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Re: Posting How To - Examples Time for some random tips and notes
Reply statute of limitations
After 90 days, a post cannot be replied to. After two weeks, various warnings appear reminding you that by replying to this post, you are potentially dredging up an ancient topic to the first row of a forum.
Edit grace time
After just 12 hours, a post of yours may no longer be edited. This rather strict rule stops confusion caused in topics when someone decides to erase what they posted, even after subsequent posters had quoted and replied, and so on. It also makes moderation less of a hassle: moderators need only worry about the last 12 hours of postings.
Editing a post with attachments
It is quite possible to edit a post with attachments, but with a few twists. Editing the text takes place normally, except since the edit screen defaults to the version with file-attach fields, and an UPLOAD button. Never fear, you can leave those file-attach fields blank and your old attachments will remain.
If you wish to change an attachment, you must re-upload ALL of the, not just one. If you upload just one attached file on an edit, then your end result post will have just that file and none of the older ones!
It is not possible to delete all attachments when post-editing, you must upload a single empty or boring file, which will remove old attachments but leave your post with an attachment "stub" .. the empty file you last uploaded.
Don't lose that text!
Typing a long post then accidently hitting a link or the back button, should NOT be a disaster: if you use BACK or FORWARD, your browser SHOULD return you to the input form with your contents preserved! if your browser insists on clearing the contents of a form too easily, then ask around - your browser is broken, perhaps someone can help fix it. The paranoid may wish to COPY then PASTE into notepad a large post, before pressing any preview or post buttons. Just in case the browser crashes!
Already seen that text?
If you post then post the same thing again, the site will notice the duplicate and refuse to take it. If you see this message, but your post really is necessary as a duplicate, then adjust it by just a single character (a space for example) to get it past this check. |
