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2 April 2007 12 Comments

WordPress FAQ: Where did my Preview Link Go?

Where the hell did my “Preview Post” button go? We lost it with the Upgrade to 2.1, and I want it back.

This question comes from Cory Aldrich who echoes the sentiments of many WordPress users. In WordPress 2.1, the iframe that loaded the site in a window below the edit area of the Write screen, was removed. Mostly this was due to performance issue of loading a whole site inside a window. The outcry has been heard, however, and the Preview link has been restored to WordPress 2.2 – in a slightly different form. Changeset 5159 went back into the core on March 31st.

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Written by Aaron Brazell on April 2, 2007

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12 Responses to “WordPress FAQ: Where did my Preview Link Go?”

  1. Bald Man 2 April 2007 at 3:58 pm #

    W00t! Power to the people no delay!

  2. HandySolo 2 April 2007 at 6:17 pm #

    In WordPress 2.1, the iframe that loaded the site in a window below the edit area of the Write screen, was removed.

    The iframe is still there. Just the button was removed (yeah I know, that seems odd). But if you click “Save” and scroll down, you’ll see your preview.

  3. Aaron Brazell 2 April 2007 at 7:07 pm #

    Good call, Handy. Guess I’ll write a patch to remove it. I don’t see much point in it being there with the Preview Link opening a new window. It just slows the load time of the wp-admin

  4. Aaron Brazell 2 April 2007 at 9:02 pm #

    Handy, actually, trunk doesn’t have the iframe. Just checked (Technosailor runs trunk every night).

  5. HandySolo 2 April 2007 at 9:49 pm #

    Hmm… well heck, I have 3 at 2.1.2 with it!

    How odd.

  6. Aaron Brazell 2 April 2007 at 10:04 pm #

    WP 2.1.2 left the iframe but removed the preview link. WP 2.2 (i.e. trunk) removes the iframe in place of a preview link which opens the preview in another window. Sorry about the confusion.

  7. HandySolo 2 April 2007 at 10:14 pm #

    Thanks for the info on how it’ll be in 2.2. I think I’ll like that better.

  8. Lloyd Budd 7 April 2007 at 12:04 pm #

    Yeah, you probably want to rewrite the FAQ article above because HandySolo has it correct.

    I have no idea what is causing the problem Cory Aldrich is experiencing — maybe he is assuming that because the link is missing.

  9. Bald Man 7 April 2007 at 12:52 pm #

    No… no… I know the iframe or whatever is still down there if I scroll scroll scroll. I’m just lazy. I want the button.

  10. Aaron Brazell 7 April 2007 at 5:07 pm #

    Lloyd, thanks, but again…

    The preview button is gone in 2.1. The iframe is there. In trunk, the iframe is gone and the preview button is back as a link.

    Think I said that in comment #6. I can take screenshots if you need proof. ;)

  11. Lloyd Budd 7 April 2007 at 5:58 pm #

    No one reads the comments ;-) Your “FAQ” reads “In WordPress 2.1, the iframe that loaded the site in a window below the edit area of the Write screen, was removed.” which is incorrect.

    Anyway, these FAQ entries are brilliant!

  12. Garry 6 May 2007 at 4:52 pm #

    Aaron, thank you for creating this FAQ!