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1. sebimeyer
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I spent the week getting WP 2.7 up and running again on two sites. DorfRadio.com working splendily using the German version of WP 2.7, but the English version of 2.7 on SebiMeyer.com is having some issues with the "press this" shortcut, which I plan on using on virtually all entries.

   Here is what happens:

   When I mark a text on a web site, then click the bookmark (OS X.5.6, running Safari 3.2.1, but FireFox behaves the same) DorfRadio.com takes the text and creates a new entry, along with attribution, just like I want it to.
   Screenshot here: http://sebimeyer.com/images/dorfradio.com.pressit.jpg

   When I do the same with the SebiMeyer.com bookmark, the title is copied, but the body of the entry stays empty. The marked text is not copied over, and no attribution is added. The menu icons that allow for formatting and adding of links, etc, are also missing.
   Screenshot here: http://sebimeyer.com/images/sebimeyer.com.pressit.jpg

   I have tried copying the press-this.php file from DorfRadio.com over to the SebiMeyer.com installation, but the problem still persists.

   If anyone could help me out here, I would be much oblidged as I use this feature to create most of my content.

2. cipote
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   sebimeyer,
   I'm having the same issue. What I have found out if that if you don't select any text, the 'press this' feature will copy both the title and the url.

   Hope there is a fix for this out there!

3. cipote
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   With the latest 2.7.1 update, when I select text, now I get the url info preceded by the word 'via'.

   ie.

   via WordPress › Support » "Press This" not copying marked text as body, menu items missing.

4. sebimeyer
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Yup, same here, main body text still missing. The formatting buttons are still missing too. Which makes the whole thing unusable. Darn, I was hoping 2.7.1 would fix it.

   Checked the bug ticketing system and this does not seem to be a known issue, although I cannot be sure as I didn`t check too throroughly. I´ll check again tomorrow and open a ticket.

   What use is "press this" if it doesn´t work? Doubly annoying as it works on my other site with no apparent reason why.

5. sebimeyer
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Yup, same here, main body text still missing. The formatting buttons are still missing too. Which makes the whole thing unusable. Darn, I was hoping 2.7.1 would fix it.

   Checked the bug ticketing system and this does not seem to be a known issue, although I cannot be sure as I didn`t check too throroughly. I´ll check again tomorrow and open a ticket.

   What use is "press this" if it doesn´t work? Doubly annoying as it works on my other site with no apparent reason why.

6. cipote
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Michael posted a fix in this thread for a similar issue.
   I applied his suggestion to my blog and now it works as expected!

7. sebimeyer
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks cipote! That fix worked!

   For the record, here is the fix:
   Connecting the dots: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9090

   wp-includes/compat.php
   change line 102 from:
   function htmlspecialchars_decode( $str, $quote_style = ENT_COMPAT )
   to
   function htmlspecialchars_decode( $string, $quote_style = ENT_COMPAT )

   change line 114 from:
   return wp_specialchars_decode( $str, $quote_style );
   to
   return wp_specialchars_decode( $string, $quote_style );

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