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Message 123286
To Steve


Posted by dp1 on Dec 18, 2003 02:27 PM | Also by dp1
Gender: Female, Age Bracket: N/A, State: Florida, Country: United States
Is there any way to correct a typo after we submitted our post? I hate it when I realize afterwards that I submitted something without proofing it first.
DP1

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Message 123288 (In Reply to Message 123286)


Posted by steve on Dec 18, 2003 02:58 PM | Also by steve
Gender: Male, Age Bracket: N/A, State: Virginia, Country: United States
Eventually there will be a way for users to edit their own posts. Until then the best advice I can give is either to compose your posts in a word processing program with spell and grammar check, then paste it in or read over the post after it's submitted and displayed for review since you can edit or submit at that point.

If there's a really important change you (or anyone else) can private message me the specific details and time permitting I'll make the change. Since a single change will take me a couple of minutes to deal with I reserve the right to not make changes for users who repeatedly make such requests.

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Message 123290 (In Reply to Message 123288)
Thanks


Posted by dp1 on Dec 18, 2003 03:50 PM | Also by dp1
Gender: Female, Age Bracket: N/A, State: Florida, Country: United States
Steve, I can understand asking you to make a change if the error dramatically changed the intent of the message. That is not the case with me as far as brain farts and incorrect spelling. You're doing a great job with the site. Thanks. DP1

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Message 123329 (In Reply to Message 123290)


Posted by orolan on Dec 19, 2003 01:04 AM | Also by orolan
Gender: Male, Age Bracket: N/A, State: N/A, Country: United States
On a related topic, how do you feel about pulling an entire post when the author requests it? For those, "Man, I really shouldn't have said that" situations? And when in the future you do enable editing after a post has gone up, will this removal option be available?

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Message 123330 (In Reply to Message 123329)


Posted by steve on Dec 19, 2003 01:50 AM | Also by steve
Gender: Male, Age Bracket: N/A, State: Virginia, Country: United States
On a related topic, how do you feel about pulling an entire post when the author requests it? For those, "Man, I really shouldn't have said that" situations?


I don't have a problem with it if it's warranted. But that doesn't mean I'm available to fix any old typo (per dp1's earlier question) or bail out every user whenever they put their foot in their mouth.

And when in the future you do enable editing after a post has gone up, will this removal option be available?


Probably. But it'll probably be in the form of a request to remove the post with a comment explaining why. I want to avoid users removing their posts simply because they said something stupid or no longer want their posts visible, especially after long periods of time and after there have been replies to the post(s) in question. I don't want to wake up one morning and find that a user deleted all of her posts from a 2 month period, rendering 50 replies meaningless and out of context. I hope that makes sense. Does that sounds reasonable? Appropriate?

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Message 123334 (In Reply to Message 123330)


Posted by orolan on Dec 19, 2003 03:50 AM | Also by orolan
Gender: Male, Age Bracket: N/A, State: N/A, Country: United States
I want to avoid users removing their posts simply because they said something stupid ...

True. I'm as guilty as the next person of putting my foot in my mouth. And I keep forgetting that the board is moderated. Odds are that if a post was really out of line you would reject it anyway. So I guess the question is moot.
I agree on the typo thing. We all make mistakes, and nobody should make a big deal out of it.

I like this new quote routine. Also the handy "bold" type showing what message is being read at the moment. Good job.

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Message 123336 (In Reply to Message 123334)


Posted by steve on Dec 19, 2003 04:12 AM | Also by steve
Gender: Male, Age Bracket: N/A, State: Virginia, Country: United States
Just so everyone knows, I am far from done with functionality on the forums and improving usability. In addition to the ability for users to edit their posts after they are visible, I will be implementing post-moderation (vs. pre-moderation) for users who play by the rules. So far I've only had to reject and had difficulty knowing where I was in the thread so I added it.

If you or anyone else have ideas for features to add or things to change let me know. Private Message or in this forum.

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Message 123337 (In Reply to Message 123334)


Posted by steve on Dec 19, 2003 04:14 AM | Also by steve
Gender: Male, Age Bracket: N/A, State: Virginia, Country: United States
Also the handy "bold" type showing what message is being read at the moment. Good job.


Thanks for noticing. Incidentally, I was inspired to add the bolding to improve usability after reading the very long Orolan's Story thread. So you have yourself to thank!

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Message 123400 (In Reply to Message 123337)


Posted by orolan on Dec 20, 2003 05:43 PM | Also by orolan
Gender: Male, Age Bracket: N/A, State: N/A, Country: United States
Funny. I found myself getting lost this last time when DP1 asked for an update, thinking "I wish there was an easier way to know where I am".

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Message 123435 (In Reply to Message 123400)
Sorry About That


Posted by dp1 on Dec 21, 2003 07:32 AM | Also by dp1
Gender: Female, Age Bracket: N/A, State: Florida, Country: United States
Maybe I should have started a new thread and called it Orolan's Story Chapter II. (LOL)

Thanks Steve for the blue stuff. I was doing pretty good till one post I noticed I forget to put the quote at the end. Oh well, no matter what you do brain farts are inevidable.

What happened to all the line graphs like in the last forum? Was that too busy for you? In long threads it seemed easier at times to follow the lines to see what or who was responding to who.

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Message 123567 (In Reply to Message 123435)


Posted by steve on Dec 22, 2003 10:39 PM | Also by steve
Gender: Male, Age Bracket: N/A, State: Virginia, Country: United States
What happened to all the line graphs like in the last forum? Was that too busy for you? In long threads it seemed easier at times to follow the lines to see what or who was responding to who.


I didn't like the lines, but I know some people did. If there's enough interest I may make them available as an option so that those that want them can have them and those that don't can leave it as is. It's not something I can just turn on though since these forums were written by me from scratch, but if people want the lines and let me know I'll bump it up the priority list.

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123286, dp1, Dec 18, 2003 02:27 PM [To Steve]
      123288, steve, Dec 18, 2003 02:58 PM
            123290, dp1, Dec 18, 2003 03:50 PM [Thanks]
                  123329, orolan, Dec 19, 2003 01:04 AM
                        123330, steve, Dec 19, 2003 01:50 AM
                              123334, orolan, Dec 19, 2003 03:50 AM
                                    123336, steve, Dec 19, 2003 04:12 AM
                                    123337, steve, Dec 19, 2003 04:14 AM
                                          123400, orolan, Dec 20, 2003 05:43 PM
                                                123435, dp1, Dec 21, 2003 07:32 AM [Sorry About That]
                                                      123567, steve, Dec 22, 2003 10:39 PM
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