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New Topic button always appears [message #16380] Tue, 27 January 2004 20:30 Go to next message
Gribnif is currently offline  Gribnif   United States
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I've noticed that the New Topic button always appears, even if the user does not have permission to create topics in the particular forum. I think it would be less confusing if it simply wasn't there in this case.

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Re: New Topic button always appears [message #16382 is a reply to message #16380] Wed, 28 January 2004 01:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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If it is not there many people don't realize that you can post messages. Yes, users are stupid.

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Re: New Topic button always appears [message #16400 is a reply to message #16382] Wed, 28 January 2004 16:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Gribnif is currently offline  Gribnif   United States
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Ilia wrote on Tue, 27 January 2004 20:20

If it is not there many people don't realize that you can post messages. Yes, users are stupid.

But why have it there if they aren't permitted to post in that forum? When they click on it, they just get an error message telling them they aren't permitted.

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Re: New Topic button always appears [message #16404 is a reply to message #16400] Wed, 28 January 2004 18:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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When they see the link they click on it and are told they are not permitted to do so and are given links allowing them to either login to existing account or create a new one.

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Re: New Topic button always appears [message #16409 is a reply to message #16404] Wed, 28 January 2004 19:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Gribnif is currently offline  Gribnif   United States
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Yes, but they get this even if they *are* logged in, and just not permitted to post to the topic. I have a few "read only" forums for announcements, that only moderators can post to.

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Re: New Topic button always appears [message #16410 is a reply to message #16409] Wed, 28 January 2004 19:41 Go to previous message
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Forum does not know at that point whether the user has posting permissions or not. Having to perform the check would require some additional operations. And the issue is not that critical.

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