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Category Permission Confusion, Possible bug
I'm confused on how category permissions work. I'm trying to create a Staff category that only Mods and Admins can view and use.
Here is what I'm presented with:
http://i.imgur.com/6IGNN.jpg
What I am to make of this? It appears that the options are duplicated. Please help.
Here is what I'm presented with:
http://i.imgur.com/6IGNN.jpg
What I am to make of this? It appears that the options are duplicated. Please help.
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Is this a bug? I've not modified any core elements.
All of this on 2.0.17.8 (upgraded from 2.0.17.7). No mods and or additional plug-ins.
The Roles & Permissions pages do enact the settings correctly, but if after making changes (e.g. switching 'View' off for certain groups) you go back and look at the permissions again, the page defaults the View column to 'on' even if in the database the setting is off.
This is a @bug in the way the Roles & Permissions page renders, ignoring the true state of the board.
I've found dozens of these niggles with Vanilla 2. The amount of formal testing this software goes through seems woefully inadequate. It's a shame because the design is fantastic.
@jrapage You're saying the boxes re-check themselves but the permissions apply correctly?
@mark On the topic of 'secret-squirrel' categories, I've noticed that I can succesfully set up a category that only Mods and Admins can see, post, view etc (despite the permissions confusion above). However, every comment that is posted in a thread under the 'secret-squirrel' category shows up in the Mods' and Admins' 'Activity' log - for *everyone* to see.
For me this is a show-stopper, and is preventing me from upgrading from Vanilla 1 to Vanilla 2.
@matthewkris - can you confirm this unexpected behaviour on your forum?
If anyone has a solution to hide this Activity, or turn off Activity completely, please do let me know.
Thanks
I have the same problem...
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/14828/profile-permission-problem-viewing-comments#Item_2
This is a critical bug and a patch should be released ASAP.
I am seriously one more huge bug away from tossing Vanilla.
@barnsy confirmed.
https://github.com/vanillaforums/Garden/commit/bfe5fbae87ef7b0521297b9afacf115648bdf688
While I'm able to patch it myself, this seems like something that should be put out there in a point release.
If so, I'll patch mine myself too tonight when back from work
I'm really happy now :-D
I just got a bunch of email notifications about threads on this subject, but they are mysteriously missing from here now. Seems a member got banned and maybe his question got nuked. Not cool?
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/147376#Comment_147376