provide expire feature on post and comments as well as private messages. This requires a feature setting and is currently unmaskable - if the author says it's gone, there's not a lot you can do to stop it or try and save it. It's gone.

include/conversation.php

@@ -1064,7 +1064,8 @@ function status_editor($a,$x,$popup=false) {
 		'$audurl' => t("Please enter an audio link/URL:"),
 		'$term' => t('Tag term:'),
 		'$fileas' => t('Save to Folder:'),
-		'$whereareu' => t('Where are you right now?')
+		'$whereareu' => t('Where are you right now?'),
+		'$expireswhen' => t('Expires YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM')
 	));
 
 
@@ -1130,6 +1131,9 @@ function status_editor($a,$x,$popup=false) {
 		'$preview' => $preview,
 		'$sourceapp' => t($a->sourcename),
 		'$jotplugins' => $jotplugins,
+		'$defexpire' => '',
+		'$feature_expire' => ((feature_enabled($x['profile_uid'],'content_expire') && (! $webpage)) ? 'block' : 'none'),
+		'$expires' => t('Set expiration date'),
 	));
 
 

include/features.php

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ function get_features() {
 		// General
 		'general' => array(
 			t('General Features'),
-// uncomment when expire is fixed
+// This is per post, and different from fixed expiration 'expire' which isn't working yet
-//			array('expire',         t('Content Expiration'),		t('Remove old posts/comments after a period of time')),
+			array('content_expire',         t('Content Expiration'),		t('Remove posts/comments and/or private messages at a future time')),
 			array('multi_profiles', t('Multiple Profiles'),			t('Ability to create multiple profiles')),
 			array('webpages',       t('Web Pages'),                 t('Provide managed web pages on your channel')),
 			array('prettyphoto',       t('Enhanced Photo Albums'),                 t('Enable photo album with enhanced features')),

include/poller.php

@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ function poller_run($argv, $argc){
 
 	q("delete from mail where expires != '0000-00-00 00:00:00' and expires < UTC_TIMESTAMP() ");
 
+	$r = q("select id from item where expires != '0000-00-00 00:00:00' and expires < UTC_TIMESTAMP() ");
+	if($r) {
+		require_once('include/items.php');
+		foreach($r as $rr)
+			drop_item($rr['id'],false);
+	}
   
 	// Ensure that every channel pings a directory server once a month. This way we can discover
 	// channels and sites that quietly vanished and prevent the directory from accumulating stale

mod/editblock.php

@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ function editblock_content(&$a) {
 		'$preview' => ((feature_enabled(local_user(),'preview')) ? t('Preview') : ''),
 		'$jotplugins' => $jotplugins,
 		'$sourceapp' => t($a->sourcename),
+		'$defexpire' => '',
+		'$feature_expire' => 'none',
+		'$expires' => t('Set expiration date'),
 	));
 
 

mod/editlayout.php

@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ function editlayout_content(&$a) {
 		'$preview' => ((feature_enabled(local_user(),'preview')) ? t('Preview') : ''),
 		'$jotplugins' => $jotplugins,
 		'$sourceapp' => t($a->sourcename),
+		'$defexpire' => '',
+		'$feature_expire' => 'none',
+		'$expires' => t('Set expiration date'),
 	));
 
 	$ob = get_observer_hash();

mod/editpost.php

@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ function editpost_content(&$a) {
 		'$editselect' =>  (($plaintext) ? 'none' : '/(profile-jot-text|prvmail-text)/'),
 		'$ispublic' => '&nbsp;', // t('Visible to <strong>everybody</strong>'),
 		'$geotag' => $geotag,
-		'$nickname' => $channel['channel_address']
+		'$nickname' => $channel['channel_address'],
+		'$expireswhen' => t('Expires YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM'),
 	));
 
 
@@ -126,6 +127,9 @@ function editpost_content(&$a) {
 		'$jotplugins' => $jotplugins,
 		'$sourceapp' => t($a->sourcename),
 		'$catsenabled' => $catsenabled,
+		'$defexpire' => $itm[0]['expires'],
+		'$feature_expire' => 'none',
+		'$expires' => t('Set expiration date'),
 	));
 
 	return $o;

mod/editwebpage.php

@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ function editwebpage_content(&$a) {
 		'$preview' => ((feature_enabled(local_user(),'preview')) ? t('Preview') : ''),
 		'$jotplugins' => $jotplugins,
 		'$sourceapp' => t($a->sourcename),
+		'$defexpire' => '',
+		'$feature_expire' => 'none',
+		'$expires' => t('Set expiration date'),
+
 	));
 
 	$ob = get_observer_hash();

mod/item.php

@@ -327,11 +327,9 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 
 	$expires = '0000-00-00 00:00:00';
 
