Create Forum Topic meta box

#1 · September 7, 2019, 6:19 am

Hi Thomas

I noticed a small issue with this new feature. Using this meta box a contributor is able to create a topic in a forum they don’t have access to. Also it appears to me that if you use the meta box to create a topic from a post that is in more than one category you end up with two identical new topics in the forum. I have disabled the meta box on our site for the time being so it is not a problem to us.

Thanks for all your hard work on this great plugin.

#2 · September 14, 2019, 11:18 am

Hello @dabrolga

Thank you for your bug-report! I fixed the first issue so that the post-meta box will only be visible to users wo can publish a page or post. The bugfix will be included in the upcoming update.

The issues with categories is not reproducable for me. Can you provide some more details?

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#3 · October 14, 2019, 6:24 am

Hi Thomas

Apologies for not getting back to you on this sooner but I have had some other issues to deal with. With regards to the category issue: if I select two post categories for the WordPress post, as shown in categories.jpg attached, and save the post, Asgaros then creates two identical topics in the forum selected in the meta box as shown in topics-created.jpg.

It may be a problem with our site, but we have no customisation or plug-ins related to the post area. We are using WordPress 5.2.3 with PHP 7.2 and Asgaros 1.15.1. There are no errors related to this in the error log. The only unusual thing about our site is that it is hosted on a Windows server. I hope this helps, but it is not a big issue.

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#4 · October 16, 2019, 7:12 pm

Hello @dabrolga

I tested it again and its working fine for two categories for me without any duplicates. I will release the update regarding the other issue in two weeks. Unfortunately I am a little bit busy with my full-time job at the moment.

If you want to support the development of Asgaros Forum, you can leave a good review or donate. Thank you very much!

#5 · October 17, 2019, 4:54 am

Hi Thomas

Thanks for looking at it. Must be a problem with our site. I will let you know if I manage to find the problem.

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