Merged What does "administrator has disabled public write access" mean?

wh1te0ak wrote: So I have got all my menus now sorted ...

Not really. When I visit your site, the menu is different to what I expect to see. Your menu may work but I'm not sure it does. Did you see the video in The Kunena Menu ?

The message "administrator has disabled write access" means exactly that. You have a forum category (or categories) that you have not allowed people to create new topics or reply to topics. Check the category permissions (the permissions tab) in the Kunena Category Manager.

The Kunena template you are using is wrong for K 2.x. That template is out-of-date and, as far as I know, it has not worked properly since K 1.6.2. If you have problems with the Cridin template, please contact the person who wrote it; alternatively, use the Blue Eagle template or find another template that works with K 2.x.

I hope these suggestions help.

I am sure that for SEO, repeated thousands of times, one and the same phrase - it's not very good.
Google may not be able to determine the right keywords for your website. For example you make a forum about turtles, and Google will think that your board is about administrators.

sozzled wrote:

wh1te0ak wrote: So I have got all my menus now sorted ...

Not really. When I visit your site, the menu is different to what I expect to see. Your menu may work but I'm not sure it does. Did you see the video in The Kunena Menu ?

The message "administrator has disabled write access" means exactly that. You have a forum category (or categories) that you have not allowed people to create new topics or reply to topics. Check the category permissions (the permissions tab) in the Kunena Category Manager.

The Kunena template you are using is wrong for K 2.x. That template is out-of-date and, as far as I know, it has not worked properly since K 1.6.2. If you have problems with the Cridin template, please contact the person who wrote it; alternatively, use the Blue Eagle template or find another template that works with K 2.x.

I hope these suggestions help.

Hi
I have the same issue plus some more:
1)No mater how I change the permissions, even yes to "Allow Guests to Post/Write", I can't get rid of the (Unless I turn the user, logged in, to global moderator. And when I change it back, the online user turns Offline, still logged in):
The administrator has disabled public write access.
You cannot reply to this topic.
You do not have permissions to start a new topic!
2) I am testing it as to different users, with the same result. One of them shows OnLine and another one OffLine, under the avatar, no idea why.
Joomla 2.5, Kunena 2.0.3., Blue Eagle 2.0
Any help is appreciated.
Regards Xux

G'day, Xuxux, and welcome to Kunena.

If you post your Kunena configuration report, this community will be better placed to see why you may be having the problems that you are having.

Do you have these problems, too, in the original "Welcome Mat" category on your forum?

Hi,
I have the same problem.
The administrator has disabled public write access.
I need forums open for Guests. Everybody can write and read.
Now everybody must register and log in.
I want to have posibility to have guests, which can write posts, and normal users with accounts. But I want to everybody can write and read all.

Config in attachment.

P.s.
Sorry but my english is as well, as should be...

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Kunena menu details:

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ID	Name	Menutype	Link	Path
309	Forum	mainmenu	view=home&defaultmenu=309	2012-12-29-22-09-36
374	Forum	kunenamenu	view=home&defaultmenu=376	forum
375	Kategorie	kunenamenu	view=category&layout=list	forum/kategorie
376	Ostatnie tematy	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=replies	forum/ostatnie
377	Nowy temat	kunenamenu	view=topic&layout=create	forum/nowy-temat
378	Bez odpowiedzi	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=noreplies	forum/bez-odpowiedzi
379	Moje tematy	kunenamenu	view=topics&layout=user&mode=default	forum/moje-najnowsze
380	Profil	kunenamenu	view=user	forum/profil
381	Pomoc	kunenamenu	view=misc	forum/pomoc
382	Szukaj	kunenamenu	view=search	forum/szukaj
383	Forum	mainmenu	Itemid=374	kunena-2013-01-13

Joomla default template details : gk_twn2 | author: GavickPro | version: 2.6 | creationdate: 20 Jan 2012

Kunena default template details : Blue Eagle 2.0 | author: Kunena Team | version: 2.0.4 | creationdate: 2013-01-18

Kunena version detailed: Kunena 2.0.4 | 2013-01-18 [ Pharmacopoeia ]
| 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	0
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
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userlist_lastvisitdate	1
userlist_userhits	1
latestcategory	0
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	desc
sef	1
sefutf8	0
showimgforguest	1
showfileforguest	1
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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	0
latestcategory_in	1
topicicons	1
debug	0
catsautosubscribed	0
showbannedreason	1
version_check	0
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	0
userlist_count_users	1
enable_threaded_layouts	0
category_subscriptions	post
topic_subscriptions	every
pubprofile	1
thankyou_max	10
email_recipient_count	0
email_recipient_privacy	bcc
captcha_post_limit	5
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	1
article_display	intro
send_emails	1
fallback_english	1
cache	1
cache_time	60
iptracking	1
rss_feedburner_url

| Kunena integration settings:

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Kunena - AlphaUserPoints Enabled: activity=1 avatar=1 profile=1 activity_points_limit=0
Kunena - Community Builder Enabled: access=1 login=1 activity=1 avatar=1 profile=1 private=1
Kunena - Gravatar Enabled: avatar=1
Kunena - JomSocial Enabled: access=1 login=1 activity=1 avatar=1 profile=1 private=1 activity_points_limit=0 activity_stream_limit=0
Kunena - Joomla Enabled: access=1 login=1
Kunena - Kunena Enabled: avatar=1 profile=1
Kunena - UddeIM Enabled: private=1

| Joomla! detailed language files installed:

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

Third-party components: None

Third-party SEF components: None

Plugins: None

Modules: None

G'day, BartG, and welcome to Kunena

These are your Kunena integration settings (extracted from your configuration report earlier):

Kunena - AlphaUserPoints Enabled: activity=1 avatar=1 profile=1 activity_points_limit=0
Kunena - Community Builder Enabled: access=1 login=1 activity=1 avatar=1 profile=1 private=1
Kunena - Gravatar Enabled: login=1
Kunena - JomSocial Enabled: access=1 login=1 activity=1 login=1 profile=1 private=1 activity_points_limit=0 activity_stream_limit=0
Kunena - Joomla Enabled: access=1 login=1
Kunena - Kunena Enabled: avatar=1 profile=1
Kunena - UddeIM Enabled: private=1

I have highlighted in different colours the three areas that seem (to me) to conflict.

Your configuration report shows that you do not have JomSocial, Community Builder, AlphaUserPoints or uddeIM software installed on your site. See Forum integration with other Joomla extensions and reset these plugin settings back to their original, default, values. In other words, disable all these plugins except for the Kunena - Kunena and Kunena - Joomla plugins.