How To: Lock Editing

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How can I lock editing of original post? Let's say somene posts their question. How can I make it so they only have one day to edit their original post, then editing locks? They can still make comments, just not edit their original post?

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Sergey Stukov co-founder
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At this moment UserEcho auto-lock topics after 2 hours for regular users. Only users with admin rights able to edit topics all time.

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Sergey Stukov co-founder
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At this moment UserEcho auto-lock topics after 2 hours for regular users. Only users with admin rights able to edit topics all time.

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François Dubé

Is it possible to either customize or entirely remove that 2h auto-lock limit?

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Vladimir Mullagaliyev co-founder
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Is it possible to either customize or entirely remove that 2h auto-lock limit?

It is not possible now. We are considering about additional settings for this parameter.

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Terry Gauchat
  • I support the idea of custom edit time window, perhaps determined by the User Rating.

  • Additionally or alternatively, a user should be allowed to add a Comment to their Topic / Post, even before moderation, in case they discover new information or even fix their own problem. Topics are "living documents" ... often a customer will post a Topic (or open a Ticket) very quickly while they are still searching for other answers and workaround. ... and, indeed, often they find a solution or a community user provides an Answer in a different Topic.

  • How very ironic... I discovered that, indeed, "Replies" to one's own Topic are actually allowed, even after I made this post here! So the above bullet is not relevant -- already possible, thanks.