Admin Note

[Todge]

Ah-ha..

Sorry for the confusion, and glad it's working.

[Former Member]

Todge,

this is overlapping my Word/Character Count (plugin), is there a way to margin-top it or something so that it's a bit lower?

[Todge]

Yup.. Put this in your Global Header..

<style type="text/css">
.admin_note { margin-top: 20px; }
</style>

[Former Member]

Hey Todge, question for you

I was attempting to reduce my amount of plugins and figured I could achieve a similar effect to this through layout templates, so I did that and then realized that it didn't "save" the edits. Posting for help, I was told that basically a plugin that stored them would need to be made. So I figured I'd go back to using Admin Note but found the same problem seems to persist even with this plugin in use. If a staff member edits a post and includes a "staff edit" reason, then that staff member goes back in to edit it, the edit is gone. I was hoping, for hopefully obvious reasons, the edit could remain there so that the staff edit can be fully functional for logs, important comments, etc. To read the thread I'm referencing where a plugin was suggested for storage, see this thread

So basically, is there a way to include a "storage" to this plugin, by chance? Or perhaps come up with a "Companion" for it (Wormopolis style ;D) that includes storage? So that past staff edits remain when you go back and edit it again. Ideally, when you edit in a Staff Edit (or admin note) and then go back into edit it again, the previous edit reason is simply text in the Edit reason area so you can either leave it, change it, or add onto it, like a normal post.

[Todge]

Hi ₪» ⅀ ƪ Ƒ «₪, The one problem with the is the limited space available.

The Admin Note uses the 'Edit Reason' field for storage, and that is limited to 150 characters. The other way it could be done is to rewrite it to use a post key instead, then you'd have 4000 characters to play with.

[Former Member]

Hmm.. I don't mind having a max of 150 characters I can enter but I assume you're saying after 150 or 4,000 (whichever used) characters are stored, on the entire forum, the past "edits" would start disappearing?

[Todge]

That would depend on what the code tells it to do, but basically, yes.

The 150 character limit is the TOTAL limit on each post, all reasons would have to fir into that limit.

And the current code should already allow that. If you re-edit a post, the current Admin Note should be displayed in the field, ready for you to replace, edit or add to at your leisure.

[Former Member]

I have admin note installed and it disappears when you go re-edit, even if a member without staff powers edits their post it disappears. Could having coding in the layout template affecting the "edit reason" area change the plugin? Because that would explain it, if so

[Todge]

If a member without staff powers attempts to edit their post then the Admin Note is hidden from them, to stop them from removing notes added by staff members, but if a staff member edits a post, then any previous Admin Note should be their for them to edit.

If it's removed even for staff members, how are you leaving one in the first place?

[Former Member]

No, I mean if a member edits their post, the edit reason in the post disappears, not that it doesn't show up in the Posting Page area. It doesn't show up in the thread anymore. If a staff edits a post that had a reason in it before, it's no longer in the input area and when you save the post it's missing there as well.

[Todge]

Strange..

A template can upset most of the plugins if it changes the cells those plugins are targeting or using as a reference, so it's quite likely that yours is messing with this one.

Do you have a test account I can log in to your forum with? I'd need to see the post editing page to try and track down this problem.

[Former Member]

Nevermind, Todge, it's fixed up. I went back and added in the exact default coding for the edit reason in posting page and post list layout template and it's working fine now =)

Much appreciated for the help ^^

[Todge]

Glad you got it sorted.

[Todge]

Something has obviously changed... I'll take a look.

Thanks.

[Todge]

I couldn't replicate that error, but on testing, it looks like you have the permissions set to 'Staff'.

To the right of the plugin, in the management area, click the 'Edit' button and make sure 'Everyone' can view the plugin.