Simviation Forums

by **Flying Trucker** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 6:39 pm

Good evening all... <<s

Just a couple of questions.

(1) When I submit a post and I want to Edit that post I can do it usually right away.
However today I shut the computer off and went back to add some information like Province and Country and I could not find the Edit at the top right side of the
page.
Is there a time limit of some sort for doing and Edit to a post?

(2) I have accumulated several User Names from either typing in the wrong one or for some other reason. This is in the Log In section for the Forums and I would
like to Delete all but the one I use.
I can't seem to Delete these. Is there a reason or something I am doing wrong?

Thanks in advance for any help...

by **Fozzer** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:31 am

Doug....

I think you will find, that unfortunately, The Forum program is coded in a way that prevents us from editing or deleting our Posts after a very short time has elapsed.

It has been mentioned many times in the past, as it is rather annoying when one has spotted a silly mistake in the post, and there is no way of editing it!

It regularly applies to me!

Sim V is the only Forum I have come across which has this time limit applied for editing a post.

(Pete is the only one who can alter the way that the Forum works.).

I find the only cure is to Preview the post many times before and after posting, and correct any mistakes before the time runs out...that time is VERY short!!

Paul.

by **Hagar** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:41 am

From experience Paul is correct. There appears to be a brief time limit during which a post can be edited. The Edit option also disappears if you log out of the forum & return. The big advantage of this being that the original topic cannot be removed by the original poster after it has been answered as so often happened on the old forum.*

I can't answer question #2.

Pete would be the best person to answer both questions. He is more likely to notice this topic if it is moved to Site Questions & Feedback.

*Note that as an experiment I edited this reply after Fozzer's second reply was posted. This is indicated by the time I edited it shown in italics below my reply.

by **Fozzer** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:54 am

I suspect that there is an option in the Sim V Forum Bulletin Board https://www.phpbb.com/ that enables the Webmaster to select certain options in the program, one of which may be to allow a time limit (edit, delete, etc), to be applied, or not.

Tick the box....

...!

Paul.

by **Flying Trucker** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 7:46 am

Thanks Paul and Doug for the replies, much appreciated as I was beginning to think it was me and my electronic gizmo at fault... :doh:

My old grey matter is not working at 100% like it used to do.

Often I add the location of a simulated flight and usually add the Province and Country along with the airport name.
Kingston Airport, Province of Ontario, Canada for example.

This time I forgot and did not notice the Province and Country were missing, that's is what brought this topic about when I could not find the Edit Button in the top right corner... :violin: