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Hey guys,
I have a quite serious permissions issue with EasyDiscuss. I'll try to explain everything in details.
1. I use PayPlans so users can purchase a Membership.
2. I use the PayPlans "Joomla User Type" app so whenever a user purchase a subscription, he is assigned to the "Active Customers" Joomla User Group.
3. I have configured my EasyDiscuss Categories to allow access based on the "Active Customers" user group. More specifically, I have the following:
- "Announcements" category where only "Super Admin" can publish a new Discussion ("Who can select this category when creating discussion.")
- The other categories where only users in the "Active Customers" group can open a new Discussion ("Who can select this category when creating discussion.") and can see the replies ("Who can view replies in this category.")
When the Membership of a user expires, he is removed from the "Active Customers" user group so he should not be allowed to open new Discussions in the Forum (EasyDiscuss). But for some reason, the EasyDiscuss permissions get messed up when the membership expires. Here's what happens:
- While the user has an active membership (is part of the "Active Customers" group) everything is fine. He is NOT able to open Discussions in the "Announcements" category and he is able to open Discussions in the other categories. So far, so good...
- But once the subscription for this user expires, he somehow is able to open a discussion in most of the Categories, including the "Announcements" category, where only Super Admins should be able to publish.
Basically, once the subscription/membership of the user expires, he should not be able to publish any discussions in the Forum.
I understand that the above is a bit confusing so I recorded a very, very detailed video describing everything. You will find the video URL and my site details under the "Site Details" tab.
Thank you in advance and I really hope that this will be fixed soon.
P.S. Guys, this is a pure EasyDiscuss issue. Please, please do not try to accuse PayPlans for this. Just look into the issue and investigate it.
I have a quite serious permissions issue with EasyDiscuss. I'll try to explain everything in details.
1. I use PayPlans so users can purchase a Membership.
2. I use the PayPlans "Joomla User Type" app so whenever a user purchase a subscription, he is assigned to the "Active Customers" Joomla User Group.
3. I have configured my EasyDiscuss Categories to allow access based on the "Active Customers" user group. More specifically, I have the following:
- "Announcements" category where only "Super Admin" can publish a new Discussion ("Who can select this category when creating discussion.")
- The other categories where only users in the "Active Customers" group can open a new Discussion ("Who can select this category when creating discussion.") and can see the replies ("Who can view replies in this category.")
When the Membership of a user expires, he is removed from the "Active Customers" user group so he should not be allowed to open new Discussions in the Forum (EasyDiscuss). But for some reason, the EasyDiscuss permissions get messed up when the membership expires. Here's what happens:
- While the user has an active membership (is part of the "Active Customers" group) everything is fine. He is NOT able to open Discussions in the "Announcements" category and he is able to open Discussions in the other categories. So far, so good...
- But once the subscription for this user expires, he somehow is able to open a discussion in most of the Categories, including the "Announcements" category, where only Super Admins should be able to publish.
Basically, once the subscription/membership of the user expires, he should not be able to publish any discussions in the Forum.
I understand that the above is a bit confusing so I recorded a very, very detailed video describing everything. You will find the video URL and my site details under the "Site Details" tab.
Thank you in advance and I really hope that this will be fixed soon.
P.S. Guys, this is a pure EasyDiscuss issue. Please, please do not try to accuse PayPlans for this. Just look into the issue and investigate it.
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