[Bugs] Features, or not? Board Permissions and User Deletion

[Kelnage]

Ok I've been playing around with a few so called "features" that are in SMF. And they seem to simply not work.

Firstly, Permissions by boards. I set my "Announcements" board to not allow anyone except Mods and Admins (by selecting all the other groups and choosing "Clear Permission" for "Create Topics"). I then and create a brand new user and post up a new topic on the Announcements board. Oops...

So I'm annoyed. So I log back in as adminstrator, leave the bogus topic, and go straight for the deletion of the user. I do this and select the option called "Delete users topics and posts" as well as ticking the delete user box.  I click the delete button. I then check my forums - lo and behold - the topic I created earlier is still sitting there, unharmed. Oops...

[Edit] I searched, and found nothing.

And as a final point, if you haven't implemented them, why the hell are these features appearing at all? Why not comment them out, saving you losing face when users such as I have to post up these "bugs".

I am using SMF RC1 and have added on nothing, other than features that were already installed. I upgraded from YaBBSE, but I can hardly believe that changes anything (the new user was created while the forums were SMF). And these are only two features I am sure are not working, I've not played around with much else.

[Tom]

Kelnage, I have used the features you are talking about, and they work great for me.  They aren't non-implemented features. 

[Kelnage]

So how come they don't work for me, and I've got another person using the "Permissions by board" option and it doesn't work for them either?

[[Unknown]]

Ok I've been playing around with a few so called "features" that are in SMF. And they seem to simply not work.

Firstly, Permissions by boards. I set my "Announcements" board to not allow anyone except Mods and Admins (by selecting all the other groups and choosing "Clear Permission" for "Create Topics"). I then and create a brand new user and post up a new topic on the Announcements board. Oops...

Well, are you certain you're clearing for ALL groups - even post groups?  Because it works here.

So I'm annoyed. So I log back in as adminstrator, leave the bogus topic, and go straight for the deletion of the user. I do this and select the option called "Delete users topics and posts" as well as ticking the delete user box.  I click the delete button. I then check my forums - lo and behold - the topic I created earlier is still sitting there, unharmed. Oops...

[Edit] I searched, and found nothing.

That works too, not sure what's wrong with your installl... .

And as a final point, if you haven't implemented them, why the hell are these features appearing at all? Why not comment them out, saving you losing face when users such as I have to post up these "bugs".

I am using SMF RC1 and have added on nothing, other than features that were already installed. I upgraded from YaBBSE, but I can hardly believe that changes anything (the new user was created while the forums were SMF). And these are only two features I am sure are not working, I've not played around with much else.

No, it doesn't change anything.  My development forum was once YaBB SE.

-[Unknown]

[Kelnage]

Ok, just tested deletion again. It ain't working. The user goes, but the posts and topics stay.

On the permissions, that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid [Unknown]. I want posters to be able to post up replies, but not start their own topics. I'll try disabling them as well, but it's not what it says on the tin!

[Kelnage]

Tested it. Nope, even with "Replies" cleared, brand new members can still post there.

Could there be something majorly wrong with my install? Could I replace the .php files?

[[Unknown]]

Can I have a link to and administrator account on your forum, please?

-[Unknown]

[Kelnage]

Check your IMs/e-mails.

[[Unknown]]

Ungrouped Members -> Post new topics -> A, changed to X.

Create user test -> login as test -> can't post new topics.

Post Forgive me, this is a quick test post. in "Off Topic" -> delete self and posts -> didn't work.

But, the first one works.... and now that I think of it, there may have been a bug deleting topics with no replies in the last beta - and it works now in my test board and here.

But permissions definitely work.

-[Unknown]

[Kelnage]

Ok, thank you very much [Unknown]. Is it possible for me (a non-member) to get the new version yet or do I have to wait?

[[Unknown]]

Non-member?  How are you posting here then ?  If you mean Charter Member...  well, they don't even have access to the pre-pre-pre RC2 yet.

It won't be long before it's out.

-[Unknown]

[Kelnage]

Whatever Charter members, members, it's all the same to me.

Thanks for your help anyway.