Edit Links Bug in Control Panel to be Fixed

There is a strange bug in the current build of ExpressionEngine (2.1.3 Build 20101220) that affects the way links are generated on the edit page of the control panel. Apparently the problem is that after the page has loaded, a javascript function is run to add Entry ID’s to each of the links. Until that function runs, the links are no good, usually taking you to the wrong entry or an empty publish page. If you click too early, or just have a really terrible internet connection, you’re out of luck.

The good news is that this was raised in the forums and it will be updated in the next build. Andrew Gunstone explains the issue pretty succinctly in this thread where Sue Crocker confirms that it’s fixed in the next build.

If you can’t wait for the next build, you can try Rob Sanchez’s fix to get things working in the meantime (as long as you don’t mind getting your hands dirty editing EE code). We haven’t tried that fix, but it looks pretty easy to undo if you run into trouble.

Quick note: These are links to the EE Technical Support forum which requires an EE license for access.

Killer Robots

If you:

1. Are running EE2
2. Have a client who is in the Super Admin member group
3. Said client uses the Edit area of the EE control panel a lot
4. Said client has a deathly fear of robots

...then read on:

EE2 has a killer robot easter egg. If you’re running the latest build, there’s an easy way to disable it. Just use the following line of code in your config/config.php file:

I happened across this thread in the forums where someone found the easter egg and Derek Allard from EllisLab shed a bit more light on how it came to be and how rare it is to find this robot. If you like spoilers, you can even see a video of the robot in action.

I don’t think I’ll ever disable it, but I can’t think of any time I’ve had a client who fears robots who is also a Super Admin (It’s usually one or the other).