Edit links have really helped me give the site over to clients without having to even train them at all! I just give them login access.. then they can edit the site from the frontend.
Here is how it works...
Admins see:
on backend we add:
on the backend, all we need to do is add global snippets:
global_edit_this:
global_edit_channel
this to css:
.global_edit_this { position: absolute; top: 5px; right: 0px; }
.global_edit_this a { color: white; text-decoration: none; font-size: .875em; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7); padding: .5em 1em; }
.global_edit_this a:hover { color: white; background-color: #5e6b4c; }
.global_edit_this.edit_channel {position:absolute; top:35px;}
then just pop those snippets anywhere within a exp:channel:entry
{global_edit_channel} {global_edit_this}
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