SOLVED W/EGG ON FACE: Leave Shadow Copy - Remove Shadow Copy

forum5 · Post by **forum5** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:41 am

Is it obvious and I am the only one that can't see it? I've looked everywhere but obviously not the right place.

I moved a post from Forum 'A' to Forum 'B' and clicked "Leave Shadow Copy'.

Now, I changed my mind. I want to remove the shadow copy left in Forum 'A' however, I want the original post, that has been moved to 'B', to stay in place.

How can I do this?

~AJK~ · Post by **~AJK~** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:44 am

Delete post A.

forum5 · Post by **forum5** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:00 am

~AJK~ wrote: Delete post A.

I was under the impression that the original post was moved to Forum 'B' and a link was placed in Forum A'.

When one opens the post in Forum 'A' you are actually directed to the post in Forum 'B'. If you delete it you will be deleting both.

~AJK~ · Post by **~AJK~** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:17 pm

You are just deleting the link. Create a test forum/post/shadow and see for yourself.

forum5 · Post by **forum5** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:47 am

~AJK~ wrote: You are just deleting the link. Create a test forum/post/shadow and see for yourself.

I don't mean to sound antagonistic but, have you tried it? I have. I have tried it at least a dozen times.

I have created a post and rebooted, then cleared cache, then rebooted again. I have switched back and forth from subSilver (cleared cache) to the modified style and there is no difference due to style. I have created a post, switched computers and tried it again.

When I click the topic/subject in Forum A, the topic in Forum B is displayed and I am now browsing within Forum B. This is verified by the forum/post links at the top of the page. There seems to be no way to delete the shadow link in Forum A without deleting both.

I guess I am looking for someone who has done it successfully and can tell me how it is done , or tell me empahtically it can't be done.

I would even consider going directly to the database if I thought it would not destroy the index.

~AJK~ · Post by **~AJK~** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:27 pm

I have tried it and it works perfectly (I moderate more than one site). Maybe it is your method.... Most likely you are clicking on the shadow topic (being redirected to your moved topic) and cliking delete, saying, "Oh darn."

Try the correct way.

Log into your board
Click on the forum that the shadow topic is in (but not the topic itself).
Click on "moderate this forum"
Click on the check box next to the shadow topic.
Click on "delete"
Click on "Yes"
Click "Here" to return to the moderator control panel
Browse to your moved topic to verify it's presence
Say, wow, he was right.
Post back when you are done.

Peter77sx · Post by **Peter77sx** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:57 pm

ha, you learn something new every day.

-jm- · Post by **-jm-** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:40 pm

If you want to nuke tons of shadow threads in your forum there's also a MOD to do this

forum5 · Post by **forum5** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:17 am

~AJK~ wrote:
I have tried it and it works perfectly (I moderate more than one site). Maybe it is your method.... Most likely you are clicking on the shadow topic (being redirected to your moved topic) and cliking delete, saying, "Oh darn." ....Say, wow, he was right.
Post back when you are done.

That is exactly what I am doing.

This is at the lower right. I was looking for buttons and never saw this.
You can post new topics in this forum
You can reply to topics in this forum
You can edit your posts in this forum
You can delete your posts in this forum
You can vote in polls in this forum
You can moderate this forum <-- but the word moderate is a link

As I said earlier is it obvious and I am the only one who can't see it?
ANSWER: Yep!

Now the Good part, Damn, he was right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~AJK~ · Post by **~AJK~** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:53 pm

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