Editing a post when edit comments are required

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Edoardo Posted: Mon, Apr 2 2007 11:14 AM

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When you set the global forum policies to require (and display) edit notes and you try to edit a post without edit notes, you cycle back to the same page with no notification of the missing comments nor red asterisk (required field).

Also... what exactly is the difference between "edit notes" and "current edit notes"?
If "current" means pre-existing, why is it in an editable box?

Thank you.

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Edoardo replied on Mon, Apr 2 2007 4:04 PM

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Furthermore, the "display edit notes" setting in the Global Forum Settings is not honored.
When enabled the edit notes are not shown.

Am I missing something?

Thank

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Wyatt Preul replied on Thu, Apr 5 2007 11:14 AM

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I filed the issue about the edit notes error message not being filed as item #5402.  However, I was unable to reproduce your issue with the display edit notes not being honored.  If I select just this option they are displayed.  Are you not experiencing this behavior?

Thanks,

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Wyatt Preul replied on Thu, Apr 5 2007 11:40 AM

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There is a requirefieldValidator on the web/themes/default/forums/createeditpost.aspx page next to the Edit Notes textbox.  You simply need to add an ErrorMessage in this control.

Let me know if you have any questions,

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Edoardo replied on Sun, Apr 8 2007 12:35 PM

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Uhm... I'm not sure I'm following you.

I enabled the "display edit notes" option in the "global forum settings" and I expected the edit notes to show up on the messages but it does not.
Is this to be expected? If so, what is the use of that option?

Thank you!

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Wyatt Preul replied on Mon, Apr 9 2007 10:16 AM

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Are you referring to private messages or forum posts?

Whenever you enable the Display Edit Notes option you should see an input box whenever you click the Edit button on a forum post.  This is used to explain the reason why you are changing a post.

Please let me know if this helps.

Thanks,

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Edoardo replied on Mon, Apr 9 2007 8:00 PM

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I'm talking about forum posts.

Ah! Are you telling me that the "display edit notes" affects the editing form? I was believing that the intended effect was to diplay something on the modified post in order to show it was modified.

Is it this way?

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Wyatt Preul replied on Tue, Apr 10 2007 10:16 AM

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Correct, it is for displaying the Edit Notes input box on the form.

Thanks,

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bvregille replied on Fri, Apr 27 2007 3:29 AM

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Wyatt,

I have the same problem with Edit Notes. I would like to show to users when a post was edited by a moderator. Actually, only a moderator is able to see the Edit Note he created when editing a post. But is it possible to also show the edit note to all users ? Or to at least have a sign showing who and when the post was edited ?

We rae running 2.1 SP3

Thanks !

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Wyatt Preul replied on Fri, Apr 27 2007 9:49 AM

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With Community Server 2007 this is actually quite easy to do.

If you edit Themes\default\Forums\thread-flatview.ascx and Themes\default\Forums\thread-threadedview.ascx then you can replace the following:

<CSForum:ForumPostData Property="EditNotes" runat="server">
    <DisplayConditions><CSForum:ForumConfigurationPropertyValueComparison runat="server" ComparisonProperty="DisplayEditNotesInPost" 
        Operator="IsSetOrTrue" /></DisplayConditions>
    <LeaderTemplate><br /><br /></LeaderTemplate>
</CSForum:ForumPostData>

You can replace the above code with the following: 

<CSControl:PostData Property="EditNotes" runat="server" />