Question Forums "Disappear" When Not Logged In

I'm not sure I completely understand what you're saying her, but you speak of identifying groups that the user belongs too...my problem is that the forums are not being displayed for NON-LOGGED-IN USERS, so there would be no sort of userID or anything, right? It would just be a visitor...ANY visitor. And since ALL my forums are viewable by 'public', I just don't understand what's keeping them from showing up?

Are there any Global Config settings that could be the problem? (Default Access Level is set to 'public'.)

Steve

Matias wrote: I don't think that there's a bug -- the code is so simple:

We Just get all the groups where the user belongs into (recursively):
JAccess::getGroupsByUser(JFactory::getUser()->id, true);
.. and then we check if the group you have entered in category configuration matches one of those.

So easiest way to see the groups visitor is to add this code into somewhere where it gets run:

Code:

print_r(JAccess::getGroupsByUser(JFactory::getUser()->id, true));die();

It returns list of user group id's (all that user belongs into)..

Hello,

I have the same problem described by Griz44

I installed Kunena 1.6.5 on Joomla 1.7. The public cannot view the sections and categories. Only logged-In user can view.

Prior to installation I did make some changes to the Joomla ACL by adding a guest group. However, I do not think it affects the public view right?

I did nothing more than that, and immediately after Kunena installation I can't view the forum. Please assist. Thanks.

The problem is resolved if I update the setting in:
Users >> Options >> Guest User Group >> Public

Prior to this the settings:
Users >> Options >> Guest User Group >> Guest

But I need to prevent logged-in users to see certain content which are meant for the guest group.

So, is there anything I can do?

It looks like Joomla has a bad limitation on guests: they can only belong into one user group.

Like I said earlier, this works:

Edit Category > Settings:
Public Access Level: Public
Admin Access Level: Guest

or:

Public Access Level: Guest
Admin Access Level: Public

I think we need to rename "Public" and "Admin" into "Primary" and "Secondary" for Joomla 1.6+..

Dang...thought I had somebody with the same problem, Beyond! :laugh: I do share your concern IF I ever get to where you are, but I still have a more severe problem. All my categories are set to public access. My Global configuration is set properly. I've eliminated my Guest group altogether...nothing I do makes the forums visible to visitors.

And I could still use some help with it...any suggestions? Anybody?!? :sick:

Did you remember to change Guests back to Public group AND save? I ask this because of I just saw the same bug in Joomla 1.7.0 where you think that the group is right, but without saving it isn't...