Problem with post

Roland Thunder · January 21, 2012, 12:58 AM

I edited my post and changed the title to SPF (sold pending funds), it shows WTS when I display all the threads in the category but when I click on it it shows SPF. What did I do wrong or how can I get it to show SPF on the page that lists all the threads in the category.

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=475671

http://thefiringline.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=17

**Bud Helms** · January 21, 2012, 06:29 AM

On the forum title display page, double click in the row of your title, but not on the title (click next to the title). That will display the title in an edit pane which will allow you to edit the title.

**Mal H** · January 21, 2012, 11:44 AM

Bud - that's in the "Moderator's Book of Secrets".

(Actually, only mods and admins can use that method to edit a thread title after the timeout period which is the main reason he can't get the edit to propagate to the index page.)

Greg - the reason you can't edit a thread title is because the edit window is only about 12 hours long. After that time, you can edit the title, but it is only the post title you are editing. It won't show up in the forum thread listing.

That is one reason we implemented the function for members to close their own Gun Show threads. See item #3 in the Gun Show rules thread. A closed thread is a very good external indicator that the sale is done, withdrawn, etc, in fact, it being one of the forum rules, we insist that members do it. Give it a try.

**Bud Helms** · January 21, 2012, 12:42 PM

Aha!

January 21, 2012, 12:58 AM	#1
Roland Thunder Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2010 Location: Gwinnett County Georgia Posts: 1,136	Problem with post I edited my post and changed the title to SPF (sold pending funds), it shows WTS when I display all the threads in the category but when I click on it it shows SPF. What did I do wrong or how can I get it to show SPF on the page that lists all the threads in the category. http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=475671 http://thefiringline.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=17 __________________ Do not follow where the path may lead, go, instead where there is no path and leave a trail - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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January 21, 2012, 06:29 AM	#2
Bud Helms Senior Member Join Date: December 31, 1999 Location: Middle Georgia, USA Posts: 13,198	On the forum title display page, double click in the row of your title, but not on the title (click next to the title). That will display the title in an edit pane which will allow you to edit the title.

January 21, 2012, 11:44 AM	#3
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,947	Bud - that's in the "Moderator's Book of Secrets". (Actually, only mods and admins can use that method to edit a thread title after the timeout period which is the main reason he can't get the edit to propagate to the index page.) Greg - the reason you can't edit a thread title is because the edit window is only about 12 hours long. After that time, you can edit the title, but it is only the post title you are editing. It won't show up in the forum thread listing. That is one reason we implemented the function for members to close their own Gun Show threads. See item #3 in the Gun Show rules thread. A closed thread is a very good external indicator that the sale is done, withdrawn, etc, in fact, it being one of the forum rules, we insist that members do it. Give it a try.

January 21, 2012, 12:42 PM	#4
Bud Helms Senior Member Join Date: December 31, 1999 Location: Middle Georgia, USA Posts: 13,198	Aha!