Limited edit time

[chaozz]

i would like users to be able to edit their post for a period of time. in phpBB this option could be added with a mod, so i guess it could be done for yabb too..

what i mean is this:
if a user posts something offensive, and i (as a moderator) edit his post, but don't close the thread, than he can re-edit his post and remove what i wrote.

i would like to be able to set a time, say 10 minutes. after that, a user can no longer edit his own post.


can this be done?

[Spaceman-Spiff]

open ModifyMessage.php
search for

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  $lastmodification = (isset($row['modifiedTime']) ? timeformat($row['modifiedTime']) : '-');
add before

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  $maxEditTime = 10;   // in minutes
  if ($row['ID_MEMBER'] == $ID_MEMBER && $row['posterTime'] < (time() - 60 * $maxEditTime) && $settings[7] != 'Administrator' && $settings[7] != 'Global Moderator' && !in_array($username, $moderators))
     fatal_error("You are not allowed to edit your post after ".$maxEditTime." minutes.");

[chaozz]

excellent! thank you. will test it once my host is back up..

[Surfy]

should this also work in YaBB 1.4.1??

Great little Mod!!

Surfy

[Spaceman-Spiff]

not sure, why don't u try it?
i think it will work fine...

[Surfy]

it woks well  

thx a lot!!

[Surfy]

Big trouble:

Now i cant edit my own Post... I am Admin...

Surfy

[chaozz]

there should be made a difference between a moderator/admin and a normal user.

[Spaceman-Spiff]

modified the code above

[Surfy]

it must be a little bug.. now all can edit their Posts angain

[Surfy]

Now all works well!!  

Thank you!


Surfy

[chaozz]

this indeed works excellent. but i also read the topic about disabling users to delete their posts. this seems to affect the same part of code.

could someone combine these codes so users can:
- only edit withing 10 minutes
- not delete their posts

i know i'm pushing the envelope, so if you're tired of coding, let me know..