[RESOLVED] Unresolved button

[Yumby]

Is there an unresolved button? Or did I miss it somewhere along the line? The kind of button that allows the thread starter to unresolve a resolved thread. I did a search and saw that some threads did have UNRESOLVED in the titles. So is it still here on this forum?

[brad jones]

Thread started can simply edit the thread title.

Brad!

[Yumby]

Oh well there you go. I was wondering why some of them were uppercase and some were lowercase. Now I know. Thanks Brad.

[Yumby]

Hang on a minute. I must be doing something wrong. I edited the title but it didn't show up in the main page. It only showed up in the actual thread as a post. Is there something else I should be doing?

[RobDog888]

Hang on a minute. I must be doing something wrong. I edited the title but it didn't show up in the main page. It only showed up in the actual thread as a post. Is there something else I should be doing?

I believe there is a permissions issue or bug. I think PowerPosters can edit the first post title and it updates both the thread title and post title. If others do it it only is the post title and not the thread title.

I see this on some other vB boards too so Im inclined to think its a bug or incorrectly setup perrmissions usergroup.

[MartinLiss]

I believe there is a permissions issue or bug. I think PowerPosters can edit the first post title and it updates both the thread title and post title. If others do it it only is the post title and not the thread title.

I see this on some other vB boards too so Im inclined to think its a bug or incorrectly setup perrmissions usergroup.

No. When I change a thread's title via Edit|Go Advanced on the 1st post it only affects the 1st post.

[RobDog888]

Well we are mod staff. A Thread title and a first post title are not the same field in the database. This has to be tested under a non-power poster / non-mod staff account.

[Nightwalker83]

I believe there is a permissions issue or bug. I think PowerPosters can edit the first post title and it updates both the thread title and post title.

Yes, that is correct! I changed the title of one of my threads yesterday. It changes the thread title but leave any replies already in the thread before the change with te old title.

[brucevde]

Martin as requested, I changed the title of the first post in the following thread (simply moved the word [Resolved] from the beginning of the title to the end). The change did not affect any other posts/replies

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=549385

[Yumby]

Well we are mod staff. A Thread title and a first post title are not the same field in the database. This has to be tested under a non-power poster / non-mod staff account.

If you still need some tests done, I can probably help out.

[RobDog888]

Yes, that is correct! I changed the title of one of my threads yesterday. It changes the thread title but leave any replies already in the thread before the change with te old title.

This is correct. It does not update all posts with new titles. Should only be updating the first post's title and thread title.

[RobDog888]

Hang on a minute. I must be doing something wrong. I edited the title but it didn't show up in the main page. It only showed up in the actual thread as a post. Is there something else I should be doing?

Look at this thread and seems it is acting correctly.

You were saying that the first post's title was not reflecting in the forum view's thread title?

[Yumby]

Look at this thread and seems it is acting correctly.
You were saying that the first post's title was not reflecting in the forum view's thread title?

My objective was to find a way to change the threads title from Resolved to Unresolved. For threads that I had prematurely used the "Mark Thread Resolved" link on. So, I don't think it is correct unless I'm mistaken. In post #3 of this thread it says...

Re: [Resolved] Unresolved button

But this title is not shown in any of the other posts on this thread or on the main page of this forum (http://www.vbforums.com/index.php).

I hope that helps, let me know if it doesn't.

[Yumby]

I should point out that I was editing the title after I clicked on the "Post Reply" button. So now I'll try and edit the title using the "Edit" button in my first post.

[RobDog888]

Looks like its working correctly. First posts title and thread title are changed to start with "Test". Any new posts after your edit will contain the new title (this post will show it).

[Yumby]

You're right RobDog888. So the correct answer is to always use the Edit button > Go Advanced in the very first post of a thread and then change the title?

[Nightwalker83]

You're right RobDog888. So the correct answer is to always use the Edit button > Go Advanced in the very first post of a thread and then change the title?

Yes, that is how to modify the thread title!

[Yumby]

Cool. Thanks for the help guys.

[wossname]

At Marty's request I altered one of my thread's Subject lines to

"[Mostly Serious] New computer - suggestions please"

However all of the posts after the OP remained as they were.

[MartinLiss]

At Marty's request I altered one of my thread's Subject lines to

"[Mostly Serious] New computer - suggestions please"

However all of the posts after the OP remained as they were.

Thanks.

[Nightwalker83]

Thanks.

I was thinking that shouldn't there be a sub-forum in chitchat for serious threads? Threads that aren't asking for technical help, etc but are asking for people's opinions on a particular piece of hardware, etc.

[MartinLiss]

I was thinking that shouldn't there be a sub-forum in chitchat for serious threads? Threads that aren't asking for technical help, etc but are asking for people's opinions on a particular piece of hardware, etc.

That would be a General PC question.

[Nightwalker83]

That would be a General PC question.

What if the question needs a serious answer but has nothing to do with computers?

[MartinLiss]

What if the question needs a serious answer but has nothing to do with computers?

Google.

[DeanMc]

Generally GenDev if it is loosely related to programming or IT. Although to be honest if a thread is serious enough I think it is mostly respected in CC.