Slayer Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 Right, when opting to edit a post the user (or at least i do) has the option of having "Edited by" added to the bottom of their post. By default this is off. Do we want to have normal users being able to edit their posts after posting without a warning being put on that post that it has been changed. Can forsee issues with sales threads with people changing the description after a deal has been agreed etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nmcabecadas Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 Previous system with a time stamp when the post was edited and no edit option in sales threads or selected forums worked fine and could be adopted here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arnie Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Previous system with a time stamp when the post was edited and no edit option in sales threads or selected forums worked fine and could be adopted here. I've edited the settings for the members group. Basically they can't edit their own posts after a period of 5 minutes after posting. Should give time to spot any errors. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Antagon Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Still can't edit my replies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
test user2 Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Lemme try edit: Just tried it, seems to work fine bud. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Antagon Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 I'm an idiot then, because I can't find the edit button for the life of me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arnie Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Should be bottom right corner of your own post matey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Antagon Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Nope, I attached a pic....I REALLY hope I'm not missing it, because I'm gonna look like an idiot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
test user2 Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 That is odd. By default you can't edit posts after 5 mins, I wonder if it's to do with your timezone or something relating to the clocktime. The edit button normally appears next to the quote and reply one. Out of curiousity, go to your profile set the timezone to UK time and then try posting to see if the edit button reappears. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Antagon Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Lets see Yep yep, it's here now. Why the 5 minute rule though? I like to edit more often than post, because it doesnt clutter up threads. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arnie Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 I've increased the time limit on editing posts. That may help sort things out. If not I'll disable the edit timeout. The feature is mainly there to stop anyone in the Forsale section editing a post after the fact, which may cause problems with the conduct of the sale. At the moment posts that are edited will list "edited by... at " if edited after posting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Antagon Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 (edited) Awesome, good as new I have nothing to do for the next couple days (no work, cars down for the count, im sick....) so if you need any help with the site, you know where to reach me. EDIT, hehe...testing Edited September 7, 2004 by Antagon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tripod Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Well Arnie, wouldn't it be possible to have it setup so that the edit timestamp would only affect the for sale forums? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arnie Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Anything is possible, it's just working out a forum feature that applys to use, or modifying code by hand. At the moment there's a global time across the board for posts, that should work, plus if anyone edits a post it will list that they have in their post. This should be good enough for the ForSale areas for the moment, I hope. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaQ Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 To be honest I still rather have the EDIT button abolished in the ForSale forum altogether.. but this obviously collides with the normal forums doesn't it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tripod Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Nah I dont think that would be a good idea, so that they can still fix mistakes after they post. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaQ Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Well I learnt to cope with that since I joined and really haven't found a problem with it, I just correct whatever's wrong in the next post. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arnie Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Tripod: There is a spell check feature and a preview button, so it isn't too hard to fix mistakes. In the ForSale forum a timeout on editing the post saves a seller changing the details of the sale after an agreement is made with someone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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