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How old was the post you tried to edit? Was it a "before" post by any chance?
Edit: Just went back and edited one of my recent posts - after the forum got back - and it worked.
When trying to edit a post from before I got this message: "Sorry, the time in which you may edit your message has elapsed."
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I think the flood control affects edits, so if you make a mistake, and immediately try to edit it, you might hit the 30 second flood control.
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quote:Originally posted by TheTick: I think the flood control affects edits, so if you make a mistake, and immediately try to edit it, you might hit the 30 second flood control.
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quote:Originally posted by TheTick: I think the flood control affects edits, so if you make a mistake, and immediately try to edit it, you might hit the 30 second flood control.
Just wanted to use the "Reply with qoute" button.
Just wanted to see what happens when I quote a quote.
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quote:Originally posted by TheTick: I think the flood control affects edits, so if you make a mistake, and immediately try to edit it, you might hit the 30 second flood control.
Just wanted to use the "Reply with qoute" button.
Just wanted to see what happens when I quote a quote.
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Hmm, I just posted something, then clicked Edit right afterwards 'cause I noticed a typo. And now it doesn't say that the post has been edited... Weird... o_O
Edit: Stop it, guys, I got there first, you can't be any bolder than me!
quote:Originally posted by Corwin: Hmm, I just posted something, then clicked Edit right afterwards 'cause I noticed a typo. And now it doesn't say that the post has been edited... Weird... o_O
Edit: Stop it, guys, I got there first, you can't be any bolder than me!
Edit2: Will it show the edit time this time?!
Edit3: What the...????
It seems that the little square-bracketed tag at the bottom that used to say that a post had been edited no longer appears. Interesting.
[Edit: I like the "originally posted by" addition. Handy.]
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quote:Originally posted by Mike and stripped of all the useless content by Corwin: bla bla bla [Edit: I like the "originally posted by" addition. Handy.]
quote:Originally posted by TheTick: I think the flood control affects edits, so if you make a mistake, and immediately try to edit it, you might hit the 30 second flood control.
Just wanted to use the "Reply with qoute" button.
Just wanted to see what happens when I quote a quote.
Am I the only one who knew that you could already quote a quote since the last board upgrade (which was months and months ago)?
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quote:Originally posted by TheTick: I think the flood control affects edits, so if you make a mistake, and immediately try to edit it, you might hit the 30 second flood control.
Just wanted to use the "Reply with qoute" button.
Just wanted to see what happens when I quote a quote.
Am I the only one who knew that you could already quote a quote since the last board upgrade (which was months and months ago)?
quote:Originally posted by Corwin: Hmm, I just posted something, then clicked Edit right afterwards 'cause I noticed a typo. And now it doesn't say that the post has been edited... Weird... o_O
Edit: Stop it, guys, I got there first, you can't be any bolder than me!
Edit2: Will it show the edit time this time?!
Edit3: What the...????
It doesn't show the "this post was edited by..." thing at the bottom anymore either.
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quote:Originally posted by TheTick: I think the flood control affects edits, so if you make a mistake, and immediately try to edit it, you might hit the 30 second flood control.
Just wanted to use the "Reply with qoute" button.
Just wanted to see what happens when I quote a quote.
Am I the only one who knew that you could already quote a quote since the last board upgrade (which was months and months ago)?
Apparantly so.
I didn't know about it either.
(And this quick-quote thing is pretty cool. ^_^ )
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OK, my initial post in this thread cannot be edited - it's been an hour and 45 minutes or so.
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Same thing with my initial post of the thread... I wonder if it will pose any problems. I also wonder what was the reason behind these changes, but I don't suppose we'll get an answer for this question... Oh well, moving on.
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Weird, I could edit my post but now it has an edit tag. Maybe Pop fixed it. Jon Boy, was there always a button to automatically quote someone? That is the only thing I have ever commented on.
Say, can we do a list within a list?
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quote:Originally posted by xnera [in the I know how to make a bulletted list thread]:
Another list of lists! </font></font>
<font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica">
Because xnera's a geek.
No, really!
</font>
Are you sure?
<font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica"><font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica">Yes, of course I'm sure xnera's a geek.
Don't be ridiculous.
(And notice how there is no "e" in ridiculous)
</font></font>
<font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica"><font size="2" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica">Tried to make a three-level list, but it barfed on the code. And I don't know where that phantom list item is coming from. Hmm.
P.S. crap, what was I going to say? Oh, I think you can find more topics with search now. Like it would say it would get 300 before, but I could never find a way to look at more than one page, whic I imagine was only 50. Oooh, I wonder if the post stalking is better now.
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Well, we could do lists within lists before, so I imagine we still can.
On the one hand, I like that edit tags don't show up. I can edit out my spelling/grammar/usage errors and as long as I haven't been quoted, there will be no proof.
OTOH, I really HATE that there is now a time limit on editing. There have been a number of times that I have posted and walked away from the computer. Then walked back a while later, and seen a dumb mistake (or something needing clarification). As long as it hasn't been replied to, I will often edit the post.
It also means no more changing thread titles!
Pretty please, moderator-type people, could we change these settings?
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You can edit with no edit tags for a certain (short) time, then edit with edit tags for a certain (longer) time after that. Beyond whatever that longer time is, no editing is allowed.
Personally, I like that setup.
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twinky, I'd agree with you if it weren't for the thread title change. I think that would actually be the biggest problem with the new system, thanks for pointing it out, rivka.
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I think the loss of thread title editing is worth it. Heck, I'd even be fine with no editing permitted whatsoever.
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at the very least...make it so we can edit it...but put in a disclaimer that mocks us for editing long after it was posted.
Though, who knows with a new UBB upgrade comes tons of settings and such that were not expected...so maybe the powers that be don't even know about the editing glitch...or can't find the option buried in the admin control panel.
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Can you not delete a thread, then? I seem to recall that thread and post deletion were integrated into the edit function. I hope PapaJ can still delete or if something goes afoul, he'll be locking a lot more threads. And then there is the linking-to goodness. Or badness, depending.
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Posts can be deleted. So I imagine that a thread whose initial post is still allowed to be edited can be deleted. An older thread could not.
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Well, here's my official (edit: request) to change the setting to allow editing (although maybe not thread deletion).
Second problem - all our links to different posts are bad now, I believe. Not the administrator's problem, but people may be very confused for a while. Posts: 26071 | Registered: Oct 2003
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Found another problem. Or feature... If you click the "reply with quote" button in a post while you're already replying in that thread, it generates another reply form inside the part that was supposed to show the previous posts. And you can go on like that. Haven't tested the limits, or what happens when you actually go on posting from one of those inner forms. I doubt it would cause much trouble, but I just wanted to point it out in case someone decides to correct it. Posts: 4519 | Registered: Sep 2003
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Changed "technique" to "request." Just wanted to show why editing is so important. Yeah, that's it. *shifty eyes*
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rivka: Never tried it before... Don't mind me, I'm bound to try weird things at 2 and a half in the morning... I think I'd better go to sleep. See ya tomorrow & happy hatracking to all until then.
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