Change default role in Vanilla 2

forumimobiliario

Hello guys,

I migrated my forum from phpbb3. I changed all roles and deleted "members" and "new members" from Vanilla. Now, new users have no roles and can not access my forum... (!).

Well, I need to create a new default role. I don't see any function to do this in dashboard. So, I opened the conf/config-defaults.php file and found this line:

$Configuration['Garden']['Registration']['ApplicantRoleID'] = 4; // The "Applicant" RoleID.

In the table "GDN_Role" I found my roles. There is a role (registrated) with RoleID=496. Can I change the "Applicant RoleID" above and put there "496"?

I will get this:


$Configuration['Garden']['Registration']['ApplicantRoleID'] = 496; // The "Applicant" RoleID.

Is that correct?

H00j

Would like to know answer also

UnderDog

forumimobiliario said:
Hello guys,
So, I opened the conf/config-defaults.php file and found this line:

Ahum, you do know that the real configuration is in conf/config.php right?

H00j

My ApplicantRoleID is blank, what should it be? The roleid of the member or the members waiting activation.

peregrine

Its all based on a binary and is additive the higher the number the more power
if you create a role that has more permissions than standard moderator it will be 33.

I believe the roleid 496 is incorrect I believe. It should be 2,3, or 4. If it is 8 they automatically become members. I believe the configuration change you made will only apply to new members that apply.

look in the **role **table 

 2  Guest   Guests can only view content. Anyone browsing the ...   2   0   0
 3  Confirm Email   Users must confirm their emails before becoming fu...   7   1   1
 4  Applicant   Users who have applied for membership, but have no...   3   0   1
  8     Member  Members can participate in discussions.     4   1   1
 16     Administrator   Administrators have permission to do anything.  6   1   1
 32     Moderator   Moderators have permission to edit most content.    5   1   1

the UserRole table will match the user to the role identified in the role table

cross posts
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/19709/default-roles-such-as-guest-have-been-deleted-and-i-dont-know-how-to-fix#Item_4

http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/19699/documentation-users-have-been-orphaned-how-do-i-auto-add-them-all-to-a-role#Item_2