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Paul M Jerard Jr
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Dec 9, 2016 - 1:51 pm

Hello there!

For some reason the users have become unable to post to the forum. The button is showing but it doesn't do anything.   I am sure it is a permissions setting problem as I can Post Topic/Reply using the admin account. (There was a script conflict earlier but I was able to fix that, so we can rule that out.)

Members > Standard Access > Permissions - Allow to post and reply, etc.

I have visually confirmed my test users are set to Members with Standard Access

Can you let me know what I should be checking for to see about getting this working?

Thanks!

Meredith

 

Settings:

WP - V4.7

SP - V5.7.2

SP V5 Importer Framework - 2.4

Theme is using reboot-child

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Yellow Swordfish
Glinton, England
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Dec 9, 2016 - 3:24 pm

I am afraid I have a sort of standard initial response to this question and I really do have to start with that.

The question is - what has changed? If it worked yesterday and doesn't work today - something must have changed. A new WP plugin perhaps? An updated or new WP theme? it has to be something causing a conflict...

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Paul M Jerard Jr
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Dec 9, 2016 - 3:44 pm

I'm not 100% since the admins weren't having an issue...

But looking at the logs the last Simple Press updates were in October. Updated plugin: Simple:Press 5.7.2  and about SP 4 plugins but there's no description to which ones and I don't remember.

Then just this past week:

iThemes Security 5.8.1, MailChimp for WordPress 4.0.11, Strong Testimonials 2.16.3

and during troubleshooting I deactivated them all and still having the problem....

I wish it was something obvious like that.

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Yellow Swordfish
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Dec 9, 2016 - 3:54 pm

It has to be. The code can not change so if ot worked before it should still work as it does the same thing every time it is loaded.

So - any script errors in the browser web console?

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Paul M Jerard Jr
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Dec 9, 2016 - 4:56 pm

I do see an error that came up when I refreshed the page 

This in IE 11 and don't know what's it's referencing-

SCRIPT16386: No such interface supported

File: jquery.js, Line: 3, Column: 27371

And in Comodo (Chrome) I get nothing related.

Do you have any ideas about why it would work for an Admin and then not a Member with access to post?   So...

Would it be too much to ask if you could login and check the settings? I can provide an admin as well as a test Forum user login 

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Mr Papa
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Dec 9, 2016 - 7:09 pm

what version of windows??  and to be sure, this is IE 11, not the latest Edge?

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Paul M Jerard Jr
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Dec 9, 2016 - 7:48 pm

It's Internet Explorer 11, not edge. I rarely use it.  And I don't think it's isolated to the browser. I know the admins use Apple and other devices and they can access without issue.  Just the non-admins with the problems.

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Mr Papa
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Dec 10, 2016 - 12:39 am

have you tried as a user? asking because the error message does seem limited to IE..  other browsers should see a different error message if still having problem...  at least that is what bit of googling indicates...

if you wanted to provide us a link to the site and temp credentials, you could send both yellow swordfish and mr papa the info in a PM... be sure to link back to this topic so we know what it is about...

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Paul M Jerard Jr
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Dec 12, 2016 - 11:01 am

Good morning!

Yes, I was testing with 2 user account and while I can post/reply on both browsers with admin I cannot with the Member users.

I'll be sending the user logins shortly.

Thank you!

Meredith

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Yellow Swordfish
Glinton, England
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Dec 12, 2016 - 4:31 pm

Can you run a quick test for me - and I do not expect this to be the answer but I would like to discount it...

Could you deactivate the SP Captcha plugin. The clear your browser cache and log in as a user and see of that makes any difference

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