Go to blog entry after editing?

[virtualsky]

How difficult would it be (aka would it be possible?) to add a link that would take me directly to the blog entry that I had just created/updated in the editor?

Right now, if I want to go to the blog entry after I'm done editing it, I click on HOME (in the top right corner of the web page) and then click on the blog entry in the index page. It would be really convenient if I could just click on a link, from the editor page, to take me right here, rather than having to go the blog's Home/Index page first.

If this option already exists, I'm missing it.

Any recommendations?

[eagleman]

Have you already tried the Preview button into the editor?
But probably you want to see the entry preview with the blog theme.
We have to wait for any further advice.

[virtualsky]

Have you already tried the Preview button into the editor?
But probably you want to see the entry preview with the blog theme.
We have to wait for any further advice.

Hey, thanks, eagleman! Yes, I use the Preview, but you got it right, I'd like to go right to the blog entry that the visitors see.

[Arvid]

Hi, sorry for being really late on this one. The solution is actually not too complicated.

In admin/panels/entry/admin.entry.write.tpl, just add this code to the list of "other options" (line 93 ff):

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<li><a href="{$id|link:post_link}" target="_blank">Open the entry</a></li>

It should then look like this:

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<div id="admin-otheroptions">
	<h2>{$panelstrings.otheropts}</h2>
		<ul>
<!-- this creates the link that opens the currently edited entry in a new browser tab -->
		<li><a href="{$id|link:post_link}" target="_blank">Open the entry</a></li>
<!-- that's it :) -->
		{if !isset($draft)}
			<li><a href="admin.php?p=entry&amp;entry={$smarty.get.entry}&amp;action=commentlist">
			{$panelstrings.commmsg}</a></li>
		{/if}
			<li><a href="admin.php?p=entry&amp;entry={$smarty.get.entry}&amp;action=delete">
			{$panelstrings.delmsg}</a></li>
		</ul>
</div>

Noteworthy: Since admin.entry.write.tpl is a default template, this change will be overwritten during an update.

All the best,
Arvid