Change "Last edit"

[heartbreakers]

I want to change the look of the "last edit" stamp that shows up. I'd like for it to not be italicized and to simple say "Last edited: [Insert date and time]." I'd also like to change the color to a slightly lighter color than the dark gray/blackish color I have set for the actual post. How can I do this?

[shadow82x]

In ../Themes/{your_theme}/Display.template.php

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if ($settings['show_modify'] && !empty($message['modified']['name']))
echo '
« <em>', $txt['last_edit'], ': ', $message['modified']['time'], ' ', $txt['by'], ' ', $message['modified']['name'], '</em> »';


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if ($settings['show_modify'] && !empty($message['modified']['name']))
echo '
« ', $txt['last_edit'], ': ', $message['modified']['time'], ' »';

And to adjust the style of it go to ../Themes/{your_theme}/css/index.css

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#forumposts .modified
{
float: left;
}

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#forumposts .modified
{
float: left;
color: #444;
}

[heartbreakers]

If I want to get rid of    « », I can just remove then too right?

[shadow82x]

Yup you can just remove them directly from the code

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' $txt['last_edit'], ': ', $message['modified']['time'], '';

[thearmykid]

You could always use this mod http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=3361 if you just want to disable the last edit for the admins.

[Kindred]

he doesn't want to disable it, he wants to change the displayed text....

[heartbreakers]

EDIT: Found it. Thanks!

[heartbreakers]

Just one more question: The mod that I used to use to remove last edits when I would need to make the OP look nicer depending on the member that posted a news (or whatever else) topic doesn't work now that I edited the original code. Is there a way to fix this? I use the "Remove 'Last Edit' Mod."

This is how my code looks now:

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echo '
                        ', $txt['last_edit'], ': ', $message['modified']['time'], ' ', $txt['by'], ' ', $message['modified']['name'], '';

      echo '

I also don't want to use the other mod linked in this thread, because I do need to utilize the last edit stamp if I ever change a rule or anything official.

[shadow82x]

Assuming you have the "Remove Last Edit Mod Installed"

You should could use the following code:

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echo '
', $txt['last_edit'], ': ', $message['modified']['time'];

// Dirty yet beautiful edits.
if ($settings['show_modify'] && !empty($message['modified']['name']) && $message['can_rlem'])
echo '; <a href="', $scripturl, '?action=unsetedittime;post=', $message['id'], '">', $txt['remove_edit_sign'], '</a>';

if ($settings['show_modify'] && !empty($message['modified']['name']))

[heartbreakers]

I uninstalled it before I edited the display.template file. I tried reinstalling, but it says the test failed for the display.template file (since I edited it). So should I still go ahead with the installation and then just manually edit the display.template file?

[Kindred]

yes

[heartbreakers]

This is what I have so far:

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if ($settings['show_modify'] && !empty($message['modified']['name']))
         echo '
                        ', $txt['last_edit'], ': ', $message['modified']['time'], ' ', $txt['by'], ' ', $message['modified']['name'], '';

      echo '
                     </div>

Should I include the if ($settings['show_modify'] && !empty($message['modified']['name'])) code twice? It's already there in the code I listed first.

[Kindred]

no. don't include it twice

[heartbreakers]

This is what I tried to do:

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// Show "� Last Edit: Time by Person �" if this post was edited.
      if ($settings['show_modify'] && !empty($message['modified']['name']))
                  echo '
                         ', $txt['last_edit'], ': ', $message['modified']['time'];
     
      // Dirty yet beautiful edits.
      if ($settings['show_modify'] && !empty($message['modified']['name']) && $message['can_rlem'])
         echo '; <a href="', $scripturl, '?action=unsetedittime;post=', $message['id'], '">', $txt['remove_edit_sign'], '</a>';
     
                     </div>

And I got the following error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in Display.template.php on line 564

[Kindred]

you need ot put

echo '


in front of that <div>

[heartbreakers]

Okay, so it fixed that error. When I went to remove one of the edit stamps, I got the following error:

An Error Has Occurred!
Invalid action call.

[Kindred]

ok....   at this point, I have no idea what you have done or what you are trying to do.

You made some manual edits, then decided to apply a mod and make more edits....
So who knows what state your code is in at this point....

[heartbreakers]

I only edited the display.template file. Nothing else has been altered. I only removed << >> and the italics from the display.template. There were no other edits.

[shadow82x]

Could you attach that entire Display.template.php file here? I had the mod working with the edits I mentioned earlier without any errors. So I'm assuming some code on your end is wrong.

[heartbreakers]

It's attached!

[shadow82x]

You didn't paste the full code I posted earlier. You were missing

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if ($settings['show_modify'] && !empty($message['modified']['name']))

Try the attached file

[NanoSector]

Can you copy the last bit of the link from one of the buttons, here? The bit before index.php can be left out.

The mod shouldn't act like this, when there is ;post=### in the URL.

[heartbreakers]

You didn't paste the full code I posted earlier. You were missing

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if ($settings['show_modify'] && !empty($message['modified']['name']))

Try the attached file

I still get the same error of "Invalid action call."

Can you copy the last bit of the link from one of the buttons, here? The bit before index.php can be left out.

The mod shouldn't act like this, when there is ;post=### in the URL.

Sure. This is how it looks: /index.php?action=unsetedittime;post=111

[NanoSector]

In Sources/Subs-RemoveLastEditMod.php, change:

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if (empty($_REQUEST['post']))

Replace:

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if (empty($_GET['post']))

and see if it works.