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Dec 16, 2024 5:51 am
It looks like people outside my game can't view the threads in my game's subforums. They can only see the threads in the main forum (I set the game forums to 'public'). Another game I created a long time back doesn't seem to have this problem, and the access permissions in the Administrative Control Panel are identical for both games

Compare Adventures in Karameikos (https://gamersplane.com/forums/11802) - players not part of the game can't see subforums.
Masks: Coming of Age (https://gamersplane.com/forums/11077/) - players not part of the game can see the subforums.
Dec 16, 2024 1:50 pm
Maybe try setting all the Permissions on a subforum to Inherit (the white, center option) and see if that helps.

Maybe post a screenshot of the current permissions.
Dec 16, 2024 2:14 pm
Here is the permission set for the game that is causing me problems. If you scroll down, it is exactly the same as the Masks game, for which the subforums are visible:

https://i.imgur.com/fgbBlYe.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/jf6jhXx.jpeg

Premissions for the Masks game:
https://i.imgur.com/SUBZTN0.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/XUtaPl4.jpeg



Subforums are not visible for players not part of the game:
https://i.imgur.com/TtPn7Nc.jpeg

subforums ARE visible for players not part of the game:
https://i.imgur.com/xeYuzsq.jpeg
Dec 16, 2024 2:24 pm
A shot in the dark, but I recall the 'Groups' were broken. Maybe try deleting the Test Group Permissions and the Test Group, just in case?
Dec 16, 2024 2:42 pm
I created the Test group after noticing the issue. Just the same, I deleted it, and it didn't solve the problem :(
Dec 16, 2024 4:27 pm
Out of curiosity, can you give a link to one of the subforums or to a thread in one of them?
Dec 16, 2024 4:31 pm
https://gamersplane.com/forums/thread/35507/
Dec 16, 2024 4:38 pm
403 error, so at least it is something to do with access, not just visibility. This is bizarre. :0
I checked a few other recent public games and couldn't find one with a subforum; I wonder if it's a more global issue?
Dec 16, 2024 4:53 pm
When you set these up, do you manually set the permissions?
Dec 16, 2024 5:03 pm
I set up a test. This game is public and has three subforums (an empty one, one with a thread and one with a description). Do you folks see them?

Edit: my second account doesn't see any of the subforums. Their settings are as default as can be, too.
Last edited December 16, 2024 5:06 pm
Dec 16, 2024 5:09 pm
No, doesn't look like it's working for me:
https://i.imgur.com/cEzuI0s.jpeg
Dec 16, 2024 5:12 pm
Delirium says:
https://gamersplane.com/forums/thread/35507/
Can you confirm that this is in the subforum: https://gamersplane.com/forums/11811/ .

If so the permissions look wrong in the database and we will have to look at it.
Dec 16, 2024 5:15 pm
I'll check the logs and otherwise, for the short term, we can fix the permissions in the database.
Dec 16, 2024 6:01 pm
Thanks for checking, Chalrytharendir! <3

Keleth, vagueGM, would it be useful to know when the problem started time-wise? I can look through public games and see which will be the first where I can see a subforum.
Last edited December 16, 2024 6:01 pm

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