Approving posts for frontpage

If you are a certain level or above, you can approve posts and mark them as "frontpage" and/or "ok". I've noticed that sometimes a post is not on the frontpage, but is also not in the list of posts waiting to be approved. I've also noticed that if I mark a post as "ok" *OR* as "frontpage" that it no longer shows up in the list. Is this what is happening here, or is it me? Is this a desired feature, or should there always be a way for a moderator to move it to the frontpage?

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RE: Approving posts for frontpage by vroom (His Eminence) on Jul 23, 2000 at 07:05 UTC
You might have noticed a lag between approving something on the frontpage and it appearing there. The frontpage is regenerated once every three minutes now I believe. In the future I'll probably update the code so when an item is approved for the frontpage it invalidates the cache. vroom \| Tim Vroom \| vroom@cs.hope.edu	[reply]
RE: Approving posts for frontpage by Russ (Deacon) on Jul 23, 2000 at 06:59 UTC
I could be misunderstanding your point. If so, please forgive... The 'OK' button approves the post to appear in the section itself. Until 'OK' is checked, it will only be visible from Newest Nodes if you have elected to see unmoderated content in 'Unapproved Questions (etc.)' if you are a moderator Checking FrontPage should approve the post to appear in the section and also put it on 'The Monastery Gates.' I must admit, I have never tried to just check FrontPage without also checking 'OK.' Is that what you have found? Russ Brainbench 'Most Valuable Professional' for Perl	[reply]
RE: Approving posts for frontpage by turnstep (Parson) on Jul 23, 2000 at 05:20 UTC
I've also just learned that I cannot edit my previous post, for some reason. I dug a little, and the closest mention I can find is at How to use the moderation system (if you're level 6) which almost answers my question, but not quite. It should act as two checkboxes instead of a one-time radio...	[reply]
RE: Approving posts for frontpage by turnstep (Parson) on Jul 24, 2000 at 14:36 UTC
Allow me to elaborate - I have never seen a post that has already been approved as "ok", or has already been approved for "frontpage" but not the other. Perhaps it is a caching issue. I'd like to test it out this morning, but there are no new posts. :) As to why mark one and not the other, I mark it as "ok" if the post is a) formatted mostly correctly, b) on-topic and c) not previously asked. For the frontpage, I also throw in the condition that it be relatively short. I just don't like adding 200+ lines to the frontpage. I know that there is no "show only first X lines of the post" feature yet, so someone will have to approve it for the frontpage. :) That's why I would vote something ok and not frontpage. I can't think of a reason why I would do it the other way around, however... if it is good enough for the frontpage, it is certainly ok for the section.	[reply]