Supporting Members Can Now Open / Close Their Own Threads

Tombstone · Post by **Tombstone** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:05 am

Hi All,

We talked about this way back when. If you create a new thread and you are a supporting member, you can now close it and/or re-open it when the time is right.

This gives you a little more flexibility in case the thread goes awry or off topic. :p

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:15 am

thank you boss for another excellent job well done!:-6

nice feature!

Post by **spot** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:20 am

Tombstone;1320113 wrote: Hi All,

We talked about this way back when. If you create a new thread and you are a supporting member, you can now close it and/or re-open it when the time is right.

This gives you a little more flexibility in case the thread goes awry or off topic. :p

In terms of flexibility - and I do like what you've just done - could it extend to splitting such threads too? That, rather than closing, is the effective management tool for politely retaining focus within a thread.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:23 am

Tombstone;1320113 wrote: Hi All,

We talked about this way back when. If you create a new thread and you are a supporting member, you can now close it and/or re-open it when the time is right.

This gives you a little more flexibility in case the thread goes awry or off topic. :p

Nice feature------------thanks

Tombstone · Post by **Tombstone** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:35 am

Odie;1320120 wrote: thank you boss for another excellent job well done!:-6

nice feature!

Tnx!

Tombstone · Post by **Tombstone** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:37 am

spot;1320121 wrote: In terms of flexibility - and I do like what you've just done - could it extend to splitting such threads too? That, rather than closing, is the effective management tool for politely retaining focus within a thread.

Done! (vBulletin dropped the split nomenclature...but now you can "move" your own threads now.)

Tombstone · Post by **Tombstone** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:37 am

Lon;1320122 wrote: Nice feature------------thanks

You're welcome!

Post by **spot** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:41 am

Tombstone;1320127 wrote: Done! (vBulletin dropped the split nomenclature...but now you can "move" your own threads now.)

You do pull surprising rabbits out of your hat sometimes. If there were a Magician group you'd definitely qualify for membership.

beep · Post by **beep** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:42 am

spot;1320121 wrote: In terms of flexibility - and I do like what you've just done - could it extend to splitting such threads too? That, rather than closing, is the effective management tool for politely retaining focus within a thread.

Looking into this more. Looks like they killed the "split" function several years ago. There was a real problem with renumbering and other stats. I'll keep an eye open for a mod hack.

(BTW - This is my wife's test account.) Tombstone

Post by **spot** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:45 am

beep;1320132 wrote: (BTW - This is my wife's test account.) Tombstone

Crossdresser!!

eta: Splitting threads is definitely there for FG moderators, we used it frequently. A control box against each post in the thread, and a pull-down menu with Move (to a new thread) and Merge (into another thread). Maybe Move is the right term but it's not the same as "move the thread from this forum area to another", that's a forum-area-view tool rather than a thread-view tool.

Tombstone · Post by **Tombstone** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:45 am

spot;1320131 wrote: You do pull surprising rabbits out of your hat sometimes. If there were a Magician group you'd definitely qualify for membership.

Hopefully I'm not pulling out Black Swans. :0

Tombstone · Post by **Tombstone** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:46 am

spot;1320133 wrote: Crossdresser!!

Ha! I'm afraid my frame doesn't quite allow for that.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:52 am

[QUOTE=spot;1320131]You do pull surprising rabbits out of your hat sometimes. [QUOTE]

Rabbits rule!

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:02 pm

Excellent, Tombstone. Thank you!

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 6:46 am

Tombstone;1320113 wrote: Hi All,

We talked about this way back when. If you create a new thread and you are a supporting member, you can now close it and/or re-open it when the time is right.

This gives you a little more flexibility in case the thread goes awry or off topic. :p

How do you close/open/move your own thread?

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:12 pm

Kathy Ellen;1321553 wrote: How do you close/open/move your own thread?

Hi Kathy, Tombstone here to help you, go to your first post, you'll see the word 'administrative' at the top, just click on that.

psst....don't tell him I was him today, wow, feels good to hold the reins.:sneaky:

:yh_rotfl

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:21 am

Odie;1321595 wrote: Hi Kathy, Tombstone here to help you, go to your first post, you'll see the word 'administrative' at the top, just click on that.

psst....don't tell him I was him today, wow, feels good to hold the reins.:sneaky:

:yh_rotfl

Thank you Odie. I learn something new each day.