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LDSTech forum no longer allowing Edit

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sbradshaw
Community Moderators
#1
For the last few days, I've no longer been able to Edit any of my posts after posting. If I try to manually go to the edit page (editing the URL) I get a message that says:
Information
You cannot edit posts in this forum.
Is anyone else having this problem?
Samuel Bradshaw • If you desire to serve God, you are called to the work.
kellymab
Member
#2
I had that problem a few weeks ago for about a week, but it resolved itself. I'll see if I can edit this post after I submit. If I edit too many posts, I can't for a while.
kellymab
Member
#3
Hmm... It is missing.
sbradshaw
Community Moderators
#4
A week later, still missing for me. I suppose it forces me to read through my messages better before posting, which is a good thing.
Samuel Bradshaw • If you desire to serve God, you are called to the work.
russellhltn
Community Administrator
#5
Question - what happens if you set your forum preference to "prosilver'? It looks like you should be able to edit your post for up to 60 minutes. But perhaps the custom interface is missing the button.
Have you searched the Help Center? Try doing a Google search and adding "site:churchofjesuschrist.org/help" to the search criteria.

So we can better help you, please edit your Profile to include your general location.
sbradshaw
Community Moderators
#6
Still not seeing the Edit button.
Samuel Bradshaw • If you desire to serve God, you are called to the work.
TimRiker
Church Employee
#7
Hmm. I've looked into issues like this before. Most forums have a permissions assigned for "Registered Users" of "Standard Access". This permission set should include:

* Can permanently delete own posts
* Can edit own posts

Today I look, and those are set to "no" instead of "yes". I don't know how they got changed. I've set them both to "yes" again. Does this fix the issue?

Does anyone object to letting people edit their own posts? Or allowing them to delete their own posts?
russellhltn
Community Administrator
#8
TimRiker wrote:Does anyone object to letting people edit their own posts? Or allowing them to delete their own posts?
I'm pretty sure there's a time limit on edits/deletes. 60 minutes, I think. I can't see any objection to that.
Have you searched the Help Center? Try doing a Google search and adding "site:churchofjesuschrist.org/help" to the search criteria.

So we can better help you, please edit your Profile to include your general location.
sbradshaw
Community Moderators
#9
Let me see if it works.

EDIT: It works – thanks!
Samuel Bradshaw • If you desire to serve God, you are called to the work.
Mikerowaved
Community Moderators
#10
russellhltn wrote:
TimRiker wrote:Does anyone object to letting people edit their own posts? Or allowing them to delete their own posts?
If Russell's correct that there's a 60 min time limit, then I have no objections. Otherwise moderators might not easily catch someone who went back and added advertizing, abusive language, or worse things to an existing post.
So we can better help you, please edit your Profile to include your general location.
sbradshaw
Community Moderators
#11
There is a time limit – I haven't timed it, but I imagine he's correct about 60 minutes.
Samuel Bradshaw • If you desire to serve God, you are called to the work.
TimRiker
Church Employee
#12
I do see I time limit of 60 minutes for both editing own post and deleting own post.