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Chas Large:
Please Assign.

B:
Go for it. :)

B

Chas Large:
Rewrite 1:


--- Quote from: Chas Large ---Often posts are modified. Usually a forum will give permission for all members to edit the posts that they made and moderators will be able to edit everyone's posts including their own. Regular Members can only modify their posts for a short period after posting, usually 15 minutes but this value can be adjusted by a forum Administrator.

There are two methods of editing a post, the Normal Edit directs you to a posting page where you can change the content of the post. Quick Edit provides an inline edit box but you will not see the buttons for automatically placing Bulletin Board Code in your posts and will need to manually enter the bulletin board code in your posts.

Normal Edit
To modify a Post or thread, select the button that says Modify. Make any necessary changes and then select Save.

Quick Edit
You can perform a quick edit without refreshing the page by selecting the pencil on paper icon located at the lower right of every post. This will change the post box into an editing, once you select the Save button you will see the changes made instantly.
--- End quote ---

B:

--- Quote from: Chas Large ---Often posts are modified.

--- End quote ---

This seems kind of short and vague. Why are posts modified often? :)


--- Quote from: Chas Large ---Regular Members can only modify their posts for a short period after posting, usually 15 minutes but this value can be adjusted by a forum Administrator.

--- End quote ---

Can you possibly confirm this? It seems to me that the default is no limit on when you can modify. It's good to mention it, but we shouldn't state it as fact if the default is no limit. :) Also, let's go with just "Members" instead of "Regular Members" and remove the capital letter from "Administrator."


--- Quote from: Chas Large ---There are two methods of editing a post, the Normal Edit directs you to a posting page where you can change the content of the post. Quick Edit provides an inline edit box but you will not see the buttons for automatically placing Bulletin Board Code in your posts and will need to manually enter the bulletin board code in your posts.

--- End quote ---

For this, let's move "There are two methods of editing a post." up to the paragraph above it and put all the explanations under each option.


--- Quote from: Chas Large ---Normal Edit
To modify a Post or thread, select the button that says Modify. Make any necessary changes and then select Save.

Quick Edit
You can perform a quick edit without refreshing the page by selecting the pencil on paper icon located at the lower right of every post. This will change the post box into an editing, once you select the Save button you will see the changes made instantly.

--- End quote ---

Let's use a list for this. :) It will probably look better. See the guidelines for the proper formatting if you need to.

Since "modify" is the term we use in SMF, let's also change all instances of "edit" to "modify." :)

B

Chas Large:
You were correct about the Edit Time B. I did a fresh new install and checked and the default is ZERO. On out forum we have it set to 15 minutes, set a long time ago.

Points noted about formatting and will reformat other rewrites to suit.

Rewrite #2:

--- Quote from: Chas Large ---Posts may sometimes require modifying. Usually a forum will give permission for all members to modify the posts they have made and moderators will be able to modify everyone's posts including their own. There are two methods of modifying a post

* Normal Edit directs you to a posting page where you can change the content of the post. To modify a Post or Topic, select the button that says Modify. Make any necessary changes and then select Save.
* Quick Edit provides an inline edit box but you will not see the buttons for automatically placing Bulletin Board Code in your posts and will need to manually enter the bulletin board code in your posts. You can perform a quick edit without refreshing the page by selecting the pencil on paper icon located at the lower right of every post. This will change the post box into an editing, once you select theSave button you will see the changes made instantly.
--- End quote ---

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