Updating Posts

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  izaakmak · Member · Jul 6, 2009 at 11:12 pm

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  I want to update a post by adding a sort of addendum to the end, while keeping the original text for “truth maintenance” reasons. But since I also want people to see it, it would be nice if it jumped back to the top of my blog as of the time I publish the updated version.

  Can someone with more experience save me some trial and error by showing me how they would do this?

  Thanks in advance.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 6, 2009 at 11:17 pm

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  Why don’t you just Sticky it? Alternately, you can change the timestamp. Both of those are done on the right-hand sidebar of the Edit Post page.

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  izaakmak · Member · Jul 6, 2009 at 11:45 pm

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  Does changing the timestamp change the post’s URL? If so, does that mean that the original post would still exist with the original URL?

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 7, 2009 at 12:15 am

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  No, and Yes. It’s the same post, just transported in time.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Jul 7, 2009 at 12:19 am

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  (“No” goes to the second question, “yes” to the first.)

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 7, 2009 at 12:24 am

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  Oh really? I’ve done it before and it didn’t change the URL, but that was before URLs were editable.

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  izaakmak · Member · Jul 7, 2009 at 12:30 am

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  Wow! Thanks guys.