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You know I am going to have to say it - but if you can be a little more polite and less confrontational then we can probably arrive at some sensible conclusions a little quicker. I am not actually stupid.
So you have said:
Nobody has asked you to modify the plugin, if you don't think it's worth to improve this aspect, but to suggest a workaround or fix for my situation. It might not be a common one, but it is still a totally legitimate and obviously possible one.
Actually - essentially you have asked for us to modify things and no - there is absolutely nothing legitimate about opening a backdoor to bypass permissions as you suggest - no matter what type of user we are talking about.
What you can do is alter your code of course. And meanwhile we can discuss the merit of putting some filters in place that would allow a user to make permanent changes with no compromise to the core.
However - if you want to make local edits for now then you should make them in the blog linking plugin - not the core post class code which is used for all topic and forum post creation.
The call to this validation routine is in the file /library/sp-linking-blog.php - as shown in the original error you pasted on the first post. Line 125 caters for the abort condition so you may want to add your is_admin() call in there.
As I say - we will discuss the merit of some filters in the core which I think will be as far as we would want to go in compromising permission handling.
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I really hate it when I pay for top of the price and companies behave as if they can't sell you anything else (short sighted, i must say). Don't tell me that I am confrontational. I am asking for support. Which I have paid for, according to your sales pitches. I have been overly polite from scratch. You have dismissed (or not read carefully) my posts. I want to reiterate this: S:P is impressive and one of the best wp plugins I have ever seen. But it is you having an attitude, not me. If you don't believe me, read back the whole thread, whenever you get a min for your top of the line clients.
And yes, you are wrong about permissions: administrator should be able to override ANY permissions. You even state it yourself in your documentation and sales pitches. There is nothing wrong with a plugin which doesn't contemplate a rare (maybe) scenario. What is wrong is to try and let your clients look like fools, instead of trying and reading what their problem is and offering the support they (according to your sale's pitch) paid for.
All the best and enjoy your weekend.
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Well we will disagree on 'attitude' and yes - I have read this all several times and I believe our replies so far to be patient and polite. So - sticking to the story...
you are wrong about permissions: administrator should be able to override ANY permissions. You even state it yourself in your documentation and sales pitches
We do not state anywhere - and never have - that 'administrators' - and that term means a user in a WordPress Administrator role - has full and total access and overrides all permissions. This has never been the case with Simple:Press and never will be.
I mentioned earlier the difference between a WP Administrator and an SP Admin and you came back and bit my head off as if you understood it but clearly you do not. So again - a WordPress Administrator has no more permission in the forum than the permissions he is granted for his user group. And we have never stated anything different.
On the other hand - an SP 'Admin' as defined in the forum 'Manage Admins' panel - DOES have total and 100% access and rights to all aspects of the forum (with the exception of their users private messages if that plugin is installed).
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