The new feature in this release is the possibility of editing a single paragraph in a post, instead of the whole post. If you want to go back to the old behaviour, you can uncheck the new checkbox from the settings page.

Speaking of which, the settings page is now split into two dashboard-like boxes.

Comments (56)

  • Dave says:
    15 Jun 2009 at 10:04 pm

    After installing the new plugin, I found that my theme’s blockquotes no longer worked. It’s deactivated at the moment, (skepticalhypochondriac.com).

    Nice new features tho.

    • scribu says:
      15 Jun 2009 at 10:09 pm

      Thanks.

      Instead of disabling the entire plugin, just uncheck the “Edit Paragraphs” checkbox on the settings page.

  • Dave says:
    16 Jun 2009 at 1:43 am

    Cool, will give that a shot. On a related (but probably pretty unique) topic. I have a unique image for my unordered lists. A small graphical square. When I go to edit my posts using front end editor, I see 10 of my blockquote images instead of your icons.

    • scribu says:
      16 Jun 2009 at 1:47 am

      I don’t know what you mean by “your icons” because this plugin doesn’t have any icons.

      Is the icon for the list inserted via CSS? It should be.

  • mpe says:
    17 Jun 2009 at 2:25 am

    Great plugin in wp2.7.1 but get a error in wp2.8 even on v1.0.1: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or ‘}’ in \wp-content\plugins\front-end-editor\inc\scb\load.php on line 21
    Can you help?

    • scribu says:
      17 Jun 2009 at 3:44 pm

      This plugin requires PHP 5. You can install the plugin version that worked for you in WP 2.7.1. It will still work with WP 2.8.

  • mario says:
    17 Jun 2009 at 8:51 pm

    hi scribu!
    i have wp 2.7.1 installed and everything worked fine. Then i upgrade it to v1.0.2.
    After that my code got broken and everything ended massed up (text&pict)
    so i put back version 0.9.5 & everything is working fine again

  • mario says:
    17 Jun 2009 at 10:16 pm

    i use Michael Tyson’s Grunge theme with central container and the sidebar…
    I work locally but i will try to provide online example..

    As i see this version broke something in themes structure, so i lost background image, my sidebar went off completely right near browser marngins and also i lost some css fonts and color structure…

    ill see to send you live example..

    • scribu says:
      17 Jun 2009 at 10:20 pm

      Unless you give me capabilities to edit posts on your site, there’s no point in sending me to the live site, because I won’t see how the plugin affects your theme otherwise.

  • mario says:
    17 Jun 2009 at 10:19 pm

    also in the themes index file i put Front-end Editor code just after this (the Loop)

  • mario says:
    17 Jun 2009 at 10:49 pm

    this is the link:
    http://www.artofliving.hr/wordpress/

    and again version 0.9.5 works like a charm and version 1.0.2 gives results like this on every page…

    thx!

    • scribu says:
      17 Jun 2009 at 10:51 pm

      Again: it looks fine to me, and other regular visitors. Just log out and you’ll see what I mean.

      If you want me to help you, you have to make me a temporary admin user. You can email me the credentials at scribu@gmail.com

  • mario says:
    17 Jun 2009 at 10:55 pm

    and i realize if i uncheck the box under ‘Edit one paragraph at a time, instead of an entire post’ everything works fine again…
    personally i can live with that! :-))
    but just to let you know…
    thx for the really nice plugin though!
    its really safe and works like a charm even on that portal like site…
    thx again! :-)

  • mario says:
    17 Jun 2009 at 11:06 pm

    yeah you got right!
    when i log out everything looks just fine!
    thx!

  • mario says:
    17 Jun 2009 at 11:11 pm

    i send you credentials, but really you dont have to bother too much, but thx anyway :-)
    there is a tons of plugins here so everything is possible, but all works just fine till now! :-)

  • mario says:
    17 Jun 2009 at 11:29 pm

    ok thx for the tips though!
    i appreciate it!
    cheers! :-))

  • Sasha says:
    18 Jun 2009 at 12:31 pm

    Thanks for the plug-in! But I have a problem. WYSYWYG-editor panel’s icons are not displayed. Only empty faceless squares and references to them. :( What can I do? Thanks in advance!

