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Archive forum posts and turn off ability to add additional comments
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Gary Simon
Would be nice to have an archive for old posts that would retain the discussion chain but not allow further comments to be added. The only choice today seems to actually delete them when they are no longer as relevant or the topic has been beaten to death.
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Webmaster Villages of Long Point Bay
Being able to turn off comments would be a HUGE upgrade. Thanks for considering it!
Wes Cossick
Linda Graumann
Agreed!
Meredith Owens
Meredith Owens
Would you please explain this request further? Is your request to archive forum posts?
Darius Riley
@Meredith Owens: Yes, kind of. We had a situation where a post got a lot of heated argument and then the original poster deleted it. Now we may need to refer to those posts in order to take action or defend ourselves in a complaint. It would be great if all community forum posts got archived, even if deleted off the page. Somewhere for admin reference if needed.
Meredith Owens
@Darius Riley: Thank you for explaining this further. I'm afraid we don't have plans to implement a separate archive for forum posts, and we're not able to retrieve individual content that's deleted. However, we are considering adding the capability to turn off members being able to add additional forum comments to a post.
If implemented, this would allow you to keep a record of that post and all of the comments that were added without needing to remove the topic. You could also always go back to reference it.
We'll be merging your post with that one here: https://feedback.hoa-express.com/feature-requests/p/turn-off-ability-to-add-additional-forum-comments.
Meredith Owens
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Rich Phillips
Meredith, that method works and I can work with it. Thanks. Rich
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Rich Phillips
Hi Meredith, I've tried to transfer from a published documents page to an unpublished Archive page. The drop down transfer menu does not offer/display the unpublished Archive page. Is there some way to
accomplish this? I want the Archive page to remain unpublished. Thanks Rich
Meredith Owens
@Rich Phillips: Thank you for explaining this further. I'm afraid you can only transfer documents to published "Documents" pages on your website. Therefore, I would recommend publishing your archive page long enough to transfer those documents over, then unpublishing it again after completing this action.
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Rich Phillips
Meredith, thanks for your response. I have already done exactly what you proposed; created an archive folder. When I attempt to transfer an old document from an existing document page to the archive folder the archive folder does not show up in the drop down menu. How do I transfer an old document from a document page to the archive folder?
Meredith Owens
@Rich Phillips: Since folders themselves don't contain content, you wouldn't transfer the document to the folder. Rather, you could transfer the file to a "Documents" page you add under an "Archive Documents" folder.
For example, if you had added a "Documents" page for "Previous Meeting Minutes," you could transfer the document there.
Jim Tomasetti
This would make my life a lot easier. Today I have to copy and paste them into a general text page. This is limited because you can't move it back if the topic heats up again.
Lori McKague
@Jim Tomasetti: I do this exact same thing. It would be nice to turn forums off and on like we can with surveys.
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