Reg members can not post "new topic" in forums

Seems my standard members cant post a "new topic" on my reefmasters.net site ..  I tried with a test account and you click "new topic" nothing happens ...  I looked in the admin membership levels and there is nothing to set permissions for adding a new topic, only moving and deleting and stuff mods would need,, any ideas? .. kind need this fix quick.

wow i just checked and even as admin i can not post a topic.. i can reply and stuff like that but "post a topic" just does not work... hmm

newt said the adsense code might had been the issue so i disabled it and tested and it is still not working

this was the only changes i have made to the forums on this site

 and

is this causing this issue?

oh and this was changed

 COME TO THINK OF IT THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN POST TOPICS IS THE GUY I SET TO MOD WITH THIS EDIT.. SO YES THIS BROKE IT,, how do I fix it now to allow other non "moderators" to post?

As AlexT said, moderators were more or less pulled from the code base and that it might could cause issues.  Someone else will have to step in here that knows the history but I think moderators at one time had Role 2.  I came across some code while working that was checking for the moderator status.

Easy enough to check; just rename your current file with the change to xxxx.xxx.ismod so that you know it has the moderator code added and put the original file back in place.  If that is not the issue, then just name the original to whatever extension you use for backup files and remove the ismod extension; that is how I work with file changes.

I tried removing the "|| isModerator($oProfile->_iProfileID) " from the callback,php file, cleared the cache and tested,, still the same,, will let me do anything but "new topic"  ... will not allow anyone to post a forum,, I think it will allow the account I made a forum "mod" to post a topic though beings he is the only one who has posted since I made the edit.... hmmmm

anyone??

I would hate to have to do this but I really do need this fixed and fast.. think uninstalling and reinstalling the forums module would fix it??... god I dont want to do it and lose all my groups and stuff that was just created but if it will fix it I kinda have no choice

Is there some JS error when you click "New Topic" ?

i dont see an "error" ..  I see the javescriptvoid pop up on bottom left when I hover over the "new topic"  for lack of a better word button .. but when I click its just dead like no action at all  ... ill make a test acound so people here can login and see

Don't uninstall the forum unless you first back up the forum tables; you don't want to lose all the boards and topics.

made a test account for anyone who wants to see what it is doing,, username is test123 and password is the same .. and it is on reefmasters.net of course

 ReferenceError: tinyMCE is not defined - this is the error I get when using element inspector and clicking his New Topic links

 also getting this on page load:

SyntaxError: Using //@ to indicate sourceMappingURL pragmas is deprecated. Use //# instead jquery.js:1
14:06:07.318 Error: http://www.reefmasters.net/plugins/jquery/jquery.js is being assigned a //# sourceMappingURL, but already has one
14:06:09.489 Use of getPreventDefault() is deprecated.  Use defaultPrevented instead. jquery.js:5
14:06:13.613 TypeError: $(...).nivoSlider is not a function forum:20
14:06:13.622 TypeError: $(...).nivoSlider is not a function

@Tussery, did you make any changes to your tinyMCE? Also, try viewing your site with the UNI template and see if errors still persist.

 no sir i did not,, i made the changes listed, i added the mod like alex said, and i did adjust how the index lined up the topics in the css, but i put those changes back to norm and set that all back till this is fixed,, brb gonna try it on uni

just switched it to uni and tried it and same thing,, i left it set to uni till we get this figured out

is your js caching on or off?

Ok this is out of hand and about to cause me to just wipe the site and go with 7.09  ..   I have unistalled and reinstalled the forums module completely .. wiped cache each time.. after the reinstall STILL SAME ISSUE!.. can not post a "new topic".. I can not even post a new topic as admin, no one can, it is as if the hyper link to do so is blank, but there is a java action suppose to be launched when clicked but it acts like it just does not process it for some reason!! .. like I said I completely reinstalled the forums module and it is still doing it! ,, I am runing out of time, i have got to get this site up and going and working correctly the freaking reef conference I plan to pitch the site at is on the 22nd!!

PLEASE ANYONE, IF YOU CAN PLEASE PLEASE HELP ON THIS ISSUE, I AM BEGGING AT THIS POINT!

