[wp-forums] Editing Forum Sticky Posts?

Mika A Epstein ipstenu at ipstenu.org
Fri Sep 28 15:15:21 UTC 2012


Sure :D Easy enough to delete for us ;) Just toss the link up.

(This is one case where it's very reasonable to say 'Delete my post 
please' ;) )

Gary Gale wrote:
>
> Excellent; I end up with the desired result so if you're happy to 
> delete it, I can easily create a new one. I'll get a new post up and 
> suitably sticky over the weekend (it's coming to the end of a long 
> long week over here in the UK) and then let you know the URL of the 
> one to be deleted and you can work your admin magic.
>
> Thanks for this and double thanks for the quick reply.
>
> -Gary
>
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> On 28 Sep 2012, at 16:08, Mika A Epstein wrote:
>
>>
>> We could delete it and you can make a new one, or if you want to send 
>> the new text, I suspect we can edit it for you. It may be an 'admin 
>> only' thing, though I know even I can't reopen a 12month old sticky 
>> to edit it.
>>
>> Gary Gale wrote:
>>>
>>> I try to keep a close eye on the forums for the couple of plugins 
>>> I've written and the (not so) new concept of sticky posts is an 
>>> excellent one. So I've set up a sticky post along the lines of 
>>> "please read this first before posting" detailing plugin specific 
>>> information which makes dealing with support threads so much easier 
>>> ... assuming people read the sticky post first that is!
>>>
>>> But over time, that information isn't as up to date as it can be. I 
>>> could unset the sticky flag and gradually let the post float 
>>> downwards as people post new stuff and create a new sticky post to 
>>> supercede the original ... but is there any way I can edit/update a 
>>> sticky post that I've posted (and which is on a forum for a plugin 
>>> that I've written)?
>>>
>>> I'm expecting the answer to be "no, that's not the way the forums 
>>> code works" but there's (hopefully) no harm in asking ...
>>>
>>> -Gary
>>>
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