[ray]

In the classifieds section why cant we close our threads when its finished

[Dabhand16]

Not being the techie of the Crew, I'm guessing that it is probably not possible to give permissions to all members for one forum only.

It might also lead to the less disciplined closing threads that ought not to be closed and general mischief making.

[Dabhand16]

Right - just seen what prompted your post, and I've closed your thread.

[ray]

Originally Posted by Dabhand16

Right - just seen what prompted your post, and I've closed your thread.

Ok thank you, i only asked as on most forums the classifieds can be locked by the person who has put the ad in, its not a problem for me , its just a case of if you dont ask you wont know

[Chris H]

Normaly on Vbulletin only MODS and ADMIN can lock threads

( I mod on a non photography site )

If your on sites where you can lock, delete, edit or otherwise have thread control then you've been given extra rights.

I am a member of a number of sites and they don't allow that in most cases.

The one that gets me is the unusual NEW POSTS system used on Pixalo which I've seen nowhere else.

Suppose it's horses for courses and as I like this site I go with the flow

[silkstone]

Is it fact that the posts disappear from the New Posts list when you've read them that is unusual?

[Chris H]

Nope on most Vbulletin sites if you hit new posts it does almost the same as the quicklink TODAYS POSTS.

As I said no gripe just different.

If you go do the same at another site you know you'll see what I mean.

Differant doesn't always mean inferior and to be honest there are more quirks in Vbulletin than in Fords bussiness plan

[Steve]

Originally Posted by Dabhand16

Not being the techie of the Crew, I'm guessing that it is probably not possible to give permissions to all members for one forum only.

It might also lead to the less disciplined closing threads that ought not to be closed and general mischief making.

Actually we can set up that section so that anyone can open/close threads but because of the the amount of usergroups we have it would be quite a large task and also, if we are being totally honest, we like to keep a close eye on that section in particular due to the potential for abuse.

Originally Posted by C-Man

Normaly on Vbulletin only MODS and ADMIN can lock threads

( I mod on a non photography site )

If your on sites where you can lock, delete, edit or otherwise have thread control then you've been given extra rights.

I am a member of a number of sites and they don't allow that in most cases.

The one that gets me is the unusual NEW POSTS system used on Pixalo which I've seen nowhere else.

Suppose it's horses for courses and as I like this site I go with the flow

Thats probably because we use database marking instead of cookies...Pixalo never marks any threads read unless you have looked at them or they have passed a set time (from memory about a week). This means that you can come and go to the site and if you don't get chance to read all of the new posts the next time you visit they will still show as being new. On some other sites if you visit and don't get time to read them all, when you return they are still marked as read due to their use of cookies, it used to really annoy me elsewhere so we set it up this way here.

Hope that clarifies both points

[Rob Barron]

I love the way the Pixalo system works with regards the threads that have new posts in them, it is very quick and easy to see what I have or haven't looked at. I never realised it doesn't use cookies.... now I understand why there are never any crumbs on the floor in Pixalo