[wp-testers] Link to post in comment sections

Kirk M kmb42vt at gmail.com
Sat Nov 8 02:12:02 GMT 2008


I know this has been discussed before but after using 2.7 trunk on both 
my sites for a few weeks now (yes, I'm one of those who need my head 
examined and I do it with every new version too:) I'm finding myself 
becoming increasingly frustrated that there's no direct way to get from 
a single comment (section) on the Admin's Comment page to the actual 
associated post on the site, only to the "post in editor" so to speak.

There are times when I'd rather reply to a comment or a series of 
comments on a single post from the that post's page on the site itself 
rather than  from within the Admin even if it's just to be able to refer 
to the post that the comment is referring to (threaded comments are 
great but will not be the best choice for all blogging situations). When 
replying to several comments on more than one post it gets hard to 
recall each post from memory as I reply. I end up thinking "Now what 
exactly did I say?" while replying and there's no direct way to get to 
the post in question to check without having to go search through the 
site itself or go to the post in the editor and click on "Preview". It's 
much easier to read the post on the site than it is in the editor. I 
strongly feel that a link to the on site post needs to be added back 
into the individual comment sections on the Comments page. To me, it 
just doesn't make any sense to link to the "post in editor" from the 
comments page rather than the actual on site post.

Just my humble opinion. Anyone else?


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