for links and >> controls before hitting >> "save". I didn't know I'd have to scan the page again for a newly >> created control after >> hitting "save.") > > That sounds reasonable to me. > > I think there's also probably room for an iframe in-page preview > plugin. Personally, I agree with David, I want to see it in my > template. > > -- > Michael C. Harris, School of CS&IT, RMIT University > http://twofishcreative.com/michael/blog > IRC: michaeltwofish #habari > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
