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# jsallen

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 *   Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/)
   
   In reply to: [Serious problems restoring earlier revisions.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/serious-problems-restoring-earlier-revisions/)
 *  Thread Starter [jsallen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsallen/)
 * (@jsallen)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/serious-problems-restoring-earlier-revisions/#post-4401379)
 * OK, now I understand that the reason the button doesn’t work is that WordPress
   has the current revision stored online, but this is not the same one I am seeing
   on the screen when looking at the post. What needs to happen is for WordPress
   to refresh the version on the screen when I return to editing, instead of using
   the version in the browser.
 * I have found that I can get back to the most recent version by closing the post—
   going back to the Dashboard of list of posts — then reopening the post for editing.
   But I shouldn’t have to do that. Seeing the older version is very confusing and
   makes it look as though I’ve lost my work and can’t recover it.
 * The selection across two revisions at once really needs to change.
 *   Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/)
   
   In reply to: [Frustrating Media Library interface](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/frustrating-media-library-interface/)
 *  Thread Starter [jsallen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsallen/)
 * (@jsallen)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/frustrating-media-library-interface/#post-2418885)
 * And yet another — the one-line caption and alternate text fields when editing
   media. They’re cumbersome when a longer caption or alternate text is needed —
   a picture is, as has been said, worth 1000 words and I probably won’t use that
   many but 10 may not be enough. Adding to the difficulty, I get inconsistent behavior
   when dragging to select in these fields — sometimes, the caption will scroll 
   using the mouse, sometimes when the selection reaches the edge of the field, 
   it stops even if the caption is longer, and I have to use the keyboard. Is the
   goal here to enforce a style with snappy little twitter-ish short captions? What
   if a longer one really is needed?
 *   Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/)
   
   In reply to: [Frustrating Media Library interface](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/frustrating-media-library-interface/)
 *  Thread Starter [jsallen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsallen/)
 * (@jsallen)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/frustrating-media-library-interface/#post-2418884)
 * And here’s another problem: when adding a new image that has the same filename
   as another, the Media Library does add a number to the end of the filename to
   keep them distinct — but does not update the thumbnail, so it is sometimes not
   possible to tell which is which. Square thumbnails that do not show the entire
   image also are frustrating. How about resizing images so they fit within the 
   thumbnail boundaries?
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Can I use a YouTube movie as a post attachment?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-i-use-a-youtube-movie-as-a-post-attachment/)
 *  [jsallen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsallen/)
 * (@jsallen)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-i-use-a-youtube-movie-as-a-post-attachment/#post-2412683)
 * Sorry, I don’t know how to help you with that.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Can I use a YouTube movie as a post attachment?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-i-use-a-youtube-movie-as-a-post-attachment/)
 *  [jsallen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsallen/)
 * (@jsallen)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-i-use-a-youtube-movie-as-a-post-attachment/#post-2412681)
 * Just use the embedding code on the YouTube site. See for example
 * [http://john-s-allen.com/blog/?p=3121](http://john-s-allen.com/blog/?p=3121)
 * Vimeo too:
 * [http://john-s-allen.com/blog/?p=3724](http://john-s-allen.com/blog/?p=3724)
 *   Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/)
   
   In reply to: [Comments in preview](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-in-preview/)
 *  Thread Starter [jsallen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsallen/)
 * (@jsallen)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-in-preview/#post-2016798)
 * Oh, I want do delete that previosu post. should have used backticks.
 *   Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/)
   
   In reply to: [Comments in preview](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-in-preview/)
 *  Thread Starter [jsallen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsallen/)
 * (@jsallen)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-in-preview/#post-2016797)
 * And another thought — I discovered that if I select all content in the Wrod file
   including comments, the comments do show up at the bottom of the post in WordPress,
   but instead of having an `<a>` tag, which would link each one to the text, they
   have an `<a href="..."` tag.
 *   Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/)
   
   In reply to: [Comments in preview](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-in-preview/)
 *  Thread Starter [jsallen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsallen/)
 * (@jsallen)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-in-preview/#post-2016795)
 * I mean comments in the word doc, created using the Word commenting feature, which
   appear in the right margin in Word 2007 and 2010.

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