thanx so fast ;)

that wasn't a feature i added.

can admins see hidden groups. only admins can hide groups as is, but no, hidden groups don't appear in public listings (browse.php) even for admins. if you're referring to private groups (as opposed to hidden) yes admins can override the privacy options and thus see posts and threads.

UPDATED ZIP/RELEASE:
Groups v2.0.5b.zip: bug fix regarding those introduced via 2.0.4, new features such as double post prevention disable, admins can override privacy settings, usergroup permission text more intuitive and end-user usability increased with modification to threadbit on groups.php. group leaders can now kick users from there groups.

PLEASE NOTE: THE ONLY DIFFERENCE FROM 2.0.5.ZIP IS THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS (INSTALL.TXT) WAS UPDATED TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON HOW TO UPGRADE FROM 2.0.4 => 2.05 I APOLOGISE FOR THIS OVERSIGHT IN REGARDS TO THE LAST UPLOAD.

regarding this hack for weeks
til now its only in test at my forum.

hm.. i would hope that this hack with hours of coding is running
but after update 2.0.4 to 2.0.5 i got blank page groups/index.php

The following error occurred when attempting to evaluate this template:

The conditional on line 31 appears to be missing its end tag (</if>). The template will not function properly unless this is fixed.

This is likely caused by a malformed conditional statement. It is highly recommended that you fix this error before continuing, but you may continue as-is if you wish.

Having a couple issues.

1.) I've given permission for users to Edit / Delete their posts. But the Edit button doesn't show up all the way.

2.) The new [View My Last Reply] [View New Posts] [View Last Reply] button's don't work :(

3.) Total Posts under Groups Info is blank :(

So far everything else is working great and i'm liking the changes :)

1/ all the way?

2/ define don't work

3/ Fixed, hoping to release 2.0.6 today

1.) I've given all the Primary Usergroups I use the ability to Edit / Delete their own posts. Just no button :(

2.) I click them and it says i'm viewing the topic. But no posts show up at all. (I could attach a image if needed)

:)

fixed for 2.0.6

and to piggy-bank this post

are you using a custom style? if so can you check it using the default style please.

Same issue for both :) Tried Default VB Style Uneditted :)

Now Administrators CAN see the edit button.

:ermm: all group members should be able to see the button, even before being moderated in fact.

you're sure the usergroup has the option to be able to edit their own posts?

can you please complete this form for said usergroup (bold the answer which has yes set):
Can View Groups?
Can Create Groups?
Can Join Groups?
Can Post Messages In Groups?
Can Edit Own Messages Posted In Groups?
Can Delete Own Messages Posted In Groups?
Number Of Groups Usergroup Can Join Limited?
Can Moderate Groups?
Can View IP Addresses?

Yup. Tripple verified. Anyways Bolded it above ;)

sorry it took so long, i never got the email to say you posted a response, back in three secs, gonna duplicate your usergroup settings.

ok, i've just replicated those usergroup settings and i still have the edit button.

while this shouldn't effect it. what are your "Post / Thread Permissions" please bold which applies:

Can Post Threads
Can Reply to Own Threads
Can Reply to Others' Threads
Can Edit Own Posts
Can Delete Own Posts
Can Delete Own Threads
Can Open / Close Own Threads
Can Move Own Threads
Can Rate Threads
Follow Forum Moderation Rules

sabret00the, I've got a weird one for you. Not even sure how to troubleshoot it. I've got at least a couple users telling me that a couple user's posts are being ignored in groups. Mine in particular. If they remove a couple unrelated users from their ignore list, we all show up.

My initial thought is that groups isn't playing nice with the vBulletin userID numbers, but I'm not sure how that could be the case.

I have no idea if I explained that well. Here's another shot:

User A has M and N on ignore.
In Groups, User A can't see B and C's posts.
User A removes M and N from their ignore list.
User A can now see B and C's posts.

Let me know if there's something I can check to help solve this. It really has me puzzled.

I was talking about SEO urls. I think I read it doesn't work with this? Is that correct? If so is there anyway for it to work? I haven't looked through it yet.

For the record, my users can't see the edit button either. Never have been able to. Admins can, though. Both have the same permissions.

Here ya go. also I just realized. I am turning Re-Write off! I have to do that because the links are manually re-written ...

Found a couple things I thought I would tell ya about. First one isn't really much but thought I'd atleast report it.

