Time restriction on modifying posts.

[Todge]

Jan 23, 2015 17:41:54 GMT -8 blc said:

Jan 22, 2015 14:11:44 GMT -8 Todge said:

Sorry, no.. I mean the 'back to the top' code that is causing the issue.

This also conflicts with hiding staff edits plug in. Plug ins are a lot more convenient when you have lots of themes. I prefer plug ins over codes but sometimes there is no plug in. Problems occur when everyone tries to use the same spot. lol


Go to Theme , Layout Template, Thread , Post list
Find this section of the code: around line 34 or 47

{if $[post.edited]}
<div class="edited_by"><span class="italic">Last Edit:</span> $[post.edited.date] by $[post.edited.by_user]{if $[post.edited.reason]}: $[post.edited.reason]{/if}</div>
{/if}

And replace it with this:


<div class="edited_by">{if $[post.edited]}<span class="italic">Last Edit:</span> $[post.edited.date] by $[post.edited.by_user]{if $[post.edited.reason]}: $[post.edited.reason]{/if} - {/if}<a onclick="scroll(0,0);">Back to Top</a></div>

Thank you..

Can you please try Version 1.0.9

[blc]

Jan 24, 2015 4:42:25 GMT -8 Todge said:

Jan 23, 2015 17:41:54 GMT -8 blc said:

This also conflicts with hiding staff edits plug in. Plug ins are a lot more convenient when you have lots of themes. I prefer plug ins over codes but sometimes there is no plug in. Problems occur when everyone tries to use the same spot. lol


Go to Theme , Layout Template, Thread , Post list
Find this section of the code: around line 34 or 47

{if $[post.edited]}
<div class="edited_by"><span class="italic">Last Edit:</span> $[post.edited.date] by $[post.edited.by_user]{if $[post.edited.reason]}: $[post.edited.reason]{/if}</div>
{/if}

And replace it with this:


<div class="edited_by">{if $[post.edited]}<span class="italic">Last Edit:</span> $[post.edited.date] by $[post.edited.by_user]{if $[post.edited.reason]}: $[post.edited.reason]{/if} - {/if}<a onclick="scroll(0,0);">Back to Top</a></div>

Thank you..

Can you please try Version 1.0.9

It works, however it would be nice if there was no pop up telling you your time was up, every time you refresh the page. The idea is for the option to quietly disappear, not be constantly reminded that the option was removed.

Thanks for making it work. I just hope members don't gripe every time the pop up appears.

[Todge]

Jan 24, 2015 10:48:38 GMT -8 blc said:

It works, however it would be nice if there was no pop up telling you your time was up, every time you refresh the page. The idea is for the option to quietly disappear, not be constantly reminded that the option was removed.

Thanks for making it work. I just hope members don't gripe every time the pop up appears.

Not a problem.. Try version 1.1.0 from the same link as before..

You should now have an extra option to not display the pop-up.

[blc]

Jan 24, 2015 12:01:08 GMT -8 Todge said:

Jan 24, 2015 10:48:38 GMT -8 blc said:

It works, however it would be nice if there was no pop up telling you your time was up, every time you refresh the page. The idea is for the option to quietly disappear, not be constantly reminded that the option was removed.

Thanks for making it work. I just hope members don't gripe every time the pop up appears.

Not a problem.. Try version 1.1.0 from the same link as before..

You should now have an extra option to not display the pop-up.

Thank you so much!! Really appreciate that, Todge!

[Todge]

No worries..

[libran]

Hi Todge...

Is it possible that this plugin could be modified  so that a time limit edit could also include the shout box member posts?

Many thanks in anticipation.  

[Todge]

I haven't done much with the shoutbox.. I'll have to take a look and see.

[libran]

Cool...  Thank you Todge.  Have a super weekend.  

[boxerfan]

There seems to be a loophole in the timeout plug-in. We have it set for a 60-minute edit/delete timeout. Yet, it seems that any member can go into their Profile, click on "View this member's recent posts", view an old post, and the Edit button is enabled!

