I want the default setting for users to be "use forum default"

[Michael Morris]

I have 9 styles and forums set to use those styles. I want the default setting for users to be "use forum default," yet still allow them to switch styles if they want. How do I go about doing this? (The vboptions panel doesn't list a "use forum default")

Edit: Let me specify that I know you can set a forum to override the user's choice. However, I don't want that. I want the forum default to be the default style (if that makes any sense). Apparently you can't select "use forum default" from the master vboptions panel (or if you can I didn't see it).

[Michael Morris]

Hmmm...

I'm confused.

Unregistered users see what I want - the forum default style.

Registered users see the boardwide default style.

?? Anyway to change this?

Edit: This is getting really weird.

I turned User selection of themes off. That didn't help, all users are now just stuck in whatever style they were in when I turned it off - they're settings STILL IGNORE the forum defaults.

This is rather annoying and doesn't make sense.

[Michael Morris]

Ok, I corrected the problem, but I had to do some hacking.

In register php after code

PHP Code:

$options['showimages'] = iif(bitwise(REGOPTION_IMAGE, $vboptions['defaultregoptions']), 1, 0);

        $options = convert_array_to_bits($options, $_USEROPTIONS); 


I added

PHP Code:

$vboptions['styleid'] = 0; 


Then I ran the following query

UPDATE user SET styleid=0;

This reset all users to style 0 (use forum default). If they later change it I don't give a crap.

I just wanted A) Newly registered users to use the forum defaults. The hack accomplished that. B) is to go back and catch those that registered while this bug was in effect and put them on style 0.

Now, if there's a setting I could have set to get this effect let me now. And don't tell me to go to vboptions>style&language settings>Forum Default because that menu does NOT give you the option to set users to "Use forum default" (style id 0)

This, in my opinion, is a bug.

[Natch]

The query you have run is the only way I can think to do it - I'm sorry that I didn't realise what you wanted to do...

The hack code you added shouldn't make any difference as the user should be allocated to the default (I'm assuming that styleid #0 is the default)

[Michael Morris]

No, Style id 1 is the default.