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Topic Started: Apr 17 2009, 01:40 AM (833 Views)
Maxx_75
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Worst Gallstones Ever !

I dont like the edit bar that shows up when you edit a post. It's large, its in different spots in different situations, and its not disablable. Is disablable a word ? Probably not. Is there an option that I am missing to not mark a post as edited ? Or a way to at least make it appear at the bottom of the post window instead of tight below your text ?

I havent posted a suggestion in awhile and I know that it sounds minor I just dont know how knowledgable you guys are with this forum software or even if you are happy with it. I am just throwing shit out there and you can tell me to get bent if you want. :billp:
Edited by Jack, Apr 17 2009, 06:40 PM.
"Prohibition...attempts to control a mans appitite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law stikes a blow at the very principle upon which our government was founded."
----Abraham Lincoln

Marijuana, Prostitution, Gambling. all illegal, why ?
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I feel you Max, the edit function on zeta is quite harsh. To illustrate, I will edit this post for no reason. I also edited yours to add Bill Paxton...lol.

I'm not sure you could take it out though, as you wouldn't know who changed what and could lead to problems in the future when membership expands.

Just to let you know, I was thinking the same thing though..
Edited by Jack, Apr 17 2009, 06:41 PM.
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Further, I've seen some sites that show every edit, like edit 1.. time, edit 2.. time.

Maybe we could add that function to piss off Max more..

joking...


:birdcage:
Edited by cheez avenger, Apr 17 2009, 07:25 PM.
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hahahaha
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Randell
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Scan it, nope it's not midget porn. I promise.

I don''t really know what we could do about it, honestly. However if you want the edit bar lower, just hit enter a couple of times after you edit, see below.

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Edited by Randell, Apr 17 2009, 07:35 PM.
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yeah I suppose that the enter some spaces thing works but when this site launched it wasnt this way. Also awhile ago you could see the forum adding they edit line as you clicked edit post..... so something was added....

I blame Iggy. :)
"Prohibition...attempts to control a mans appitite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law stikes a blow at the very principle upon which our government was founded."
----Abraham Lincoln

Marijuana, Prostitution, Gambling. all illegal, why ?
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Randell
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Scan it, nope it's not midget porn. I promise.

Ya, when we first started we had problems with the signature boxes being different sizes. One thing gets fixed, something else screws up :p

I'll contact ZB and see if they will fix it in their next update.
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Maxx_75
Apr 17 2009, 07:56 PM
I blame Iggy. :)
No, it's only 50% my fault...

Actually, I stay out of the forums editing because I'm not familiar with the Zeta Boards that much. Is it something that is occuring with one of the layouts I designed or is it something that is across every layout? If it's specific to one of my layouts I could take a look at it when I get some time. If something in every layout it's probably better if Randell emails ZB.

BTW, I edited this post just for the sake of having the edit thingy show up.


And for Jack... :billp:



Edited by iggytx, Apr 17 2009, 10:27 PM.
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Scan it, nope it's not midget porn. I promise.

Oh and Maxx, only Admins, and maybe Mods (can't remember) have the option of not displaying they edited a post.
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Scan it, nope it's not midget porn. I promise.

Igg, it's an across the board thing, no certain theme. I'm writing Zeta now.... and for the record I'm not all that familiar with them either :p
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OK Maxx I sent them a message and a suggestion that I thought was cool:

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When a post is edited, instead of having an edit bar at the bottom of the post, have it placed on the top bar across from the original time stamp of the post, example:

( --- represents spaces)

Today, 00:00 AM----------Edited by Member, Today, 00:00 AM

Just on the edited part have it italicized, like it is now, or bolded.


I also said:

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or still have it is now, just lower and still a little above the member's signature.


and:

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This is a question from our member Bitch_Eyes


Ok I'm kidding on that part :p



They should answer by Monday, don't know though, we'll see what they say :)


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Coolio..... At HDD a mod doesnt have the ability to not have it show that he edited a post. Either that or I dont know how to do it.
"Prohibition...attempts to control a mans appitite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law stikes a blow at the very principle upon which our government was founded."
----Abraham Lincoln

Marijuana, Prostitution, Gambling. all illegal, why ?
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Scan it, nope it's not midget porn. I promise.

Actually anyone would have the ability, if I fixed it so it would be like that, but I'm not that nice :p
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Scan it, nope it's not midget porn. I promise.

From the support team:

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While we appreciate suggestions, the location of the edit line isn't going to be changing. During Zetaboards' development we experimented with the positioning of the edit line a lot, mostly to provide a change from InvisionFree in regard to it's placement. Moving it next to the post date/time isn't a good idea for users with small resolutions. We try very hard to make Zetaboards as user friendly for all types of browsers and monitor resolutions. We still have a lot of users who do use 800x600 screens, therefore the information on the page needs to display the same for those users as it would for users with larger monitors. Too much on one line might cause some of the text - even just one word would do it - to go onto a new line. This would irritate people. Especially if the differing length of usernames caused this to happen with particular users.

It'd also require an alteration of *every* style sheet on every board across the network, because the CSS for the Edit line would have to change. It's style and positioning is specifically for it's current placement. It'd also mess up the alignment of the current contents of that strip above the post anyway.


All I can tell you Maxx, is hit enter a couple of times, that is beyond anything I can change, sorry.

Edited by Randell, Apr 18 2009, 09:44 AM.
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wow, rough. but they have a point. i respect them standing by their guns. :scarface:
Edited by Jack, Apr 18 2009, 11:20 AM.
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