[wp-hackers] WP 3.1 beta Make Internal Linking feature available in HTML mode too

Chip Bennett chip at chipbennett.net
Sat Nov 20 14:32:25 UTC 2010


Now that's a pretty neat idea!

(By the way, does the new internal-linking feature save the internal links
in an import-export friendly manner, or are they absolute URLs?)

Chip

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Jane Wells <jane at automattic.com> wrote:

> On 11/20/10 8:59 AM, Chip Bennett wrote:
> So, I have to agree with the OP, that providing the Internal Linking
> feature
>
>> in the HTML editor is appropriate (though, perhaps Plugin territory?).
>>
> I still thin it wouldn't belong in the HTML editor. That said, there is an
> analogous example: embedding media files. In the Visual editor, there is a
> button for image insertion in the WYSIWYG toolbar. In the HTML editor, there
> is a button to create an img tag. However, both have access to the
> fuller-featured media uploader that is accessed by clicking the icons ABOVE
> the actual editor toolbars. If we want to create parity in the Visual/HTML
> experiences, then the answer probably should be to put linking on the same
> level as inserting media files at some point, rather than hijacking the HTML
> editor's URL entry popup.
>
> j
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