Post editing

shoefan · May 6th, 2008, 01:22 PM

Hi Everyone,

Is this function disabled, or am I looking in the wrong place (there used to be an icon in the lower right of posts)?

Thanks,
Rose

testuser · May 6th, 2008, 01:50 PM

This is a test.

testuser · May 6th, 2008, 01:50 PM

The edit button is still there, but it disappears after 30 minutes.

shoefan · May 6th, 2008, 04:42 PM

Thank you!

Are any options available beyond the 30-minute window?

Swanky Mama Of Three · May 6th, 2008, 05:06 PM

30 minutes is a lot, I think it's used to be more like 7-8 minutes.

Prada Psycho · May 7th, 2008, 01:37 PM

Actually, this brings up something I've wondered for a while now. On some forums I've been on, you have the option not to show that you have edited your post. Is that in the software here? Vlad?

I'm positively anal about fixing typos in my posts. If I see one, I go back and correct the typo, but then you get that "edited" message at the bottom. Yetch!

Vlad · May 7th, 2008, 02:34 PM

When you edit your post within 2 minutes of posting it, the "edited message" doesn't show up.

Prada Psycho · May 7th, 2008, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vlad

When you edit your post within 2 minutes of posting it, the "edited message" doesn't show up.

I know, but I read slow. I usually don't notice until past the 2 minute mark.

LeMonde · May 28th, 2008, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prada Psycho

Actually, this brings up something I've wondered for a while now. On some forums I've been on, you have the option not to show that you have edited your post. Is that in the software here? Vlad?

I'm positively anal about fixing typos in my posts. If I see one, I go back and correct the typo, but then you get that "edited" message at the bottom. Yetch!

Suggestion (in case you haven't figure it out by now): use 'Preview Post' first and change what you don't like, Preview Post again, and when you're happy with what you see hit 'Submit Reply' or 'Submit New Thread' (depending on which one you're writing). I try to be careful with typos and spelling etc. and Preview is a great feature.
Both buttons are located below the Smilies (after you choose 'Go Advance' instead of 'Post Quick Reply').
Hope it helps!

ShimmaPuff · May 29th, 2008, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swanky Mama Of Three

30 minutes is a lot, I think it's used to be more like 7-8 minutes.

It used to be 15, and I am very grateful that they widened it to 30, although I would have preferred something more like 60 days, and I am still horrified that a "window" would be needed at all on the Purse Forum, of all places!

RoseMary · May 29th, 2008, 08:22 AM

it seems that you can't edit the thread title. it shows up in the edit post but when you click on 'save changes' the old thread title shows up.

Swanky Mama Of Three · May 29th, 2008, 09:33 AM

I'm glad people don't have forever to edit. . . sometimes people say things and are called out on it, they could just go back and edit and pretend it didn't happen

^you're right, members may not edit their thread titles.

nataliam1976 · May 29th, 2008, 02:56 PM

yeah and if they use profanities, it shouldnt allow them to edit at all, only by a mod. Im sick and tired of people throwing "idiots", "wh*res" and such around and not dealing with any consequences.

Swanky Mama Of Three · May 29th, 2008, 04:29 PM

I was thinking about this after posting and logging off. . . it doens't make sense to allow people to forever edit what they write. Threads would start getting very murky if a lot of people did this. By the time you get to the end of the longer threads, if people are editing for hours/days/weeks it could get VERY confusing.
Not that Vlad would ever allow it, but I was just thinkin' . . . .

kimberf · May 29th, 2008, 09:31 PM

Heck, I'm just happy it's up to a half-hour now! I rarely need that long, but once or twice I've done a long edit to a post, and then when I went to save I was over the 10 minutes or so that used to be allowed and so couldn't post that long edit.

May 6th, 2008, 01:22 PM	#1
shoefan Member	Post editing Hi Everyone, Is this function disabled, or am I looking in the wrong place (there used to be an icon in the lower right of posts)? Thanks, Rose

May 6th, 2008, 01:50 PM	#2
testuser Member	Re: Post editing This is a test.

May 6th, 2008, 01:50 PM	#3
testuser Member	Re: Post editing The edit button is still there, but it disappears after 30 minutes.

May 6th, 2008, 04:42 PM	#4
shoefan Member	Re: Post editing Thank you! Are any options available beyond the 30-minute window?

May 6th, 2008, 05:06 PM	#5
Swanky Mama Of Three Location: Dallas Area	Re: Post editing 30 minutes is a lot, I think it's used to be more like 7-8 minutes. __________________ Holy inappropriateness!!! - a la Bethenny

May 7th, 2008, 01:37 PM	#6
Prada Psycho Red Hot Red Hatter ♫ Location: North Carolina	Re: Post editing Actually, this brings up something I've wondered for a while now. On some forums I've been on, you have the option not to show that you have edited your post. Is that in the software here? Vlad? I'm positively anal about fixing typos in my posts. If I see one, I go back and correct the typo, but then you get that "edited" message at the bottom. Yetch! __________________ *SWEET SAM, FOREVER IN MY HEART* http://rainbowsbridge.com/residents/SAM068/Resident.htm

May 7th, 2008, 02:34 PM	#7
Vlad Administrator Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL	Re: Post editing When you edit your post within 2 minutes of posting it, the "edited message" doesn't show up. __________________ Interested in joining the Gilt Groupe? Click here for more info!

May 29th, 2008, 08:22 AM	#11
RoseMary ♥ my dog ♥ Location: Somewhere in Europe	Re: Post editing it seems that you can't edit the thread title. it shows up in the edit post but when you click on 'save changes' the old thread title shows up. __________________

May 29th, 2008, 09:33 AM	#12
Swanky Mama Of Three Location: Dallas Area	Re: Post editing I'm glad people don't have forever to edit. . . sometimes people say things and are called out on it, they could just go back and edit and pretend it didn't happen ^you're right, members may not edit their thread titles. __________________ Holy inappropriateness!!! - a la Bethenny

May 29th, 2008, 02:56 PM	#13
nataliam1976 Hmmmph Location: all around Europe	Re: Post editing yeah and if they use profanities, it shouldnt allow them to edit at all, only by a mod. Im sick and tired of people throwing "idiots", "wh*res" and such around and not dealing with any consequences. __________________ "Buy me, Lady" said the frock, "and I will make you into a BEAUTIFUL and WHOLE and COMPLETE human being". "Do not be SILLY", said the Man, " for a frock alone cannot do that". "TRUE" said the Lady. " I shall have the Shoes and the Bag as well".

May 29th, 2008, 04:29 PM	#14
Swanky Mama Of Three Location: Dallas Area	Re: Post editing I was thinking about this after posting and logging off. . . it doens't make sense to allow people to forever edit what they write. Threads would start getting very murky if a lot of people did this. By the time you get to the end of the longer threads, if people are editing for hours/days/weeks it could get VERY confusing. Not that Vlad would ever allow it, but I was just thinkin' . . . . __________________ Holy inappropriateness!!! - a la Bethenny

May 29th, 2008, 09:31 PM	#15
kimberf Member Location: California	Re: Post editing Heck, I'm just happy it's up to a half-hour now! I rarely need that long, but once or twice I've done a long edit to a post, and then when I went to save I was over the 10 minutes or so that used to be allowed and so couldn't post that long edit.