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iac1003
10-12-2015, 01:01 PM
I can edit the body of a post but I can't figure out how to update the post's title like we could on the old forum.

EvilGreebo
10-12-2015, 01:50 PM
One of the more annoying functions of this software. After a while, you can't. :(

What was the change you wanted?

iac1003
10-12-2015, 02:21 PM
One of the more annoying functions of this software. After a while, you can't. :(

What was the change you wanted?

I wanted to update the title of my thread in Frugal Living from something like Getting ready to sell my house to Update: we signed a contract on our house. But really, it is unnecessary if the few others following the thread keep seeing it being updated and read my posts.

So thanks for letting me know this can't be done. It's just one of those things.

CookieB
10-12-2015, 02:52 PM
I had a similar problem in the Emergency Preparedness forums.

One thread is forever stuck on Week Two.
I created a new thread and tried to link the two together.
EvilGreebo, is there any chance you would just merge the two threads together and get rid of the one titled 'Week Two'?

EvilGreebo
10-13-2015, 07:32 AM
Ok, I've made some changes.

If I've done this right, thread titles can be edited for something on the order of a few thousand years. (What exactly is 9999999999999999 minutes in years anyway?)

BUT you must edit the thread's OP in advanced mode to do it.

EvilGreebo
10-13-2015, 07:35 AM
BTW good use of thread tagging here to get my attention

spoiled_lil_boy
10-13-2015, 09:33 AM
(What exactly is 9999999999999999 minutes in years anyway?)

19,025,875,190.25875

Of course, that's based on 365-day years. There are a few billion leap years in there, so you'd have to factor that in to get a really accurate number.

EvilGreebo
10-13-2015, 09:35 AM
Hmm. Do you think that's too long to allow a user to edit a thread title?

spoiled_lil_boy
10-13-2015, 10:02 AM
Probably, considering in about 10% of that time the sun will become a red giant and expand past the orbit of the earth.

EvilGreebo
10-13-2015, 10:15 AM
Oh.

Well...

... self correcting problem then... ;)

CookieB
10-13-2015, 06:33 PM
Ok, I've made some changes.

If I've done this right, thread titles can be edited for something on the order of a few thousand years. (What exactly is 9999999999999999 minutes in years anyway?)

BUT you must edit the thread's OP in advanced mode to do it.

Thanks so much EvilGreebo.

I still can't find any way to edit the title of this thread even in Advanced Edit: 52-week-Emergency-Preparedness-Challenge-Week-Two-Update&p=50035#post50035 (http://www.debtfreefanatics.com/showthread.php?2740-52-week-Emergency-Preparedness-Challenge-Week-Two-Update&p=50035#post50035)

I want to edit out the number Two.

I'll keep trying to figure out what I'm missing.

EvilGreebo
10-13-2015, 09:12 PM
Strange. You should be able to.

EvilGreebo
10-13-2015, 09:15 PM
Try now? I changed the number, just try to make some small title update in the advanced editor please

CookieB
10-13-2015, 09:27 PM
Try now? I changed the number, just try to make some small title update in the advanced editor please

Yea! That worked! Thank you. :joyous: