rvtips Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 There must be a way to edit a post that the poster has posted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary M Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 (edited) 31 minutes ago, rvtips said: There must be a way to edit a post that the poster has posted? This is a test on editing this post but it looks like just a reply. Ill have to find my post and do the same Phillip. When I posted this reply a edit link came up and I added this. Edited December 19, 2019 by shortround94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr4Film Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 (edited) Phillip, you can edit your post directly AFTER you had posted it most likely for some "period" of time. But once that time limit has expired you lose that ability. There is an "EDIT" selection at the bottom of your post to accomplish that task. All you do is click on it. Make the changes you desire and then click SAVE. There is also a block to input the reason for your editing. Exactly like how the iRV2.com forum is run. Edited December 19, 2019 by Dr4Film To demostrate the EDIT button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvtips Posted December 19, 2019 Author Share Posted December 19, 2019 I tried to edit it the next day and there was know way to do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr4Film Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Then do you think maybe you went past the window of time allowed to edit your post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvtips Posted December 19, 2019 Author Share Posted December 19, 2019 It was the next day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary M Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 (edited) Well maybe you should create a new post .” Edit Test”. Then go back in short intervals at first and try to edit. If u r able to edit, Edit 1- 5 minutes thru whatever till u cannot edit. That will give us all an idea of how much time before we can’t edit anymore. Edit 2 for me - 2 minutes Edit 3 - 4 minutes 8 minutes ago, shortround94 said: Well maybe you should create a new post .” Edit Test”. Then go back in short intervals at first and try to edit. If u r able to edit, Edit 1- 5 minutes thru whatever till u cannot edit. That will give us all an idea of how much time before we can’t edit anymore. Edit 2 for me - 2 minutes Edit 3 - 4 minutes Not able to edit after 5 minutes Edited December 19, 2019 by shortround94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr4Film Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 2 hours ago, rvtips said: It was the next day? OMG, the next day! Phillip, I am assuming this platform does not allow for an unlimited amount of time to edit your post. I don't know what the time limit is but my guess would be 15 minutes or less, certainly not hours or days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank McElroy Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Editing days later - good catch. Scotty and I will look into that. Our setting shows that editing is available for only up to 5 minutes after posting. We will need to find out why that is not working properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Hutto Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 I went in and changed the site setting to 90 minutes. The 5 minute setting was not working properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr4Film Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Thanks, guys! 90 minutes should give members PLENTY of time to decide whether their post needs to be edited or not. However, I and one other member posting in this thread was able to edit posts within the 5 minutes that was previously set up for this site so I believe it was working. It just wasn't long enough for others. One member was attemping to edit their post the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel S - '96 Safari Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 11 hours ago, Scotty Hutto said: I went in and changed the site setting to 90 minutes. The 5 minute setting was not working properly. Thanks Scotty. 90 minutes is much better than the original 5 minutes....(and an improvement over Yahoo ...(where one couldn't Edit his posts, only Delete them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary M Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 9 hours ago, Dr4Film said: Thanks, guys! 90 minutes should give members PLENTY of time to decide whether their post needs to be edited or not. However, I and one other member posting in this thread was able to edit posts within the 5 minutes that was previously set up for this site so I believe it was working. It just wasn't long enough for others. One member was attemping to edit their post the next day. It worked for me till the 5 minute mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike H Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Scotty, is there a reason why there has to be a time limit for allowing a posting to be edited? Just curious is all. I posted an item for sale and then wanted to add something to the description a couple of days later and discovered there was no way to edit it. Not a real big deal this time though. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Hutto Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 I was hoping to be able to set this differently by Forum (i.e., you can edit classified ads forever, but not motorhome discussions... etc.), but this is a system setting that affects everything. I have removed the time restriction for editing; I don't think it practical to have to involve a moderator to edit posts... especially classified ads. I don't *think* this will be an issue, but if it is we'll change it later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel S - '96 Safari Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Scotty Hutto said: I was hoping to be able to set this differently by Forum (i.e., you can edit classified ads forever, but not motorhome discussions... etc.), but this is a system setting that affects everything. I have removed the time restriction for editing; I don't think it practical to have to involve a moderator to edit posts... especially classified ads. I don't *think* this will be an issue, but if it is we'll change it later... Scotty I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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