Re-order posts ?

[keyboard]

Hi

Is there a way to re-order posts in a message ? I want to move a post from the second post to the beginning. 

Ron

[Looking]

Maybe someone knows of a better way but what I do is order by date and change the date on the post in question.

[keyboard]

@looking
Perhaps I have misread your explanation. I have a post with 10 messages, I wish to move the 3rd message and move it to be the 1st.

[Kindred]

there is no good way to do this.

[Looking]

Keyboard, yes... if I remember correctly I think SMF orders the posts by IDs, what I do is order it by date and then change the date to where you want it. Therefore, in your case you would change the date to be before the date of the first post.

[Kindred]

this involves direct database edits which is almost never recommended

[Looking]

Some custom coding will do it without having to modify the DB.

[keyboard]

Some custom coding will do it without having to modify the DB.

What is the protocol to discuss this in private ?

[Kindred]

you can't change the date on a post without database edits....
(yes, you could write code to allow you to do it, but it still involves database edits - although not direct, in that case)

Also, you would need custom coding to change the sort to use date....

which means two pieces of custom coding to do this for one thread....   

[br360]

You could also just edit the posts. Remove the contents of the second post and add it into the first post and the contents of the first post into the second (or wherever you want the contents of any post to go)

If there is an issue with making sure the right member gets credited with their actual post, you could also install one of the post as another member mods and change the member of any post to whatever other member.