Solved Post form not showing up

Thanks- I loaded the page with the default atomic template, and had the same issue, but I did also get a message saying "You do not have permissions to start a new topic!".

I got this when logged in as both the super admin and the general site member.

That explains why you the form does not show up. This is controlled by the Permissions tab in the category where you want to start a new topic. You've probably set the permissions to Nobody (can start a new topic).

Thanks- I went into the permissions tab for my only published category, but it only allows me to set access levels. The access levels are fine- the right users can see the right menu items. But where would I set the permissions for the category to allow users to create?

I am assuming the following things:

(1) You "played" with Joomla ACL groups - big mistake if you do not know what you are doing
(2) You have removed the example section and topic created for you when you installed K 2.0.2 - big mistake if you have not properly tested that you can post a message using the example category
(3) You probably have not read Sections, Categories, sub-Categories (Part 1) - not very wise if you want to apply custom settings to your own categories.
(4) You have published the category.

So I do not know, for sure, what you've done.

Can we see screenshots of any one category exhibiting the problem, please. Further, your updated configuration report on the (properly hosted) website, would also help. Thank you.

Ok- I've uploaded a live version- www.cctestserver.com/asbc/index.php/kunena .


I'm able to create a new section and category, and set the access levels. I've gone back to simply using the registered user group (As is the default).

The "New Topic" buttons that appear when you click an existing category or topic work fine. The issue is with the "New Topic" link in the main Kunena menu.

I've also applied the Atomic template to discount any custom template issues.

Here is the updated config report:

Database collation check: The collation of your table fields are correct

Legacy mode: Disabled | Joomla! SEF: Enabled | Joomla! SEF rewrite: Disabled | FTP layer: Disabled |

This message contains confidential information

htaccess: Missing | PHP environment: Max execution time: 30 seconds | Max execution memory: 128M | Max file upload: 10M

Kunena menu details:

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ID	Name	Menutype	Link	Path
152	Forum	mainmenu	Itemid=143	forum
143	Forum	kunenamenu	view=home&defaultmenu=145	kunena
144	Index	kunenamenu	view=category&layout=list	kunena/index
145	Recent Topics	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=replies	kunena/recent
146	New Topic	kunenamenu	view=topic&layout=create&catid=1	kunena/newtopic
147	No Replies	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=noreplies	kunena/noreplies
148	My Topics	kunenamenu	view=topics&layout=user&mode=default	kunena/mylatest
149	Profile	kunenamenu	view=user	kunena/profile
150	Help	kunenamenu	view=misc	kunena/help
151	Search	kunenamenu	view=search	kunena/search
167	Kunena Test	footer	view=topic&layout=create&catid=1	kunena-test

Joomla default template details : amatikulu-ski-boat-club-custom | author: Andrew Paterson | version: | creationdate: 13 Aug 2012

Kunena default template details : Blue Eagle 2.0 | author: Kunena Team | version: 2.0.2 | creationdate: 2012-09-02

Kunena version detailed: Kunena 2.0.2 | 2012-09-02 [ Botschafter ]
| Kunena detailed configuration:

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Kunena config settings:
board_offline	0
enablerss	1
threads_per_page	20
messages_per_page	6
messages_per_page_search	15
showhistory	1
historylimit	6
shownew	1
disemoticons	0
template	blue_eagle
showannouncement	1
avataroncat	0
catimagepath	category_images
showchildcaticon	1
rtewidth	450
rteheight	300
enableforumjump	1
reportmsg	1
username	1
askemail	0
showemail	0
showuserstats	1
showkarma	1
useredit	1
useredittime	0
useredittimegrace	600
editmarkup	1
allowsubscriptions	1
subscriptionschecked	1
allowfavorites	1
maxsubject	50
maxsig	300
regonly	1
pubwrite	1
floodprotection	0
mailmod	0
mailadmin	0
captcha	0
mailfull	1
allowavatarupload	1
allowavatargallery	1
avatarquality	75
avatarsize	2048
imageheight	800
imagewidth	800
imagesize	150
filetypes	txt,rtf,pdf,zip,tar.gz,tgz,tar.bz2
filesize	120
showranking	1
rankimages	1
userlist_rows	30
userlist_online	1
userlist_avatar	1
userlist_name	1
userlist_posts	1
userlist_karma	1
userlist_email	0
userlist_usertype	0
userlist_joindate	1
userlist_lastvisitdate	1
userlist_userhits	1
latestcategory
showstats	1
showwhoisonline	1
showgenstats	1
showpopuserstats	1
popusercount	5
showpopsubjectstats	1
popsubjectcount	5
usernamechange	0
showspoilertag	1
showvideotag	1
showebaytag	1
trimlongurls	1
trimlongurlsfront	40
trimlongurlsback	20
autoembedyoutube	1
autoembedebay	1
ebaylanguagecode	en-us
sessiontimeout	1800
highlightcode	0
rss_type	topic
rss_timelimit	month
rss_limit	100
rss_included_categories
rss_excluded_categories
rss_specification	rss2.0
rss_allow_html	1
rss_author_format	name
rss_author_in_title	1
rss_word_count	0
rss_old_titles	1
rss_cache	900
defaultpage	recent
default_sort	asc
sef	1
sefutf8	0
showimgforguest	1
showfileforguest	1
pollnboptions	4
pollallowvoteone	1
pollenabled	1
poppollscount	5
showpoppollstats	1
polltimebtvotes	00:15:00
pollnbvotesbyuser	100
pollresultsuserslist	1
maxpersotext	50
ordering_system	mesid
post_dateformat	ago
post_dateformat_hover	datetime
hide_ip	1
imagetypes	jpg,jpeg,gif,png
checkmimetypes	1
imagemimetypes	image/jpeg,image/jpg,image/gif,image/png
imagequality	50
thumbheight	32
thumbwidth	32
hideuserprofileinfo	put_empty
boxghostmessage	0
userdeletetmessage	2
latestcategory_in	1
topicicons	1
debug	0
catsautosubscribed	0
showbannedreason	0
version_check	1
showthankyou	1
showpopthankyoustats	1
popthankscount	5
mod_see_deleted	0
bbcode_img_secure	text
listcat_show_moderators	1
lightbox	1
show_list_time	720
show_session_type	0
show_session_starttime	0
userlist_allowed	1
userlist_count_users	1
enable_threaded_layouts	0
category_subscriptions	post
topic_subscriptions	every
pubprofile	0
thankyou_max	10
email_recipient_count	0
email_recipient_privacy	bcc
captcha_post_limit	0
keywords	0
userkeywords	0
image_upload	registered
file_upload	registered
topic_layout	flat
time_to_create_page	1
show_imgfiles_manage_profile	1
hold_newusers_posts	0
hold_guest_posts	0
attachment_limit	8
pickup_category	0
article_display	intro
send_emails	1
fallback_english	1
cache	1
cache_time	60
iptracking	1
plugins	Array

| Kunena integration settings:

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Kunena - AlphaUserPoints Disabled
Kunena - Community Builder Disabled
Kunena - Gravatar Disabled
Kunena - JomSocial Disabled
Kunena - Joomla Enabled: access=1 login=1
Kunena - Kunena Enabled: avatar=1 profile=1
Kunena - UddeIM Disabled

| Joomla! detailed language files installed:

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Joomla! languages installed:
en-GB	English (United Kingdom)

Third-party components: None

Third-party SEF components: None

Plugins: None

Modules: None

It all works. I trashed and rebuilt your Kunena menu. Using a standard Kunena menu and it all works.

I also made one small change to the arrangement of your ACL groups but, for the most part, this all looks OK to me.