I added instructions for two hacks to the control panel over at the wiki. They are:

Adding a Link from the Control Panel to your Site
Adding an option to sort by edit date

Both involve changes to the system/cp/cp.publish.php file. I find them both useful enough to edit the file every time a new build comes out. Hopefully some of you will find them useful too.

The “Adding a Link from the Control Panel” ability is gona be usfull for me. It can stand for a preview. Thanks.

“Adding a Link from the Control Panel”

I take it this isn’t the same thing as a “Quick Link”?

If you look at the wiki articles you’ll see that it’s not…..

Yeah, I realize now that the title is a bit vague. 

I’ve converted that first hack into an extension. It links to the Comment Page URL specified in the weblog preferences for each weblog. Before I release it I wanted to ask what you all think I should call it. Right now it’s called “Link to site” but it’s not a very descriptive name.

Oooh I want, I want.  CP Entry Permalink or some such?

Comment Link? Homelink?

Here’s the extension. You have to upload the ext.link_entry_from_cp_to_site.php to the /system/extensions/ folder and the lang.link_entry_from_cp_to_site.php to the /system/language/english/ folder.

ETA: I’d better add that I had to use some of the code from cp.publish.php…

You can’t redistribute it if that’s the case, it breaks the license, unless you got prior permission from the devs, of course…

I looked at the extension upon contact from Lisa, and I am fine with you releasing it even with that code being used.  It is a pretty minimal amount and even if you wrote it from scratch the code would be rather similar.

Whew! Next time I will email and get permission first.

I’ve updated the extension:

* Now there’s a link in the Edit Weblog Entries page too
* If your entry has a Closed status, then the link won’t show up
* If you have the the LJ Crosspost Module installed, then there’s an additional link to LiveJournal

You can download it in the same place: Version 1.0.2

I somehow missed that LJ crosspost module. *blinks*

I just released that module today - more details are over here.

You are, right now, my favorite person.  But in a few minutes, the chef at the local mexican will be my favorite.  Sorry! =)

Thank you.

Just discovered this extension. Brilliant, thanks.

Hot Damn, this is freakin’ fabulous!

I’ve updated the extension again - Version 1.0.3. It broke in the newest build of EE (20060217) so I had to fix it. Don’t update the extension if you have an older build!