Correct on both counts; this is existing behavior inherited from LJ. --Azz.
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 3:43 AM, Philip Newton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:14, Jenny Scott-Thompson > <[email protected]> wrote: >> At the moment, uploading a >> new icon with the same keyword changes the keyword to some random string on >> the old one. I'd like the new icon to be able to go automatically onto all >> the old entries with that keyword. > > The new icon does go automatically on all the old entries, since the > entry remembers the keyword you used and not the particular icon. > > So if you reassign the keyword to another (existing or just-uploaded) > icon, then all entries using that keyword will automatically show the > new icon afterwards. > > So your suggestion would only save you deleting the previous icon > associated with that keyword; the "reassign entries from the old icon > to the new one" is already in place. > > (The opposite thing isn't possible, as far as I know -- changing the > keyword on an icon, say from "scifi" to "science fiction", and having > old entries still show the icon. That is, I don't think you can > globally change all entries and comments that use keyword "A" to now > use keyword "B", so if you want old entries to keep showing the icon, > you have to add the keyword as an additional keyword of the icon > rather than replacing the old keyword.) > > Cheers, > -- > Philip Newton <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ dw-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dwscoalition.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dw-discuss