1.) When you create a new thread there is a link in the top right that isn't valid (obviously due to no post being created) but still a invalid link nonetheless. I've attached a image. (Group.jpg)

2.) In AdminCP, Group Settings. Few extra lines in there. (Groups2.jpg)

Also Sabre. I'm wondering if there can be some sort of plan in the future to use Custom Templates for the Postbit & Editor. Mine are customized extensively and because of that not all items work. I know its a hard thing to even consider but thought I might try.

just visit my site
http://www.zonemedicine.com/groups
it says you don't have permission why

my forum is is
www.zonemedicine.com/forums
and groups in
www.zonemedicine.com/groups

and in config file
chdir("../forums/");

did i do sth wrong please help me.

Problem still here, as well. Users can't edit their own posts. Admins can just fine.

you need to set the usergroup permissions.

Sabretooth I think I fixed the issue with the View Last Reply, View New Posts etc.... IT wasn't working prior to a change I made and started working after I made the change. Though I have 1 user saying it still doesn't work (they have a MAC so who knows) ..

Anyways you may know better but in Navbar Template it calls for vbulletin_md5.js

I added the full entire URL to that file vs. the /clientscript/vbulletin_md5.js and started working O.o

Exitilus, are you talking about the groups_navbar template? I don't see any reference to that file at all. Maybe that's why those features don't work for me.

No the Navbar Template itself.

Thanks! Not sure it's fixing anything, but it's still a good catch.

Well like I said mine worked after I made that small change O.o

I can see when I get "file not found" errors ... and everytime someone would browse the groups it would give that error in my log files. So .. fixed it and poofers O.o

Found another small lil Bug.

Template: groups_memberinfo_groups


<td class="tcat"> <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('groups_usersgroups')"><img id="collapseimg_groups_usersgroups" src="$vboptions[bburl]/$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat$vbcollapse[collapseimg_groups_usersgroups].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

Above, the IMG SRC. Basically you have a redundant pointer. Your pointing to the BBURL and Stylevar URL. This is the only page I've seen this happen on so :)

I can't seem to find the answer to this one, sorry if it is a duplicate.

How do I set the header image per group?

I've been testing this on a development machine and noticed this problem in the admincp. Not all of the options have descriptions.

May be a bug, just thought I would post it as an FYI.

you can't set any specific header image (except to use the IMG tags). You can turn it off so the group leader can post a image.


yah i posted about that one earlier

Looking much better, sabretooth - thanks!

1) One bug I noticed before, and can't beleive I forgot to point out - the number of replies on the groups thread listing page (http://www.yoursite.com/groups/groups.php?g=xxxx) is totally screwed up. It shows something like 2, 3, 6 or something replies, when in actuality there are 40+. This is happening on all groups and all threads.

2) Switching between regular and legacy postbits in the AdminCP doesn't work.

Also - not a bug, just a request - any chance of getting pagination on the thread listing display like on the forums proper? (So on the same page as I mentioned above)?

Merry Xmas, BTW!

that was great thankx a lot.:cool:

I have extra images in my postbits, beyond avatars and such, that denote usergroups, but they aren't showing up in the groups area. Where do I need to code the full url to get these extra images to show up?

i had a group leader who kicked herself out.. is this a bug?

Also, suggestion that there be a 'resign' option, for if a group leader wants to resign, and hand the group controls over to someone else.

Well apparently it didn't fix it .. No idea what's going on .. Stopped working for myself and all other users again :|

A workaround is to just have the admin change the group leader ID in the admin panel. But you probably thought of that. Would be a nice addition.

OIY..the installation instructions are abisimal for non-PHP coders.

"now go to your "groups/include/config_grps.php" and edit it accordingly. if you are having problems using your relative path, then please try your full path."

Edit it accordingly.......to what? To my forums folder? To config.php? to config_grps.php?

In my config_grps.php I have chdir("../");

This appears to be ok, as when I run grps_installer, I only get 3 errors.

Oh, then I see there's a chdir command in the grps_installer.php. I did seem to figure out that I need to edit this as well. Change to chdir("../"); on line 16. Ok...down to 2 errors now.

Now my errors are on line 36 of grps_installer.php. "require_once("./global.php");".

Is this line failing because it cannot find global.php?

Here's the error:

Warning: main(./global.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\groups\tools\grps_installer.php on line 36

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\groups\tools\grps_installer.php on line 36

I'm running IIS and the forum and groups folders are in the root of the web server.

Any ideas here would be great. Please be as EXPLICIT as possible in your instructions. Calling most errors PLBCAK is very humorous if, in fact, you gave instructions in more detail than "to get to my house, drive there".

thanx...and I am truely looking forward to trying the mod out..as it does look awesome..it's just frustrating not having enough information to get it to work in the first place.

In Admin CP it would be good to have a category that says 'view all groups', that would give you a list of the groups, with a button beside it to edit it.