Publish Bar

Streamlines publishing by adding a subtle overlay bar at the bottom of the ExpressionEngine entry editing screen, freeing you from having to scroll to the top of the page to save your changes.

Features

• Pins a translucent "Publishing Bar" to the bottom of the entry editing screen
• Adds a Submit button to Save or Publish the current entry
• Adds a convenient, smooth-scrolling "Back to Top" link
• Supports ExpressionEngine's built-in autosave notices

Requirements

• ExpressionEngine 2.1.2 or later

Installation

1. Download the latest version of Publish Bar
2. Extract the .zip file to your Desktop
3. Copy ext.publish_bar.php to /system/expressionengine/third_party/publish_bar (you may need to create the folder)
4. In the ExpressionEngine Control Panel, navigate to Add-Ons -> Extensions
5. Activate Publish Bar by clicking on "Enable"

Upgrading

1. Download the latest version of Publish Bar
2. Extract the .zip file to your Desktop
3. Copy ext.publish_bar.php to /system/expressionengine/third_party/publish_bar

Overview

Publish Bar is a subtle and unobtrusive extension that adds a translucent "Publishing Bar" to the bottom of the ExpressionEngine entry editing screen and adds additional Publish buttons above the Publish Form's Tab Grouping (see screenshots).

As you scroll down the page, Publish Bar appears on the screen pinned to the bottom of the browser window.

Within Publish Bar is a 'Submit' button and a 'Back to Top' link, allowing you to conveniently submit changes or go to the top of the page witih ease. If autosave is enabled in ExpressionEngine, Publish Bar will display the autosave notification in style.

Hard-core keyboard users will appreciate the accesskey, "s", added to the Submit button -- saving even more time by keeping your fingers on the keyboard. For accesskey usage in your browser, see:

Web Browser Accesskey Usage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_key

Changelog

Version 1.0.1 (11 May 2011)

• Added additional 'inline' Publish Bar above Publish Form's Tab Grouping
• Reduced amount of scrolling required to activate Publish Bar
• Keyboard accesskey(s) can be used on initial page load (without scrolling)

Version 1.0 (05 May 2011)

• Initial Release