Thoughts?

[Todge]

Jul 26, 2015 7:57:19 GMT -8 boxerfan said:

There seems to be a loophole in the timeout plug-in. We have it set for a 60-minute edit/delete timeout. Yet, it seems that any member can go into their Profile, click on "View this member's recent posts", view an old post, and the Edit button is enabled!

Thoughts?

Ooops...

Could you please try version 1.1.1

[boxerfan]

Looks good, thanks!

[Todge]

No worries..

[Jay-Jay]

We recently added this plugin on our site.  We are using v1.1.1.

It seems to work great for non-staff members--they can't edit nor delete their posts after a set period of time.

The only issue is that it doesn't seem to work with members that we've made them moderators of their own sub-forum.

I'm wondering if this is a normal situation with this plugin?  Or do I need to edit these "moderators" privileges in the Group Members section of the Admin Panel?

Currently we have two different Moderator groups. 

• Moderator.
  
• Global Moderators.

Here is a screenshot:



Which of the two is the group that belongs to those that we make moderators for only one sub-forum?  Or is there another way?  Do I need to create another group and add these people to this group?

Any advise would be great.  Thanks.

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UPDATE:

okay, I was able to figure it out.  The issue was that I wasn't adding those members to the Moderator group (from their profiles) so they can have those privileges.

Now I know the difference between a Moderator and Global Moderator.  I'm writing the following tutorial, so we can remember...

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Moderator:
This group is only specifically in charge of sub-forums (aka Boards) we add that member's name in the Categories & Boards options (under the Moderators tab). We always need to add that member to the Moderator group, and then add his username in the Boards options as a moderator, and that member can only moderate that board (sub-forum), but not the rest, unless we add his username as moderator to other boards as well.

IMPORTANT: In the Groups permission, we set this group's Global settings to "NO". -- this way they don't become global moderators, but only moderators on the boards we appoint them to.

Example:

Jason, wants to be a moderator of the OPL (sub-forum).

• we go to his profile and add him to the Moderator group.
  
• we go to the Categories & Boards section in the admin panel.
  
• find the board we want to edit (OPL), click on the options, go to the Moderator tab and add his username.
  
• Jason is now moderator of only that board.
  

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Global Moderators:
This group has the ability to moderate the entire sub-forums.  His username doesn't need to be added individually to each board (sub-forum).

IMPORTANT: In the Groups permission, we set this group's Global settings to "YES". -- this way they become global moderators of all boards.

For example:

Bob wants to be a full moderator of the entire site.

• we go to his profile and add him to the Global Moderator group.
  
• That's it.  He now is a Global Moderator.  No other steps need to be done.

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NOTE: 
Each group can have independent privileges according to what you set up for those particular groups.

For example:  Between the two groups, only the Global Moderator group has the privileges to delete posts.  The other group (Moderator) do not, but they can edit posts and move them.  And these settings really depend on you on what powers they should have on your site.

[Jay-Jay]

Well my members found a way to bypass the Time Restriction to edit their posts.

1. What they do is click on their post's "toolbar"
   
   
   
   
2. Select Link to Post.
   
3. Copy on their browsers the "Link to only this Post" choice.
   
   
   
   
4. Now they can edit their posts. Seems that page allows members to edit their posts or whatever?

Anyway to fix that, I wonder?

[Todge]

Sept 15, 2015 10:36:54 GMT -8 Jay-Jay said:

Well my members found a way to bypass the Time Restriction to edit their posts.

1. What they do is click on their post's "toolbar"
   
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2. Select Link to Post.
   
3. Copy on their browsers the "Link to only this Post" choice.
   
   View Attachment
   
   
4. Now they can edit their posts. Seems that page allows members to edit their posts or whatever?

Anyway to fix that, I wonder?

There certainly is..

Try version 1.1.2