Platonic Solid
Well-known member
Where'd the EDIT button go on older posts? I'd like to be able to update Post #1 of the Best Light Fixture Ever thread occasionally.
What Happened to the EDIT button!?
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58Yeoman
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I think it disappears after a short time.
lakeroadster
Well-known member
This is a new development, lets hope it's a glitch that will be fixed.
I've been maintaining my barn build thread for years.. (updating the index sheet on page 1, etc.) and now the edit button is gone?
dadsEH
Well-known member
Gone here!
fatfillup
Well-known member
Problem with a perpetual edit button is a pissed off member can delete posts he made long ago rendering threads useless. Happened on another forum I was on.
^^I've never seen that happen here. Is this another solution looking for a problem?
How does a user replace their old Photobucket images that went "****" unless they can edit older posts??
dadsEH
Well-known member
So how long does it stay for.....my post above is 1 hr old and the edit button is GONE!!!?
I think it's set at 60 days? I'm on my phone, but will check later.
ratdoggy
Well-known member
This happened a couple times. Some revised their history when they were called out on something
I just saw yesterday where someone was fed up and said they were going to go back and delete every post they ever made..
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LB-1911
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Thank you, Ryan.
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Platonic Solid
Well-known member
I just wanted to fix a link error in a post I made last night, but couldn't this morning. Plus no one is going to search through 43 pages of lighting discussion to find the current budget fixture recommendation.
So silly.
lakeroadster
Well-known member
FYI: I've been periodically updating my build thread index on post1 since April 2015... and the "Edit" function has always been there... until today.
zmotorsports
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I noticed that as well. That was one of the things I REALLY like about this forum is the ability to edit your own posts indefinitely.
I hope that option comes back, I'll be really bummed if it doesn't.
Mike
I hope that option comes back, I'll be really bummed if it doesn't.
Mike
zmotorsports
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GirchyGirchy
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So what? These are forum posts, not memos from the president. If they're that pissed and bored, let 'em do it.
Some other forums are temporarily lifting any edit timeframes/deadlines in hopes that users will replace their Photobucket images.
If GJ wants a hard stop for edits then at least give users a grace period to edit any old posts in hopes that some images can be replaced.
I'm so sick of all the invaluable images that went "****" all over the internet due to these morons at Photobucket. They'll never be fully replaced and it was a huge loss.
If GJ wants a hard stop for edits then at least give users a grace period to edit any old posts in hopes that some images can be replaced.
I'm so sick of all the invaluable images that went "****" all over the internet due to these morons at Photobucket. They'll never be fully replaced and it was a huge loss.
Every time an edit is made, there is a complete edit log that the moderators and admin can see. The problem is, sometimes pictures get lost if one were to go back and delete their posts. At any point in time admin can revert the deleted/edited.
The edit button can be put back very simply by going into admin CP in the V-B. Sometimes during updates to the forum "the button" has to be manually set again for a time duration.
The edit button can be put back very simply by going into admin CP in the V-B. Sometimes during updates to the forum "the button" has to be manually set again for a time duration.
wyliesdiesels
Well-known member
Nope.
The edit button has been available on all my posts going back to when I first joined.
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wyliesdiesels
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If they wanted to delete their posts, they can do that with the delete message button which is separate from the edit button.
Ive been able to edit my messages going back years
ard
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It got set to 60 MINUTES!!!
I asked yesterday:
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6657867&postcount=8
No followup
Is the 508 issue also related to something getting reset ??
I asked yesterday:
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6657867&postcount=8
No followup
Is the 508 issue also related to something getting reset ??
FrankLee
Well-known member
I don't think there was ever a time limit. I've been periodically updating the first post on my Craftsman Drill Press thread since I started it in 2013. Please don't add an edit expiration!
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I'll change it back soon. Promise. As for the 508, if you get it again please pm me.
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zmotorsports
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alwaysFlOoReD
Well-known member
Yes, I like being able to edit my first post without asking permission from a mod. Thanks for going back to that.
FrankLee
Well-known member
Edit is back! Thanks very much!!!
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zmotorsports
ALLIANCE MEMBER
AWESOME!!
Thanks Ryan.
This site and the mods flat rock.
Mike
Thanks Ryan.
This site and the mods flat rock.
Mike
wyliesdiesels
Well-known member
Doubt it.
508 means the server ran out of resources....
Thank you very much.
And will do the pm if it happens again.
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FrankLee
Well-known member
Can't edit old posts again. Something changed.
Please no restore from last week's backup!
Please no restore from last week's backup!
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We had a user editing all of his post will political statements... all 698 of them... and so I've turned the editing time limit to 24 hours for the time being. Sorry.
FrankLee
Well-known member
Glad it's temporary. No worries.
Oh brother.
So two users as far as I can tell... one guy leans one way and another leans the other. They got into some weird war with post edits dating back years.
I think they are both lost.
What’s worse, I think one or both had multiple accounts that went unnoticed. So I’ve turned off editing for a while.
Ok. Fixed.
FrankLee
Well-known member
Thanks!!!
ssdave
Banned
Are you going to add the delete post capability back in, Ryan?