[Completed] Publish Now OR Discard Changes

Allen

We need another choice when clicking "Done". Add a button to discard any changes.

Publish Now (Activates changes)
Publish Later (Saves changes for later Publish)
Publish Now W/O Change (Reverts to last Publish)
Cancel (Go back to Customize)

Many times I go into customize to just look at the code and I'm afraid I might
have accidentally changed something. There are too many levels to think
about, entire site, all folders, all galleries, this page, to check.

The bonus is we can go into customize and play around with the code, test new
configurations, etc. and not worry about it being published.

Edit: Here's what the new box looks like.

BigRed

Allen wrote: »

We need another choice when clicking "Done". Add a button to discard any changes.

Publish Now (Activates changes)
Publish Later (Saves changes for later Publish)
Publish Now W/O Change (Reverts to last Publish)
Cancel (Go back to Customize)

Many times I go into customize to just look at the code and I'm afraid I might
have accidentally changed something. There are too many levels to think
about, entire site, all folders, all galleries, this page, to check.

The bonus is we can go into customize and play around with the code, test new
configurations, etc. and not worry about it being published.

Would the Undo button do this?
http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=238181

Allen

BigRed wrote: »

Would the Undo button do this?
http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=238181

No, I think you would have to click on all these

"Entire Site", "Homepage", "All Folders", "Just This ...", "All Galleries"

and hit revert for each one.

southeasternphotography

+1 on the Discard ANY changes!!!!!! Have run into this many times! Might have even caused problems after making a change and was unsure about it and hit Publish Later...kinda forgot about it, went later and made new changes and used Publish Now............

uketeecee

+1

kimbomac

+1

I have no idea what Publish later does, because it appears to have no affect on what I am viewing.

Also once we have used Preview, and then go back into the customisation pages, please stay on the page being previewed, rather than going back to the page last edited.

pbandj

kimbomac wrote: »

+1

I have no idea what Publish later does, because it appears to have no affect on what I am viewing.

I've been pretty confused by the terminology as well..."Publish Later", in my experience, seems to mean "throw away anything I've done." It seems to be the same as "don't save." Is it doing something other than that for anyone else?

So yeah...giving us more options would be good, but a nice interim step in that direction might be to clarify what Publish Later actually does. If in its current form it's really the same as "don't save", then perhaps it should say that.

Allen

"Publish Later" means any changes you made will be held/saved for the customize page but
will not be Published. When you go back into customize the changes you made will still be
there and you can make more or make some corrections.

AceCo55

+1 for "Get out of here and discard any changes"

AceCo55

Can you tell me WHAT to do when I make some changes to try a few things out but decide I don't like what I have done and I just want to keep my site the way it was before I experimented?
There IS NO CHOICE for this!!

Oja

+1. Definitely a huge problem that this is missing now.

schataut

Definitely needed
Hi,

Found bunch of threads after I posted my own. Also did not see a request - so I opened one - please vote if you think its a good feature request:

http://feedback.smugmug.com/forums/17723-smugmug/suggestions/4331749-besides-publish-now-publish-later-there-is-sho

Thanks.

Allen

Check out the new box.

Publish Now
Save For Later
Discard Changes
Cancel

Looks good and big relief for those who go into customize and play.

dennismullen

Allen wrote: »

Check out the new box.

Publish Now
Save For Later
Discard Changes
Cancel

Looks good and big relief for those who go into customize and play.

Amen to that!

Thanks

WinsomeWorks

Allen wrote: »

Check out the new box.

Publish Now
Save For Later
Discard Changes
Cancel

Looks good and big relief for those who go into customize and play.

So "Publish Now" doesn't mean "Unveil", right? It just means "Save these changes I've made and apply them now to my Veiled (or Unveiled) site"?

And..."Cancel"... wouldn't that be the same as "Discard Changes"? If not, what's the difference?

Allen

WinsomeWorks wrote: »

So "Publish Now" doesn't mean "Unveil", right? It just means "Save these changes I've made and apply them now to my Veiled (or Unveiled) site"?

And..."Cancel"... wouldn't that be the same as "Discard Changes"? If not, what's the difference?

Cancel takes you back into the customize page with whatever changes you made ready to publish again.


This has nothing to do with unveil.