New forum topics don't appear

By wmnnd on 10 Aug 2007 at 19:47 UTC

Hello there, I've just installed a Drupal CMS and tried to set up the forums which appears not to work at all.
If I or another user tries to create a post, it isn't displayed in the forum but still can be accessed directly (e.g. via .../?q=node/4)
I don't know what to do. I've installed ACL and Forum Access but disabling them doesn't change anything.
Thanks in advance.

Comments

Publishing options

pbarnett commented 10 August 2007 at 20:13

Hi!

It sounds as though the forum topics are there, but not published.

Go to Administer=>Content management=>Content.

This should show all the content on your site.

Does it show the forum posts?

Are they shown as 'Published' in the Status column?

If the posts are shown, but flagged as 'not published', you'll need to go to Administer=>Content management=>Content types, click on 'edit' in the Operations column for Forum topic, and make sure that the box for 'Published' is checked under 'Default options'.

You can publish the existing topics by returning to to Administer=>Content management=>Content, selecting all the content by clicking on the checkbox next to 'Title', ensuring that the Update options is set to publish, then clicking on the 'Update' button.

Let us know the result of trying the above!

Pete.

They are already published

wmnnd commented 10 August 2007 at 20:47

They are already published and unpublishing and republishing them doesn't change anything.

There are no shadows in a world without light ...

Oh, and when I visit the

wmnnd commented 10 August 2007 at 21:15

Oh, and when I visit the posts (e.g. via .../?q=node/4) the selected forum isn't shown like „Home » Forum » Support » Post installation“ but only „Home » Forum“.

There are no shadows in a world without light ...

Forums

pbarnett commented 10 August 2007 at 21:30

Hi again.

Do the forums appear when you select 'Recent posts' from the Navigation menu?

Pete.

There is no such entry. You

wmnnd commented 10 August 2007 at 21:53

There is no such entry. You can have a look at the page at http://drupal.grünschnabel-online.de/

There are no shadows in a world without light ...

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vm commented 10 August 2007 at 21:34

wondering if you have installed the category.module from the downloads area ?

you don't need to install it for forums to work, but if it is installed you may not have the taxonomy wrappers installed properly.
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No, I haven't installed

wmnnd commented 10 August 2007 at 21:49

No, I haven't installed anything but ACL and Forum Access.

There are no shadows in a world without light ...

I am having the same problem

GarP commented 10 August 2007 at 22:29

I am having the same problem with the forum. Yes, they have been published, show up on the content page as published, show up in the side bar (block) as "Recent Forum Topics". Was working but not anymore.

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sepeck commented 10 August 2007 at 23:17

Did you just disable the permissions modules? If I recall, you have to reset the permissions a certain way before you disable permissions modules.

-Steven Peck
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-Steven Peck
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Could you please give

wmnnd commented 11 August 2007 at 00:11

Could you please give further explanation?

There are no shadows in a world without light ...

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vm commented 11 August 2007 at 01:07

are you sure the permissions for each forum are set up properly ? with regards to the forumaccess.module ?

you've only mentioned enabling it, not setting the proper settings for it, per forum.
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Do not know about

GarP commented 11 August 2007 at 01:38

Do not know about WishMasterNND's site but yes permissions are set correctly at the container level as well at the forum level on my site.

Also, this site has been up and running for over a month and the forum had been working fine. Then today, doing a final walkthru before launching it and found this problem with the forum.

Thanks for your help. Always good to have a "fresh" point of view.

see hijacking threads

sepeck commented 11 August 2007 at 02:24

leads to confusion.

The orginal post and problem had this detail.

ACL and Forum Access

Most permissions modules MUST be disabled in a certain order. This is usually mentioned on the configuration screen, the readme or the install.txt

-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
_{Drupal Best Practices Guide -|- Black Mountain}

-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
_{Drupal Best Practices Guide}

I have both of those modules

GarP commented 11 August 2007 at 02:43

I have both of those modules installed as well. Also, neither module's readme or install.txt has anything about permission order in them.

