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Updating Discussion and Timing out Comments

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perrie
@perrie
9 years ago
435 posts
I am wondering if anyone other than me, would like to their members to be able to update their "Discussions" on the forum, while only letting them have a limited time to update their posts. With unlimited time on the posts, there is the possibility of members abusing it, by making nasty comments and then going back and deleting them. On the other hand, authors of discussions might have made an error, which they would want to fix. This is an option we had at Ning, and I would like to have it here.
updated by @perrie: 10/09/15 10:57:58AM
SteveX
SteveX
@ultrajam
9 years ago
2,584 posts
Go to your forum, click on the Settings tab, set "forum auto lock" to a limited number of days.


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perrie
@perrie
9 years ago
435 posts
No that isn't what I am talking about I am talking about the ability to modify discussions should be allowed , while the comments should time out after say 10 min or so.
Strumelia
Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,603 posts
Just to establish- what's the current default setting we have?- and I assume it's the same no matter what skin we are using?


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perrie
@perrie
9 years ago
435 posts
The default is that once an article is posted it can't be changed and there is no time out on comments. I am putting this forward to see if there is a want/need for these things.
paul
@paul
9 years ago
4,326 posts
These are Group Discussions you are talking about?
Currently, any group member can create a discussion but only the group owner can update or delete it. Maybe the discussion creator should be able to update/delete it only if there have been no subsequent comments?
Comments can be updated/deleted at any time by the creator. If you want to disable that feature it can be done in the template(s) -

{if $item._created + 600 >= $smarty.now}
    {* Comment was made less than 10 minutes ago so show the update/delete buttons *}
{/if}



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updated by @paul: 09/06/15 09:20:18AM
perrie
@perrie
9 years ago
435 posts
Maybe I should clarify. I am talking about discussions in the forum. Members who start a discussion should be able to update/change the discussion, while the comments to the discussions should time out at a specific interval (like 10 min) and not be changeable.
Quote: Comments can be updated/deleted at any time by the creator. If you want to disable that feature it can be done in the template(s)
I still need for me and my moderators to be able to modify comments, so that we can remove offensive parts of comments. But I don't want my members to be able to do that, or change their own comments after 10 min.
paul
@paul
9 years ago
4,326 posts
Quote: I still need for me and my moderators to be able to modify comments, so that we can remove offensive parts of comments. But I don't want my members to be able to do that, or change their own comments after 10 min.
That can still be done in the template. The above test can also include quota checks to let admins and moderators through. I'll take a look at your site and try to implement it for you.


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist
perrie
@perrie
9 years ago
435 posts
Thanks Paul. I am still a bit fuzzy on how all my members will be able to edit their discussions.
paul
@paul
9 years ago
4,326 posts
This is in the custom 'Discussion' module I developed for you. I'll add this feature in.


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist
perrie
@perrie
9 years ago
435 posts
Thanks Paul! You are the best! :)