Preview button (9)

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Mon 13 Oct 08, 3:20 PM
Forsaken1
UK(B), 3 yrs
£
Would it be possible to have a preview button on the settings page of your profile.
The only reason I ask is when your writing a huge amount or trying some things out on your profile it's a little labourious to update, go to profile, have a look then re-adjust!
A preview button next to the "update" button would be very helpful and useful.
Thank you
Damien
Head of The Tribe.
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13 Oct 08, 3:24 PM
Admin
UK, 11 yrs

Forsaken1 wrote:
Would it be possible to have a preview button on the settings page of your profile.
It would be quite hard to present that cleanly, since to preview all the settings on the Profile Settings page requires displaying a complete profile page. You might as well just keep one tab open with your profile page and one tab open with your profile settings and keep doing Update and reload in the other tab.
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Admin

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13 Oct 08, 3:26 PM
Forsaken1
UK(B), 3 yrs
£

Admin wrote:

Forsaken1 wrote:
Would it be possible to have a preview button on the settings page of your profile.
It would be quite hard to present that cleanly, since to preview all the settings on the Profile Settings page requires displaying a complete profile page. You might as well just keep one tab open with your profile page and one tab open with your profile settings and keep doing Update and reload in the other tab.
Regards,
Admin

Thank you, tis what I actually do but I had to ask!
Damien
Head of The Tribe.
"it's official, I have no more tolerance for the intolerable" quote by me 2008

13 Oct 08, 8:48 PM
Proccie
UK(HP), 2 yrs

When you press the update profile button, it takes you back to the "Settings overview" page, could it take you to your profile page instead, so you could see how the changes look?
Don
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13 Oct 08, 8:54 PM
Snowpard
UK(LE), 10 mths

Proccie wrote:
When you press the update profile button, it takes you back to the "Settings overview" page, could it take you to your profile page instead, so you could see how the changes look?
Don
That's something I've been meaning to ask as well.

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13 Oct 08, 9:06 PM
Admin
UK, 11 yrs

Proccie wrote:
When you press the update profile button, it takes you back to the "Settings overview" page, could it take you to your profile page instead, so you could see how the changes look?
Ok (This means its two clicks to get back to Profile Settings again, but we guess that more people edit their profile and want to look at it in one tab/window than keep two tabs open and so need to do two clicks to get back to the form each update.)
Regards,
Admin

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Edited 13 Oct 08, 9:08 PM by Admin

13 Oct 08, 9:09 PM
SweetLordBabyJesus
UK(SW), 3 yrs
£

Forsaken1 wrote:
Preview button
Would it be possible to have a preview button on the settings page of your profile. ....
When i'm updating or editing the profile, i have two browser tabs open, one for editing and one for preview. I update and save in one and Ctrl-F5 in the other.
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13 Oct 08, 9:20 PM
Snowpard
UK(LE), 10 mths
Well true, I guess it is only two clicks, and if I want to make ammendments then I've pretty much shot myself in the foot -- but for me it's not only two clicks, it's more paranoia.
I want to be able to see it instantly, to quickly check it over before anybody else does. I get very embarassed about mistakes, so I like to notice them a.s.a.p and change them as and when I notice them.
I know it's a bit silly but it does put my mind at rest knowing I can take my typos virginity before some hobbo setting up tent on my profile.
ETA-- thanks for the update

Admin wrote:

Proccie wrote:
When you press the update profile button, it takes you back to the "Settings overview" page, could it take you to your profile page instead, so you could see how the changes look?
Ok (This means its two clicks to get back to Profile Settings again, but we guess that more people edit their profile and want to look at it in one tab/window than keep two tabs open and so need to do two clicks to get back to the form each update.)
Regards,
Admin

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Edited 13 Oct 08, 9:22 PM by Snowpard

13 Oct 08, 9:45 PM
Sirebel
UK(N), 2 yrs

A helpful person once told me long ago that if you use the memo button on your home page to send yourself a memo, leave the title blank (so you can't actually memo yourself) and cut and paste your profile text into the memo then you can use the preview button there to see what it looks like. Doesn't do the top and tail bits but you can't control them anyway.
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13 Oct 08, 9:49 PM
Snowpard
UK(LE), 10 mths
D'oh! So simple yet so effective! I feel stupid because I often use it to check thing when MSWord isn't working, don't I feel the twat now!
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Sirebel wrote:
A helpful person once told me long ago that if you use the memo button on your home page to send yourself a memo, leave the title blank (so you can't actually memo yourself) and cut and paste your profile text into the memo then you can use the preview button there to see what it looks like. Doesn't do the top and tail bits but you can't control them anyway.

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