Question How do you edit your thread title and title prefix? (answered)

[Jedirick]

Re: Editing a subject

When I hit the edit button a box with post text opens. In bottom righthand frame there are four buttons save, cancel, delete and advanced options.
Advance gives me access to title edit.

This possibly could be a moderator feature though not in the mod menu?

 

[MLTech]

Re: Editing a subject

Moderators are able to edit thread titles very easily,

Goto the forum display, such as http://www.therpf.com/forumdisplay.php?f=9

Right next to the title of the thread (to the right of it, but very close) double click, and it should open a little text box where you can edit and save it

 

[Jedirick]

Re: Editing a subject

I knew about that.

Just curious if the post edit feature for members has the advanced option.

 

[Treadwell]

Re: Editing a subject

Yes they have the advanced option but the change is not reflected in the forum's thread listing.

It seems another mod must've seen Juno's thread marked "delete" and did just that because I can't find it.

 

[juno]

Re: Editing a subject

Yeah, I saw that too. Anyway to bring it back?

 

[Treadwell]

Re: Editing a subject

Not in this case. Sometimes stuff isn't deleted but moved away from the view of the regular membership, but this one is gone-gone.

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Re: Editing a subject

I take it this will require a change about how to get JY threads deleted, if the title cannot be changed by the user to reflect a sale.

 

[juno]

Re: Editing a subject

That really sucks. I believe the thread had gone to 6 pages. I even modified the first post, AND added a new post to the end to make sure it didn't get deleted.
:angry

 

[Treadwell]

Re: Editing a subject

Really nobody's fault...it said in big capital letters DELETE, how were they to know you had tried to change it?

There are going to be bumps like this as we settle in here...sorry about the dust, as they say.

 

[juno]

Re: Editing a subject

Really nobody's fault...it said in big capital letters DELETE, how were they to know you had tried to change it?

That was why I posted here AND in the thread. The thread had been titled delete for quite some time, so in reality it should have been deleted earlier which wouldn't have been a big deal, I just find it odd that with the new switch no one bothered to look in the thread to make sure (since there were new posts in it to move it to the top).

 

[Emeldahay]

Re: Editing Thread TITLES????

Ive needed this a couple times.

Also a second topic line comes in handy.

 

[ssdesigner]

Re: Editing Thread TITLES????

I would like to see this option as well. It is extremely helpful when a user (like myself ) has an "interest thread" that has now turned into a "This is a go! See pics within!" thread. Makes it much easier for the members to see that the status of a project has changed.

-Ss

 

[Harlock]

Re: Editing Thread TITLES????

I would like to see this option as well. It is extremely helpful when a user (like myself ) has an "interest thread" that has now turned into a "This is a go! See pics within!" thread. Makes it much easier for the members to see that the status of a project has changed.

-Ss

I second that emotion.

 

[synasp]

Editing thread title. How to...

As you may have noticed by now, the new software is more complex than the old. This means much more features and security and all that, but that sometimes leads to -> :wacko cry (at least it does for me :lol)

A big one is that people want to edit their thread titles but didn't know how. This is because there are two different titles:

1. Thread title
2. Post title

When you reply to a post, there's a box that displays what title you want to give your post. This is mostly to help with hybrid/threaded views (top right of the page, under "Display Modes"...)

When you go to start a new thread, you type in your thread title, which sets the thread and post title. Then later, when you edit it, it doesn't update! This is because you're editing your POST TITLE. You have to update your THREAD TITLE.

This is how:

On the top right of each post, there's a "Thread Tools"... this allows you to do a ton of stuff, one of which is to edit your thread title! Check the "Edit Thread" option, then "Perform Action." Yay!

Look at the attached image for reference.

 

[hydin]

Re: Editing thread title. How to...

Uhm... I don't got that there menu up in my Thread tools...

Unless it's hidden in plain site and I can't see it (as many things tend to be)

 

[synasp]

Re: Editing thread title. How to...

Damn! Thanks for that buzzkill.

Well, that's how you would edit... I'll figure it out.

Actually, what menus are available to you in the upper right? Save me some footwork.

 

[hydin]

Re: Editing thread title. How to...

Glad to help :lol

I have thread tools (seen), search this thread, rating, and display modes.

Nothing under any of those for editing, just "search" and a link for advanced search, rating the thread, and how I want it to show up (linear, hybrid, threaded).

When I hit edit (at the bottom), and "go advanced" it allows me to edit the POST and the POST title, but nothing there with thread at all, except a link to the original (which is kind of odd)

 

[synasp]

Re: Editing thread title. How to...

try it again...

 

[hydin]

Re: Editing thread title. How to...

Nope, no change to any of the menus.

 

[hydin]

Re: Editing thread title. How to...

Tried it in various themes, no change in those either.