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[It's back!] "I can't edit my post!" -- UPDATE: see post 109
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According to Mouse_Master, and I don't know if he's had the time to make a very thorough search, the modification that did it has not been updated to work on VB 4.x, and I can not see any easy way to update it. When vBulletin 4.x was created, it changed almost everything and it's been a pain for us to understand --even the basic stuff (which is why it took a while for us to have the colors back to normal).
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Okay, if one of you can message me the old code I can rewrite it to work in 4, but I would still have him look for the table entry.
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The timing here is coicidental, but we might have found it already working in older threads. We're still working it out.
The problem, like the other issues with the update I mentioned earlier, they changed the interface completely from the previous version without telling us how it was changed.
Our new menu is somewhere unexpected (if not plain hidden), and had to be stumbled upon. It's also the white on white that we get elsewhere (though that's only a minor annoyance), and it allows us to compare revs easily.
If we confirm this is 100% working we'll re-institute editing. Give us a day or so as we need to wait for everyone on our side to take a look.
The problem, like the other issues with the update I mentioned earlier, they changed the interface completely from the previous version without telling us how it was changed.
Our new menu is somewhere unexpected (if not plain hidden), and had to be stumbled upon. It's also the white on white that we get elsewhere (though that's only a minor annoyance), and it allows us to compare revs easily.
If we confirm this is 100% working we'll re-institute editing. Give us a day or so as we need to wait for everyone on our side to take a look.
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In lieu of what we've figured out on our side, we may institute a trial period of long term post editing (i.e. the previous limit, which was very, very long) and see if things work out as they seem to. If that's the case, then we will make the change permanent. We'll keep you all updated.
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Good work trying to repair this, here's some current foibles.
For example, this thread:
FS: MVS carts (post #72 for update)
http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?223095-FS-MVS-carts-(post-72-for-update)
Instead of seeing whats immediately for sale, I need to go through pages, its inconvenient.
Then there is sammybean's thread right now in the feedback forum. I'd edit that second thread for another members privacy.
I call for a two day edit trial period. That'd work for bitter old men type posters like merc, taiso and myself.
For example, this thread:
FS: MVS carts (post #72 for update)
http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?223095-FS-MVS-carts-(post-72-for-update)
Instead of seeing whats immediately for sale, I need to go through pages, its inconvenient.
Then there is sammybean's thread right now in the feedback forum. I'd edit that second thread for another members privacy.
I call for a two day edit trial period. That'd work for bitter old men type posters like merc, taiso and myself.
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Another idea. Make a sticky thread in the market forums that says 'Make sure to take a screen cap of your deals" That is a much better form of buyer protection also. Take the cap, save the cap. You can even be specific in the text area showing how to do it for each architecture/browser for the computer illiterate.
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Okay, we're pretty sure we've got post edit history back without any hiccups, so [highlight]we're going to turn post editing back on.[/highlight]
If there are no technical hiccups (appearing on our side), it will be permanent.
[highlight]If there are issues, we will need to take the ability back offline until it's fixed.[/highlight]
Like before, the ability to edit posts does eventually expire, but it's a long time and will likely only affect ancient threads. We've also set the time limit for the ability to edit titles to be as long as the ability to edit posts.
Keep in mind, we will now have full access to post histories and reserve the right to restore or read old versions of posts as necessary.
If there are no technical hiccups (appearing on our side), it will be permanent.
[highlight]If there are issues, we will need to take the ability back offline until it's fixed.[/highlight]
Like before, the ability to edit posts does eventually expire, but it's a long time and will likely only affect ancient threads. We've also set the time limit for the ability to edit titles to be as long as the ability to edit posts.
Keep in mind, we will now have full access to post histories and reserve the right to restore or read old versions of posts as necessary.
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Keep in mind, we will now have full access to post histories and reserve the right to restore or read old versions of posts as necessary.
I'm curious, what did you two do to fix it?
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Good news, thanks! I like the long long long edit window. As you could tell by checking me out, I never do anything inflammatory with it.
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Well, our discussion in the thread covered earlier --all the internal switches for edit history were already turned on, but for some reason we couldn't find how to access the edit history. As it turns out, in the same way they completely pulled the rug out--err, changed the interface, they also placed the ability to check post history in a place we would've never expected.
Most people didn't, which is why it was a pain to switch off. Now we can track previous edits when we need to.
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Very nice. The original edit window I believe was 30 days, which should be plenty of time for them market peopleOkay, we're pretty sure we've got post edit history back without any hiccups, so [highlight]we're going to turn post editing back on.[/highlight]
If there are no technical hiccups (appearing on our side), it will be permanent.
[highlight]If there are issues, we will need to take the ability back offline until it's fixed.[/highlight]
Like before, the ability to edit posts does eventually expire, but it's a long time and will likely only affect ancient threads. We've also set the time limit for the ability to edit titles to be as long as the ability to edit posts.
Keep in mind, we will now have full access to post histories and reserve the right to restore or read old versions of posts as necessary.
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Very nice. The original edit window I believe was 30 days, which should be plenty of time for them market people
Very glad to see you survived the Haboob, buddy!
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Glad the EDIT is back.
We're all mad glad, yo!