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Free Plugin by funlab v13.09

WP Live CSS Editor

Edit, preview changes in real time and save all your project's CSS stylesheets live in the browser.

WP Live CSS Editor

The facts

Rating
2.5★ from 10
Active installs
100+
Price
Free
Last updated
28 Sep 2013
Added
May 2011
Requires WP
2.7
Tested up to
WP 3.6.1
Downloads
46,624

Our analysis

AI-assisted

WP Live CSS Editor is a WordPress plugin that allows you to preview and edit CSS changes in real-time. It is designed for administrators to make live adjustments to the CSS of their site and save those changes, with the added feature of creating dated backups for recovery purposes.

This plugin is suitable for users who are comfortable working with CSS and need a tool for on-the-fly styling adjustments during website design. It is important to note that it should be deactivated or uninstalled after the design process is complete.

Best for: This plugin suits administrators who need to make live CSS adjustments during website design.

What it does well

  • Allows real-time CSS editing and previewing
  • Creates dated backups of changes
  • Utilises ACE editor for CSS editing
  • Only requires activation from the admin panel

Where it falls short

  • Only accessible to administrators
  • Last updated in September 2013, may lack support for newer WordPress versions
  • Users have reported issues with site accessibility after installation

Verdict

WP Live CSS Editor provides a straightforward solution for real-time CSS editing, but its outdated status and reported issues may limit its reliability for some users.

From the developer

funlab's own description of WP Live CSS Editor, lightly tidied.

A CSS live Editor that allows you to preview realtime CSS changes and then save your changes.
It saves dated backups of each save, so you can go back if it breaks, and you should erase backups once on a while.
It’s a port from a Drupal module Live CSS http://drupal.org/project/live_css by guybedford http://drupal.org/user/746802
Now using ACE editor http://ace.ajax.org/
Tested on WordPress 3.6. But needs more testing !

=capabilities.php problem (not bug) SOLVED !=

Ok, now I did the correct thing and created an action to the wp_loaded hook to init the plugin, then,
check whether the user can “erase themes” which is an Admin capability only, so the plugin only works if you are an admin.
No need to modify the capabilities.php nor anything else.

Some users have had problems in former 12.05 release with their site being inaccesible after installing the plugin.
It all seemed to be part of the same problem with the capabilities.php file that is discussed here:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-call-to-undefined-function-wp_get_current_user-4?replies=32

It works nice and perfect for me, but still needs testing !!!

Hola mundo !

Este plugin está basado en el módulo de [Drupal Live CSS] (http://drupal.org/project/live_css) de [guybedford] (http://drupal.org/user/746802)

Es un editor de CSS que te permite editar en directo todas las hojas de estilo CSS de tu web, ver los cambios y guardar sobre la marcha.
Está pensada para usarla al diseñar la web, por lo que conviene desactivarlo o desinstalarlo una vez terminada. Cada vez que se guardan los cambios se genera una copia de seguridad fechada, para que puedas volver atrás si hace falta.
Utiliza ACE como editor.

Sólo los administradores pueden usar el plugin.

Importante !!!

Hacer copia de respaldo de los archivos CSS antes de probarlo !
Aunque el plugin genera automáticamente copias de seguridad fechadas en el mismo directorio en que estén los archivos modificados, siempre conviene tener una copia del estado general de la cosa antes de empezar a trastear.
Si no funciona al guardar o hacer la copia de seguridad aparece un mensaje con las rutas del archivo que se intentaba modificar, la de la copia de seguridad y tal vez un mensaje de error. Lo más seguro es que el problema sea de permisos. Los CSS que quieras editar deberían tener permiso de escritura 755.

Instalación

La instalación es la típica de cualquier plugin de wordpress. Desempaquetar el zip en wp-content/plugins, y listo. No hay que tocar los temas ni hacer nada más que activarlo desde el panel de administración.
No tiene opciones ni página propia en el panel de administración.
Probado en WordPress 3.3.2, tienes que ser un administrador para poder usarlo.

Utiliza ahora el hook wp_loaded que arregla el problema de la versión anterior que se discutía aquí: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-call-to-undefined-function-wp_get_current_user-4?replies=32

Más información

http://drupal.org/project/live_css  Live CSS
http://drupal.org/user/746802       guybedford
http://drupal.org/user/78427
http://mozillalabs.com/skywriter/2011/01/18/mozilla-skywriter-has-been-merged-into-ace/
http://www.ajax.org/
http://ace.ajax.org/

https://codex.wordpress.org/AJAX_in_Plugins
http://briancray.com/2009/08/19/wordpress-head-element/
http://www.devlounge.net/code/using-ajax-with-your-wordpress-plugin
http://amiworks.co.in/talk/simplified-ajax-for-wordpress-plugin-developers-using-jquery/

http://drupal.org/project/cssedit   Realtime CSS Editor
http://drupal.org/user/78427        tjholowaychuk

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