looks like I can confirm this behavior via a quick test…  something must have gotten knocked with the js overhaul… will open a ticket for research and a solution…  thanks for the heads up…

okay, have figured out what is going on…  our form action query argument is conflicting with the wp ajax action query argument…

below is the handful of changes needed to be made…

in file simple-press/admin/panel-components/ajax/spa-ajax-components..php, around line 58, change

switch ($_GET['action']) {

to

switch ($_GET['targetaction']) {

and the in file simple-press/admin/panel-components/forms/spa-components-special-ranks-add-form.php, change

$ajaxURL = wp_nonce_url(SPAJAXURL."components-loader&saveform=specialranks&action=addmember&id=$rank_id", 'components-loader');

to

$ajaxURL = wp_nonce_url(SPAJAXURL."components-loader&saveform=specialranks&targetaction=addmember&id=$rank_id", 'components-loader');

and the in file simple-press/admin/panel-components/forms/spa-components-special-ranks-del-form.php, change

$ajaxURL = wp_nonce_url(SPAJAXURL."components-loader&saveform=specialranks&action=delmember&id=$rank_id", 'components-loader');

to

$ajaxURL = wp_nonce_url(SPAJAXURL."components-loader&saveform=specialranks&targetaction=delmember&id=$rank_id", 'components-loader');

and the in file simple-press/admin/panel-components/forms/spa-components-special-ranks-form.php, change

$ajaxURL = wp_nonce_url(SPAJAXURL.'components-loader&saveform=specialranks&action=newrank', 'components-loader');

to

$ajaxURL = wp_nonce_url(SPAJAXURL.'components-loader&saveform=specialranks&targetaction=newrank', 'components-loader');

and change

$ajaxURL = wp_nonce_url(SPAJAXURL.'components-loader&saveform=specialranks&action=updaterank&id='.$rank['meta_id'], 'components-loader');

to

$ajaxURL = wp_nonce_url(SPAJAXURL.'components-loader&saveform=specialranks&targetaction=updaterank&id='.$rank['meta_id'], 'components-loader');

basically, that changes ‘action’ to ‘targetaction’ in those changes…

That’s the solution, it’s working again.

Thanks for the quick response 

Kind Regards,

Marcel

thanks for confirming the fix!  And sorry for the issue…

Will there be a new bug fix release that will fix the issue, or should we just go ahead with the code? 

Also, I must admit I am very confused as to where these codes are located. Any way you could offer a step by step on where to get to simple-press/admin/panel-components ? What exactly to click on my dashboard? 

Sorry, big newbie here! 

Thanks

Jessica Gregory_1 said
Will there be a new bug fix release that will fix the issue, or should we just go ahead with the code?  

Also interested in this

Jessica: Fully understand. It actually means using an editor (such as Notepad on Windows or Textedit on OSX) to make the changes in the code. It is actually pretty simple to do but I can also understand it can be daunting.

I rather think we will need to issue an update but probably will not be able to do so until this coming weekend at the earliest. And I apologise for that. Discussions on how and when will start today.

As a last resort, I am willing to make edits for any user who is nervous of going for it but I would need their FTP  credentials to their server (which can be sent to me in a PM) – but I realise that is the kind of information you may feel uncomfortable disclosing.

Thank you very much. Personally, my forum can survive without custom ranks for a little while. Others may need your help! 

Thanks 🙂

if all well, we may try to push out a minor update this weekend to fix this…

That would be just great. Thanks.

we shall see how it goes… hope we can do it…

version 5.7.1 has been pushed out this morning to address this forum ranks issue…