[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #8976: making "preview changes" more user-friendly

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#8976: making "preview changes" more user-friendly
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 Reporter:  jdingman                  |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  enhancement               |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal                    |    Milestone:  2.9      
Component:  Administration            |      Version:           
 Severity:  normal                    |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  dev-feedback needs-patch  |  
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Comment (by jeremyclarke):

 To clarify what's needed: we don't need any new functionality at all. The
 problem is just that once a post is published there is just one button to
 see the post "preview" and its not clear what will happen when you push
 it.

 Currently if you make a change then click preview (without saving) it will
 show you the post with your changes but will not save it yet. This is what
 Element is looking for. However it would also be sane to think that that
 button will link directly to the live version of a post, or that you'd
 have to save before seeing changes.

 The best solution IMHO would be to have two buttons visible after
 publishing:
  View Post
  Preview Changes

 This would not only make it clear that changes can be previewed before
 updating the post, but it would also provide a convenient link to the live
 version of a post for comparison (currently you need to go to your actual
 blog and find the post to see the live version).

 Alternately the label on the 'preview' button could just be changed to
 "Preview Changes" instead of preview. That would be the smallest possible
 amount of work (though my feeling is there might as well also be the view
 post button cause there's empty space and it woudl make the distinction
 super clear)

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8976#comment:3>
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