Preview Link Broken

raincoaster · Member · Oct 13, 2014 at 11:38 pm
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There were a couple of scattered reports of this a few days ago.

When using the Preview button in the sidebar (classic editor) one can see a preview of the post. When using the Preview link in text on the top left, it leads to a 404 page with the URL of the scheduled post, not the preview link.

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valentine · Member · Oct 14, 2014 at 4:49 am
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Hi raincoaster,

I just tested the Preview link on the new editor, and it seems to be working for me!
raincoaster · Member · Oct 14, 2014 at 6:16 am
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The one on the left or the one on the right?
valentine · Member · Oct 14, 2014 at 7:52 am
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On the left, at https://wordpress.com/post/.
rachelmcr · Member · Oct 15, 2014 at 12:53 pm
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Hi raincoaster,

I just tested this in the classic editor, and both the Preview button and the “Preview post” text link (in the banner message at the top after saving a draft or scheduling a post) worked for me. I checked both with a draft and with a scheduled post.

Were you able to reproduce the issue you saw in those other reports of this? Or do you have links to those other reports so I can take a look?
raincoaster · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 12:04 am
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For me the link on the left leads to a 404. The one on the right works.
raincoaster · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 7:29 am
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Using the classic editor, the actual button on the right gives me this URL

http://thecryptosphere.wordpress.com/2014/10/16/communication-identity-and-the-origin-of-information-by-heather-marsh/?preview=true&preview_id=1453&preview_nonce=74e287b5c6

Using the text link on the left which says “Post updated. View post” gives me this link:

http://thecryptosphere.com/2014/10/16/communication-identity-and-the-origin-of-information-by-heather-marsh/ which goes nowhere as it hasn’t been published yet.
rachelmcr · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 11:11 am
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Hm, that’s odd. When you’ve scheduled a post, the permalink for the scheduled post should still work for you (but not for anyone else). Can you see the scheduled if you use your WordPress.com address instead of your domain in the URL like this:

http://thecryptosphere.wordpress.com/2014/10/16/communication-identity-and-the-origin-of-information-by-heather-marsh/
raincoaster · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 12:09 pm
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No, I can’t. I get the 404.
staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Oct 16, 2014 at 12:47 pm
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Just as a guess, is this the same computer that you were having admin bar issues with? If so, can you try testing on a different computer and seeing if the result is the same?

I know it’s a common thing, but does everything check out when you view the third-party cookies page:

Preview Problems and Third-Party Cookies
valentine · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 12:48 pm
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Just chiming in: the permalink for a scheduled or draft post works for me while I’m logged in (as Rachel suggested), but not on a different browser where I wasn’t logged in.

I wonder if you might any luck clearing your WordPress.com and domain cookies?
raincoaster · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 12:51 pm
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Josh: yes it is. And I won’t have another to test it on till tomorrow.

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Ah, that would explain it all. Of course it can’t identify me when I’m on the front of the blog; neither to do a preview nor to show me the admin bar. That’s the answer. Thanks!
staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Oct 16, 2014 at 2:04 pm
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Happy to help!
raincoaster · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 2:11 pm
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Now it’s showing me the admin bar, just to mess with me. #nolie
staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Oct 16, 2014 at 5:58 pm
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Computers just love to mess with us.

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