"reply to this topic"

When the thread is closed....

[pendanticist]

I'll bet, as a collective there are lots and lots of folks clicked thru (just like I did), only to find the thread is dead.

This is a technological question about removing the "reply to this topic" if the thread is closed.

Can 'ya do it, Brett?

Pendanticist.

[Brett_Tabke]

It is removed pendanticist. Here's the rub:

- you press reply and the form window opens.
- you take 4-5mins to work up a reply.
- during that time, the thread is closed and the reply link removed.
- so, you press submit and it says it's closed.

I don't know of a way to reach out and let you know it is locked.

[pendanticist]

It is removed pendanticist. Here's the rub:
- you press reply and the form window opens.
- you take 4-5mins to work up a reply.
- during that time, the thread is closed and the reply link removed.
- so, you press submit and it says it's closed.

I don't know of a way to reach out and let you know it is locked.

Are you saying that all those many times I clicked thru (never said anything about posting), to find those posts closed - were all due to happenstance?

Pendanticist.

[cornwall]

- you press reply and the form window opens.
- you take 4-5mins to work up a reply.
- during that time, the thread is closed and the reply link removed.
- so, you press submit and it says it's closed.

Been there and done that a number of times...but in all honesty I was aware most times that the thread probably should have been closed, and that I should not have been replying - still tempted though ;)

[Brett_Tabke]

Yep - that's the way it works.

minor request: if the previous message is in the thread? please don't quote the whole thing ;-) We've all been doing that lately. It chews disk space/resources, causes topics to wander, and really isn't necc when the previous msg is right there. Just do the

>previous stuff

type quoting for snips in the same thread. It's not just you guys - there's alot of people doing it...hence, normally I'd say something in private, but there are so many now... thanks guys.

[pendanticist]

I said:

Are you saying that all those many times I clicked thru (never said anything about posting), to find those posts closed - were all due to happenstance?

To whit, you said:

"Yep - that's the way it works."

I say:

[webmasterworld.com...] msg#12

scroll down to the end and click "reply to this topic" and you'll get this:

[webmasterworld.com...]

Granted, this is an older post, but none-the-less indicative of my initial question. So, I'll ask again, why can't you just hang a little low-bandwidth icon in place of "reply to this topic", so that after a post has been closed we don't all have to needlessly click thru to find out what only you (as far as I'm concerned) know?

Pendanticist.

[anallawalla]

I have a related question. Why are old threads closed automatically? I sometimes see an interesting old topic that I want to follow up.