I hit a submit button today while previewing a node I was preparing and it's available on the system now. There are some changes I still want to make. I can't figure out how to get to the node. I seem to recall an "edit"-like function once the node has hit SOPW, but my node is not accessible to me there. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

P.S. It's not obvious to me how to get

to work. More help please!

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Re: (nrd) How to update a node?
by newrisedesigns (Curate) on Jan 22, 2003 at 02:45 UTC

    Once you reach the all important level 6 (Friar) you'll be able to mark nodes that need editing or deletion. Which node of yours needs editing?

    Usually, there's at least one >L6 monk hanging around. Ask him or her for help in the Chatterbox and he or she will help you.

    Update: I just remembered that once a node is posted to SOPW, it can't be edited by its creator. It's a "safety" feature so malicious users can't change their past questions to something profane.

    John J Reiser
    newrisedesigns.com

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Re: How to update a node?
by ff (Hermit) on Jan 22, 2003 at 02:35 UTC
    Yikes! I'm in trouble if I mean what it says in P.S.! Actually, it left out "ReadMore" between "get" and "to", i.e. How to get ReadMore to work.
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      Actualy, you did include it, and this post now has a readmore in the middle of the postscript. You have to either view the node crosseyed (IE by seeing it on the frontpage or section page), or view source.

      You should either put it in <code> tags, or write the opening < as &lt;.

      Warning: Unless otherwise stated, code is untested. Do not use without understanding. Code is posted in the hopes it is useful, but without warranty. All copyrights are relinquished into the public domain unless otherwise stated. I am not an angel. I am capable of error, and err on a fairly regular basis. If I made a mistake, please let me know (such as by replying to this node).

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        As I just mentioned in Re: XML-style readmore not being parsed (no kidding), don't put READMORE inside of CODE tags as it doesn't always prevent it from being magic (at least not currently). You'll probably think that it works because you'll be looking directly at the node which means that the READMORE isn't processed. Sucks, doesn't it?

        You can write <code><read</code><code>more></code> (which I was able to display by writing <code><code><read</co</code><code>de><code>more></co</code><code>de></code>) if you really hate using &lt; or you can write <READ MORE> or <READ­MORE> (though the first will confuse newbies and the second has already confused you -- look closer) or <tt>&lt;readmore></tt> (if you want it to look like you used CODE tags) or any of several other things but not < READMORE > because, although it isn't processed as a READMORE tag, it is not escaped because it is considered an allowed HTML tag so that you can "view source" in order to see READMORE tags when looking directly at nodes (as theorbtwo mentioned).

        Note that the chatterbox does not process READMORE so you can write <code><readmore></code> there. But you can also just write <readmore> and it will be escaped for you (so that it appears) because it isn't an allowed HTML tag in the chatterbox.

        Update: This has now been fixed. You can put <readmore> inside of <code> tags. Thanks, demerphq. Now to update the site documentation as well...

                        - tye (got all that?)

        Thanks to theorbtwo for telling me that I had one of my <readmore>s unprotected inside of <code> tags. (:

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