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23:03 Publicado por Unknown

Well, I screwed up and I've just discovered that I can't delete my post.
We can´t delete posts anymore? That´s too bad. It was a nice feature to have.
You can still delete posts (I'm pretty sure - ha - I will check...I did not intend to take away that ability). The time limit for editing/deleting is 30 minutes, which is what it was before. One of the good things here is that can be changed depending on which user group you are in. Meaning it doesn't have to be the same for everyone.
Right now there are only three non-admin/mod usergroups. I wanted to simplify things before we moved, but as time goes on I'll add back the other groups (500+ posts, 1000+ posts, etc.), and we can increase the edit time on the other groups. Or I can increase it now. I don't really care, I just don't want someone to be able to edit/delete a two day old post with a bunch of replies. That only leads to confusion, chaos and communism.
And just an aside for those resistant to change - as weird as this is for you, it's about 50 times more weird for Hank Solo, Hooch and me. So if we can deal, you can deal. Ya hear?!
As for the white background, the old message background was almost white (RGB 249 as opposed to 255 for those of you familiar with color value geekery). The main difference here is the black borders and grey strips around the individual posts are gone. Once you get used to it I think you'll find it makes the threads "flow" a little better. For lack of a better term. Also we restrict the width now, obviously, which is the hardest thing for me to get used to, but I did that in the interest of readability. Monitors are getting wider and a fluid layout can make for some difficult reading if you stretch it too far.
Layout is always subject to change, and if there's something that really bothers a lot of you, I'll change it. I'm still slowly tweaking, trying to get rid of most of the light grey text. But in some places it's useful to de-emphasize things that are less frequently used.

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