How to delete unwanted postings in the Forums

Client Joined: Sep 10, 2004 Posts: 166

There must be a way to delete unwanted postings in the Forums. I can prune topics older than a certain # of days, I can delete entire topics/categories and I can delete replies to postings. But I don't see an option anywhere in the Forums or in the Forum Admin area to delete an entire post. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Brent
http://www.EarthCommCenter.com

Sells PC To Pay For Divorce Joined: Posts: 5661

huh...
as far as i know i can delete everything...
it shows a x and when i click on it i can delete everything,posts,topics,categories....
or do you mean something else...?

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

Brent,

You, as admin, should see 4 icons at the bottom left of any post that you are on. They represent Delete, Move, Lock, and Split at the topic level. Just click the X and follow the yellow brick road or the white rabbit, which ever you prefer Wink

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:18 pm

Well I created a post and then I replied to that post. When I view it, there is an X for the reply so I can delete the reply, but there isn't an X on the first post, so I don't see a way to delete the first post. There are also other posts where I don't see any X's at all!

Feel free to take a look at my site at http://www.EarthCommCenter.com in the Forums area

Thanks,

Brent

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:22 pm

Only Admins have access to the 4 icons that I am referring to. Look at the bottom, not the individual posts.

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:23 pm

brentnhunter wrote:

Well I created a post and then I replied to that post. When I view it, there is an X for the reply so I can delete the reply, but there isn't an X on the first post, so I don't see a way to delete the first post. There are also other posts where I don't see any X's at all!

Feel free to take a look at my site at http://www.EarthCommCenter.com in the Forums area

Thanks,

Brent

Then you are not logged in as admin or you do not have admin rights.

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:26 pm

now that would be funny.... Embarassed

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:04 pm

Raven wrote:

Brent,

You, as admin, should see 4 icons at the bottom left of any post that you are on. They represent Delete, Move, Lock, and Split at the topic level. Just click the X and follow the yellow brick road or the white rabbit, which ever you prefer Wink

'tis funny, I replied before seeing your reply Raven! But then I went and looked and sure enough, I didn't have any of the options at the bottom of the screen. I figured I was an Admin for sure (how else could I have created and customized the whole forum area?) but when I went into the Forum Admin area I saw that my id was not in fact a Moderator (I didn't see any other option than being a Moderator). After changing myself to a Moderator, I could see the cool little options at the bottom of the screen and I could also delete the posts, which I did.

Now my only question is why was I able to do everything in the forums that I did (I created the whole structure of topics, etc.)??

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:12 pm

to do just that you need to be in the forum admin area,but playing god in the forum as moderator you need to be loggged in as member but set as moderator in the forum config....
and do we all understand this..? Cheers

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:16 pm

Aha, ok thanks, I'll drink to that!

Cheers!

Brent

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:20 pm

yeah but do that after you touched the settings.... Groovy

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:35 pm

(*chuckle*)

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:59 pm

Use phpMyAdmin, modify the 'users' table and change your user_level to 2.

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 4:01 pm

thats cheating....... ROTFL

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 4:19 pm

Thanks... although I already set myself up as a Moderator in the Forums Admin menus...

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:28 pm

A moderator is a 3 and is not the same as an Admin.

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:31 pm

An Admin is higher then? How do I set myself up as an Admin? Is is only done through phpMyAdmin? And if an Admin's user_level is 2 in the users table, what is a 1?

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:42 pm

Sometimes nuke doesn't update the user_level like it should. Never have known why. In any event, that's the sure way Wink

A moderator is the next step DOWN in authority from an Administrator. A 1 is a normal user. I don't make the rules Laughing

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:40 pm

Cool, I was a 3, now I'm a 2.

Cheers!