Seems like a js conflict, try removing the jquery-1.4.3.min.js  or nivo slider (not sure but looks like something from socialdem.net)

<scripttype="text/javascript"src="http://socialdemo.net/ecitycreative/templates/tmpl_vin/js/jquery-1.4.3.min.js"></script>

<scripttype="text/javascript"src="http://socialdemo.net/ecitycreative/templates/tmpl_vin/js/jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js"></script>

<scripttype="text/javascript">

$(window).load(function() {

$('#slider').nivoSlider();

});

</script>

 ty very much!!,, gonna try this now, soon as I am able to find these to remove lol

You cannot include additional copies of Jquery.

<script type="text/javascript"src="http://socialdemo.net/ecitycreative/templates/tmpl_vin/js/jquery-1.4.3.min.js"></script>

So i have to agree. This is most likely the cause. Given that this is part of a custom template, i would make very sure the template developer knows this. A template developer that knows dolphin should actually know this already. So this developer must be inexperienced with dolphin.

My guess is this is in the templates _header.

Thank you guys for attempting to help here, I am at my last resorts with this problem.. ok so I have pull and removed totally all 3rd party templates and cleared and dumped all cache and tmp files, and it is still doing it, I dont think that jquery is still in any of the site code now,, still the new topic link is just giving no action at all

 Tommy, I think it is when you removed the banner...

Also I should mention, not sure it matters because it is more ahead, that the install I did was an SVN pull; meaning it was the most current "Dolphin" ATM.

Now as we see, the forum was working perfect until you did what you did...

I suggest we backup all the topics in the database and I re-install the forums.

 Done did backups newt and reinstalled the forums earlier today,, that didnt fix it,  I also removed the Scuba template all together and am using uni,, and that still doesnt have it working .. but what I will do just now as it is the only combination I can think of that I have not tried yet is I will now uninstall and reinstall the forums just now again, cause I did then uninstall and reinstall earlier BEFORE I had removed the template,, this time will see if reinstalling it with that template gone will matter or not.

and ... nope...  reinstalling the forums module AFTER I had removed the template did not fix the issue either, and just for laughs I pulled the google ads and reinstalled one more time just to see if maybe they might had been the issue,, nope

So as of now,, the template has been completely deleted and went back to uni, banner ads have been disabled, forums module has been removed and reinstalled countless times... I do believe this is when the mechanic suggest that might want to check the air in the tires and see if that might be whats keeping it from starting

I am seeing a different error in the forums now. JS tinymce not defined.

Have any changes been made recently to the tinymce editor?

If you can send me FTP and make my account i just created admin, i can take a look and see if i can fix things.

And it does not look like the UNI template to me. It appears to be modified.

 no ,, no changes to tinymce  .. I set your profile there to admin already,, and will email you here cpanel access

Newt did tweak the uni a little when we first installed it, and yes I noticed some things wrong with is since he did it, like some fonts are the wrong color,, like white on white background and stuff ill have to fix as-well

Actually, examine any jquery added to the site.  I helped someone that was having issues with the pop-up edit windows and it was from a jquery script for a slider; not the jquery libraries themselves but a jquery script; the slider script was interfering in some way; I just yanked it and replaced the slider.

Ok. Thats fixed. Damaged forum files. Simply uninstalling and reinstalling was not good enough. Needed to be uninstalled, then forum folder deleted and a fresh copy uploaded, then reinstalled.

Now if you want to put your template back in, go ahead. I'll look at the jquery conflict with the slider and see if i can deal with that as well.

 That was only done with the "Site Customizer" module.. no other core changes were made by me.

 that was also done to match up with the "scuba" template

yeah i figure that is what that is,, that wont be hard to fix,, once the forums are in working order, that is just small stuff,, its the forums that have me at a cant go no further stuck dead in the water kind of bind

 sorry over looked this at first,, THANK YOU SO MUCH MAN, I DEFO OWE YOU ONE!!... placing the template back now

I will be heading to bed soon. Need sleep.

If there should be a problem with the templates slider jquery i'll look at that tomorrow.

 no problem get your sleep and thanks again,, least if nothing else i will know how to fix it if it happenes again btu yeah the template will be installed if you feel like looking at in later tomorrow

thanks again sir