Edit locked posts

[MarshallBanana]

hey, I'm looking for a way to let members edit their posts after they've been locked.  Don't know if anything like this exists, but any help would be appreciated.  Don't think it's too complicated.

[Grudge]

Don't know why you would want to but...

open modifymessage.php

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   if ($row['locked'] == 1 && $settings[7] != 'Administrator' && $settings[7] != 'Global Moderator' && !in_array($username, $moderators))
      fatal_error($txt[90]);

and either remove it or comment it out (surround in /* */)

NOTE: It appears TWICE in modifymessage.php so delete both versions (or comment out both versions!)

Open up display.php and search for:

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      if (!$mstate || $settings[7] == 'Administrator' || $settings[7] == 'Global Moderator' || in_array($username,$moderators)){         $messageButtons[] = '<a href="' . $cgi . ';action=post;threadid=' . $viewnum . ';quote=' . $mid . ';title=' . URLencode($txt[116]) . ';start=' . $start . ';sesc=' . $sc . '">' . $img['replyquote'] . '</a>';
         if (in_array($username, $moderators) || $settings[7] == 'Administrator' || $settings[7] == 'Global Moderator' || ($ID_MEMBER == $muserID && $ID_MEMBER != -1))
         {
            $messageButtons[] = '<a href="' . $cgi . ';action=modify;msg=' . $mid . ';threadid=' . $viewnum . ';start=' . $start . ';sesc=' . $sc . '">' . $img['modify'] . '</a>';
            $messageButtons[] = '<a href="javascript:DoConfirm(\'' . $txt[154] . "?','" . $cgi . ';action=modify2;threadid=' . $viewnum . ';msg=' . $mid . ';d=1;start=' . $start . ';sesc=' . $sc . '\');">' . $img['delete'] . '</a>';
         }
         if (in_array($username, $moderators) || $settings[7] == 'Administrator' || $settings[7] == 'Global Moderator')
            $messageButtons[] = '<a href="' . $cgi . ';action=splitthreads;thread=' . $viewnum . ';at=' . $mid . '">' . $img['split'] . '</a>';
      }

and replace with:

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      if (!$mstate || $settings[7] == 'Administrator' || $settings[7] == 'Global Moderator' || in_array($username,$moderators))
      {
         $messageButtons[] = '<a href="' . $cgi . ';action=post;threadid=' . $viewnum . ';quote=' . $mid . ';title=' . URLencode($txt[116]) . ';start=' . $start . ';sesc=' . $sc . '">' . $img['replyquote'] . '</a>';
}
         if (in_array($username, $moderators) || $settings[7] == 'Administrator' || $settings[7] == 'Global Moderator' || ($ID_MEMBER == $muserID && $ID_MEMBER != -1))
         {
            $messageButtons[] = '<a href="' . $cgi . ';action=modify;msg=' . $mid . ';threadid=' . $viewnum . ';start=' . $start . ';sesc=' . $sc . '">' . $img['modify'] . '</a>';
            $messageButtons[] = '<a href="javascript:DoConfirm(\'' . $txt[154] . "?','" . $cgi . ';action=modify2;threadid=' . $viewnum . ';msg=' . $mid . ';d=1;start=' . $start . ';sesc=' . $sc . '\');">' . $img['delete'] . '</a>';
         }
         if (in_array($username, $moderators) || $settings[7] == 'Administrator' || $settings[7] == 'Global Moderator')
            $messageButtons[] = '<a href="' . $cgi . ';action=splitthreads;thread=' . $viewnum . ';at=' . $mid . '">' . $img['split'] . '</a>';
      

(Basically moved the if state to only cover the top button)

Anyway - this SHOULD work but as always I haven't tested it

[MarshallBanana]

Why I would want to:

I run a poetry message board, and suddenly we have a flood of young members. Some of them... have issues with proofreading their posts before they post them. Normally it wouldn't be a huge issue, but it has gotten so bad that we added a rule that mods could lock a poem with excessive spelling and grammatical errors until the user cleans it up. The problem is... they can't clean it up if it's locked

[Grudge]

ah ha - nice idea

Did the code I posted work then? If not I shall try again