Is there a way to suppress the ‘auto close’ warning until the thread is getting closer to the close date and/or suppress it totally? [image] I don’t want to stifle discussion, but we also have had a problem with folks reviving ancient topics (despite the warning on topics older than 90 days) so w…

With the ‘after last reply’ ones, the timer gets reset when someone replies So if you had ‘1 year after the last reply’ it will stay open for at least a year, but would also continue for another year if someone posted again (eg. a post out of the blue on day 364 would reset the count to the full yea…

I think that particular timer will reset to a year every time someone posts? Would reducing that to a ‘month after the last reply’ be a better fit?

We don’t tend to have a lot of ‘ongoing’ topics but there are a few that are which is fine. I mostly just want to limit people picking up threads that have been dormant for more than a year which this should cover. But I was more wondering about how to suppress the ‘warning’ at the bottom.

How to Suppress 'Auto Close' Warning Until Closer to Close Date?

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) March 15, 2022, 10:50pm 4

You can just hide it with CSS. There are a bunch of topics about hiding other stuff (search “hide css” if you want to figure it out, but hopefully someone else will give you an actual answer.

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How to Suppress 'Auto Close' Warning Until Closer to Close Date?

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