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Sharing entry preview URL

By JavadK on Nov 21, 2008 at 9:54 AM 2 Vote 0 Votes

Hi there,

Would anyone know a way to get the complete URL for an entry preview so that it can be shared with other users prior to publication? Something like http://mysite/mt.cgi?_mode=view&type=entry&id=19&blog_id=5. Maybe instead of mode=view, it would be mode=preview?

Thanks,

Javad

Reported on Movable Type 4.1x

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    Author Profile Page Brad Choate | December 10, 2008 6:24 PM | Reply

    That's a good feature request. The link could be exposed in the strip at the top. It is a temporary link ... the file shown will be removed once you re-edit, save or publish the entry. One way to get at the link is to right-click on the preview portion and click the option to open the frame in a new window or a new tab. That will reveal the URL which you can then share; but it won't be valid once the file has been deleted. You'd basically need to keep the preview screen up while others are viewing it.

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    Author Profile Page JavadK | December 18, 2008 1:56 PM | Reply

    Thanks Brad.
    The URL indeed works with mode=preview_entry as in
    http://mysite/mt.cgi?__mode=preview_entry&_type=entry&id=18&blog_id=5

    Javad

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