{"id":12485,"date":"2010-11-07T14:07:07","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T20:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rankexploits.com\/musings\/?p=12485"},"modified":"2010-11-08T07:17:58","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08T13:17:58","slug":"comment-editing-should-be-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rankexploits.com\/musings\/2010\/comment-editing-should-be-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment Editing Should Be Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comment editing should<\/I> be back. Immediately after you enter a comment, you both an “edit” and “delete” button should appear after the time stamp for your comment. The “edit” feature has a 10 minute grace period. The “delete” feature has a 1 minute grace period. Also, even if the grace period has not lapsed, these buttons will also only appear fewer than 3 comments have been entered after yours. (This is to reduce the possibility that people get into rapid fire arguments and want to “edit” what they said 9 minutes ago, but which someone already responded to.)<\/p>\n

If you cannot see the “edit” or “delete” buttons, or if they do not work, let me know. Note: There can be weirdness if the time runs out after you load the window but before you click the edit or delete buttons. So, if you want to delete, you need to do it quickly. <\/p>\n

Just so I<\/i> remember: I had to edit line 144 in Plugin Editable Comments<\/a> to correct the bug in the time period. The orginal plugin uses $comment->comment_date. That sort of worked provided I added 6 hours to grace period for the “edit” and “delete” buttons. That’s rather pesky, and I suspect people in other time zones will be adding a different number of hours. I changed this to $comment->comment_date_gmt and now the edit and delete buttons seem to appear for the appropriate amount of time. <\/p>\n

Anyway… play with edit and delete. Also, let me know if you think the buttons need slightly longer or shorter amounts of time. Maybe 5 minutes is enough for editing and 30 seconds enough for deleting? What do you think? <\/p>\n

Update<\/b>: Where the “edit” and “delete” buttons appear:
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\nUnless you use Firefox with the plugin to highlight “nofollow” links, mostly ignore the pick. You screen won’t show pink. But it’s useful for me to explain what you are seeing.<\/p>\n

In the image above, you see a comment I entered. It shows my name in pink. This is followed by the comment number, a date and the “Edit This” button. I, Lucia, see this<\/i> button; I don’t know if Zeke sees it. Others’ should not see it. Next, in pink, you should see “Edit” and “Delete”. You should see these two buttons if<\/I> <\/p>\n