    • scribu says:
      18 Jun 2009 at 2:21 pm

      All the buttons are put in a single image. See if you have that image and that it is accesible from the browser. This is the URL:

      …plugins-folder…/front-end-editor/inc/js/jwysiwyg/jquery.wysiwyg.gif

  • Joe says:
    18 Jun 2009 at 2:26 pm

    On long posts I can’t seem to edit past the 10th paragraph or if I use the other setting the editing box doesn’t contain the whole post, some scroll bars would be handy

    • scribu says:
      18 Jun 2009 at 2:30 pm

      I don’t think it’s due to scrollbars: if you have the rich text editor on, it will add scrollbars as necessary. Otherwise, you don’t need scrollbars because of autogrow.

      It looks like it’s not recongnizing the entire post or can’t retrieve it via AJAX. Could you email me the post content as it appears in the WP editing area so that I can try editing it on my own? The email is scribu@gmail.com

  • Joseph J. Steinberg says:
    21 Jun 2009 at 4:56 am

    I clumsily deleted this plugin, and then re-installed it from the same files. However this time, upon re-activation, I’m getting this activation error:

    Fatal error: Class ‘scbAdminPage’ not found in /home/infidelw/www/www/left_flank/wp-content/plugins/front-end-editor/inc/scb/BoxesPage.php on line 17

    I uninstalled again, and still I get this same message.

    What's missing?

  • Mael says:
    29 Jun 2009 at 12:53 pm

    Nothing to say but the paragraph edition is THE feature !
    In a far far future, image replacing (integrated with WP media gallery) would be so cool.
    Worpdress is becoming greater each day !

  • Denis Pogorelov says:
    29 Jun 2009 at 10:23 pm

    WP 2.7.1. Theme default.

    Thanks for plugin.
    Unfortunately, new release (ver.1.0.4) has a bug. Output of the control panel interrupts after field ‘Field name’.
    The version 0.9.5 hasn’t this bug.

  • Andy says:
    2 Jul 2009 at 12:49 pm

    Hi

    I am trying to get this excellent sounding p[lugin working on a WordPress MU install and struggling…

    If you can forget about WordPress MU for now can you tell me if after I iisntall and activate the plugin whether it SHOULD jsut work? do I need to add anything into my custom theme as I don’t see any reference to this other than the custom fields parts etc?

    Thanks in advance

    • scribu says:
      2 Jul 2009 at 12:54 pm

      Yes, it should just work. Check the markup and see if there are some <span> tags around editable elements.

      It probably doesn’t work in MU because the settings are not whitelisted.

  • Andy says:
    2 Jul 2009 at 1:32 pm

    Thanks for the quick reply!

    I have this working on the main blog now – well the content area is editable but like others I am struggling to get some other WordPress elements editable – is there any more documentation anywhere with examples?

    e.g. how to mkae a simple title editable:

    Also is there any scope for adding extra formatiing options within the WYSIWYG editor youa re using?

    • scribu says:
      2 Jul 2009 at 1:53 pm

      The title are editable only if they belong to posts in The Loop.

      The best documentation would be the default WP theme, because that’s what I develop this plugin on.

      As for the editor, all built-in options are revealed. Adding more would require additional javascript. What buttons do you have in mind?

  • Andy says:
    2 Jul 2009 at 2:20 pm

    Maybe a blockquote button and some alignment buttons (left, right and centre) or options to align an image left or right?

  • Andy says:
    2 Jul 2009 at 2:24 pm

    Just thinking about thsi more – would using the default TinyMCE WordPress editor be too difficult?

  • Andy says:
    2 Jul 2009 at 2:42 pm

    Well no big issue – if I get time I might try to do this myself but for now I have found the various options I need to play with (align etc) within jquery.wysiwyg.js.

    Thanks for this plugin it is great!!