-	if(feature_enabled($profile_uid,'expire')) {
+	if(feature_enabled($profile_uid,'content_expire')) {
-		// expire_quantity, e.g. '3'
+		if(x($_REQUEST,'expire')) {
-		// expire_units, e.g. days, weeks, months
+			$expires = datetime_convert(date_default_timezone_get(),'UTC', $_REQUEST['expire']);
-		if(x($_REQUEST,'expire_quantity') && (x($_REQUEST,'expire_units'))) {
-			$expire = datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', 'now + ' . $_REQUEST['expire_quantity'] . ' ' . $_REQUEST['expire_units']);
 			if($expires <= datetime_convert())
 				$expires = '0000-00-00 00:00:00';
 		}

mod/message.php

@@ -324,7 +324,8 @@ function message_content(&$a) {
 			'$insert' => t('Insert web link'),
 			'$wait' => t('Please wait'),
 			'$submit' => t('Submit'),
-			'$expires' => t('Expires: (leave blank for never)')
+			'$expires' => t('Expires: (leave blank for never)'),
+			'$feature_expire' => ((feature_enabled(local_user(),'content_expire')) ? '1' : ''),
 		));
 
 		return $o;
@@ -499,7 +500,8 @@ function message_content(&$a) {
 			'$insert' => t('Insert web link'),
 			'$submit' => t('Submit'),
 			'$wait' => t('Please wait'),
-			'$expires' => t('Expires: (leave blank for never)')
+			'$expires' => t('Expires: (leave blank for never)'),
+			'$feature_expire' => ((feature_enabled(local_user(),'content_expire')) ? '1' : ''),
 		));
 
 		return $o;

version.inc

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2013-11-06.489
+2013-11-07.490

view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css

@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ footer {
 #profile-audio,
 #profile-link,
 #profile-title,
+#profile-expires, 
 #wall-image-upload,
 #wall-file-upload,
 #profile-upload-wrapper,
@@ -1137,6 +1138,10 @@ footer {
 	float: left;
 	margin-left: 15px;
 }
+#profile-expire-wrapper {
+	float: left;
+	margin-left: 15px;
+}
 #jot-preview-link {
 	float: left;
 	margin-left: 45px;

view/tpl/jot-header.tpl

@@ -191,6 +191,13 @@ function enableOnUser(){
 		}
 	}
 
+	function jotGetExpiry() {
+		reply = prompt("{{$expirewhen}}", $('#jot-expire').val());
+		if(reply && reply.length) {
+			$('#jot-expire').val(reply);
+		}
+	}
+
 	function jotShare(id) {
 		if ($('#jot-popup').length != 0) $('#jot-popup').show();
 

view/tpl/jot.tpl

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 		<input type="hidden" name="profile_uid" value="{{$profile_uid}}" />
 		<input type="hidden" name="return" value="{{$return_path}}" />
 		<input type="hidden" name="location" id="jot-location" value="{{$defloc}}" />
+		<input type="hidden" name="expire" id="jot-expire" value="{{$defexpire}}" />
 		<input type="hidden" name="coord" id="jot-coord" value="" />
 		<input type="hidden" name="post_id" value="{{$post_id}}" />
 		<input type="hidden" name="webpage" value="{{$webpage}}" />
@@ -50,6 +51,11 @@
 	<div id="profile-nolocation-wrapper" style="display: none;" >
 		<i id="profile-nolocation" class="icon-circle-blank jot-icons" title="{{$noloc}}" onclick="jotClearLocation();return false;"></i>
 	</div>
+	<div id="profile-expire-wrapper" style="display: {{$feature_expire}};" >
+		<i id="profile-expires" class="icon-eraser jot-icons" title="{{$expires}}" onclick="jotGetExpiry();return false;"></i>
+	</div> 
+
+
 	<div id="profile-rotator-wrapper" style="display: {{$visitor}};" >
 		<div id="profile-rotator"></div>
 	</div>  

view/tpl/prv_message.tpl

@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
 <div id="prvmail-subject-label">{{$subject}}</div>
 <input type="text" size="64" maxlength="255" id="prvmail-subject" name="subject" value="{{$subjtxt}}" {{$readonly}} tabindex="11" />
 
+{{if $feature_expire}}
 <div id="prvmail-expires-label">{{$expires}}</div>
 <input type="text" size="64" maxlength="255" id="prvmail-expires" name="expires" value="" tabindex="12" />
+{{/if}}
 
 <div id="prvmail-message-label">{{$yourmessage}}</div>
 <textarea rows="8" cols="72" class="prvmail-text" id="prvmail-text" name="body" tabindex="13">{{$text}}</textarea>