Hide the sentence "Last edited by..." on specific or all messages

by Ange Tuteur on October 30th 2015, 11:35 am

This trick allows your to hide the sentence "Last edited by..." when you edit your messages :

This modification is applicable to any forum version. Smile

Hide all edits on messages

 Admin panel >> Display >> Templates >> General

Open the viewtopic_body template and search for the

Code:: {postrow.displayed.EDITED_MESSAGE}

variable.

Delete this variable from your template and don't forget to save and publish the template when you're finished. Add

Hide edits only on specific messages

 Admin panel >> Display >> Templates >> General

Open the viewtopic_body template and search for the

Code:: {postrow.displayed.EDITED_MESSAGE}

variable.

Wrap the variable with a

Code:: <span>

tag that has the "edit" class :

Code:: <span class="edit">{postrow.displayed.EDITED_MESSAGE}</span>

Now, create a new javascript and select "in the topics" for the placement :
 Admin panel >> Modules >> JavaScript codes management >> Create a new script

Paste the following code :

Code:: $(function(){ $(".postbody").filter(function(){ return-1!=$(this).html().indexOf("[hideedit]")&&$(this).html($(this).html().replace(/\[hideedit\]/g,"")) }).parent().find("span.edit").remove() });

Don't forget to submit!

Right now, to not have the sentence "Last edited by..." on a specific message, you have to add the following tag onto your message : [hideedit] !

For example :

Once posted :