  • Andy says:
    2 Jul 2009 at 5:06 pm

    Just another quick question – do you (or anyone else) know how I can replace an image that is using a custom field on the actual post page a ala Front-end editor but rather than just changing the url (text) value it allows the user to upload the file?

    echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'My Image', true);

    now is

    echo editable_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'My Image', 'rich');

    but I want want to have an upload field like the current input, textarea and rich ones.

    Hope the above makes sense!

    • scribu says:
      2 Jul 2009 at 5:16 pm

      Perhaps with a new type of field:

      echo editable_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'My Image', 'file');

      but that would require a decent amount of code in the background.

      Maybe in a future version.

  • Andy says:
    3 Jul 2009 at 4:32 pm

    Thanks for the reply – I realise that the addition of a new type of field would meet this need exactly.

    I am happy to help you or someone else out with this if anyone wants to try?

    I also wondered whether modifying the image button of the WYSIWYG editor you are using might have some potential?

    • scribu says:
      3 Jul 2009 at 4:40 pm

      For the editor button, I think you just have to make it open the admin thickbox, which will take care of uploading. After that, you just need a new button to insert it back into the editor.

      I’ve done the button thing for another plugin of mine, Custom Field Images.

  • Andy says:
    3 Jul 2009 at 4:59 pm

    I am not sure I follow how the Custom Fields images will help me – sorry for being stupid! I have installed it but don’t see any image upaloading box?

    As for the admin thickbox route are you talking about creating a link that opens a thickbox pop up where a user can upload a file? If so would I be able to modify the code so it overwrites my custom firld value without leaving the post?

    • scribu says:
      3 Jul 2009 at 6:04 pm

      Yes, I do mean the media upload pop-up. The button I was talking about was for inserting the image code back into the post content.

      As for Custom Field Images, you’re not being stupid – I wasn’t clear. What I meant to say is that I already have some code that makes the kind of button you’re looking for.

      Now, I can see why you would need the upload button in the editor, but I don’t quite understand the custom field file part. Could you please explain your usecase?

  • Andy says:
    3 Jul 2009 at 6:23 pm

    Thanks again for all the help – donation on the way I promise!

    This is what I am after in an ideal world:

    On the post page allow a user (with sufficient priviliges) to upload a new image that replaces the existing custom field value below:

    get_post_meta($post-&gt;ID, 'My Image', true);

    Currently I can get the text of this custom field output onto the screen and edit this using your great plugin. To do this I use the code below which allows me to change the existing wordpress wp-content/uploads/ ‘My Image’ url valaue to a url of an image on the web.

    editable_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'My Image', 'textarea');

    However I have not been able to get any image upload script working on the same page :(

    So to summarise the issue I basically need to know how to (code) to allow my users to upload an image whilst on the post screen and then save (update) the location of this new uploaded image into the custom field ‘My Image’ all whilst staying on the post itself like your plugin almost allows me to do :)

    I appreciate this is outside the original scope of your plugin and would be willing to pay to get this working if needs be – email me direct if so).

  • muki says:
    20 Jul 2009 at 5:22 pm

    I use your new version 1.0.5 , but if I active the plugin, my blockquote css setting will disable. the article will be :

    <blockquote></blockquote>blockquote real content

    how can it solved ?

  • Jonathan Alderson says:
    30 Jul 2009 at 3:11 pm

    Hi! Incredibly good plugin, but I’m struggling to work out how I’d implement this to support editing of keys which hold an array of data?

    • scribu says:
      30 Jul 2009 at 3:29 pm

      I don’t know how and if that could be supported, especially if we’re talkin about an associative array.

  • Jonathan Alderson says:
    30 Jul 2009 at 3:32 pm

    Damn. I’m using an extensively modified post structure that relies a lot on custom fields, many of which have multiple values.

    Wanting to achieve something like:

    ID, "References", false);
foreach ($dayReferences as $dayReference) { ?&gt;ReferenceID, 'References', 'input'); } ?&gt;

    Though obviously that doesn’t work…