As an example, Forum access instructions are install in modules directory and activate. Very simple and straight forward.

Had already double checked readme and install txt, as well as outstanding issues on each before posting on this forum.

Can not find anything on this problem before.

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vm commented 11 August 2007 at 03:55

goto administer -> post settings

is there a button visible to reset your node access table ?
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There is this button but

wmnnd commented 11 August 2007 at 07:44

There is this button but resetting this doesn't change anything.

There are no shadows in a world without light ...

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vm commented 11 August 2007 at 13:18

That's a problem. That button wouldn't show if there were no issues with that table.

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So, that is not

wmnnd commented 11 August 2007 at 14:59

So, that is not allright?
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4201/screenshot1hu1.png

... and what can I do? I've just a default Drupal installation except for ACL and Forum Access.
But as I said, disabling them doesn't help, either.

There are no shadows in a world without light ...

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vm commented 11 August 2007 at 15:07

ok, you disabled, them. Did you also uninstall them using the uninstall link in administer -> modules to remove changes made to the DB ?
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nah ...

wmnnd commented 11 August 2007 at 15:48

These plugins aren't shown in the uninstall section after disabling them.

There are no shadows in a world without light ...

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vm commented 11 August 2007 at 16:04

Oddly enough, you are correct, even though the forum_access module does create a table.

I've just installed ACL 5.x-1.4 and forum_access 5.x-1.7 on a fresh test installation. Are these the versions of the modules you are also using ?
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It should be the latest

wmnnd commented 11 August 2007 at 19:12

It should be the latest versions, I downloaded them vom drupal.org.

There are no shadows in a world without light ...

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vm commented 11 August 2007 at 20:15

there are -dev versions and released versions, "should" be the lastest doesn't sound that confident an answer.

you should compare the top of the .module file with your own in the most recent releases.
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Here, that's on top of the

wmnnd commented 11 August 2007 at 21:15

Here, that's on top of the .module files:
ACL:
// $Id: acl.module,v 1.1.2.11 2007/05/18 13:23:49 fago Exp $
and forum access:
// $Id: forum_access.module,v 1.3.2.1 2007/02/11 16:45:16 merlinofchaos Exp $

There are no shadows in a world without light ...

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vm commented 11 August 2007 at 22:21

They are in order as well.

Not sure what else to have you look at. My testing of both modules on a fresh install with no other modules seems to be working perfectly well. You can inspect it at personal.verymisunderstood.com/forum
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same problem

Gentoo7 commented 29 August 2007 at 11:59

im having the exact same problem! any ways to fix this.

I posted published topics to the forum and they arent coming up on the forum.

Hi Gentoo7, I've stumbled

SabbeRubbish commented 13 September 2007 at 22:02

Hi Gentoo7,

I've stumbled against the same problem today, cursed the forums for not giving me an answer and got digging myself.

I've solved the problem here. What you need to do (at least, what worked for me):

1. Disable all modules for the forum: Forum, Forum_Access, Taxonomy.
2. UNINSTALL the Forum module.
3. Delete the Forum vocabulary under Administer > Content Management > Categories (5.2).
4. Install the Forum module.

Now, when creating a forum topic, you get a list with forums to select from, which wasn't available earlier (at least not here).

Hope this wasn't somewhere else on the forums,

SabbeRubbish

Thanks, it solved my issue.

guillaumeduveau

Toulouse

commented 17 October 2007 at 15:37

Thanks, it solved my issue.

I have the exact same

tdx commented 21 October 2007 at 20:13

I have the exact same problem and would love to try your solution, but how do I uninstall the Forum module?

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vm commented 21 October 2007 at 20:16

disable it in administer -> modules
then click on the uninstall tab at the top of adminsiter -> modules
and remove the installation on the next screen.

Old topics

Cantalamessa commented 22 October 2007 at 23:48

Is there a way to reset the forum without loosing all the old topics and comments? I am afraid that this problem will show up again after some module upgrade: this time I'm lucky, having just few topics copied them by hand.

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vm commented 22 October 2007 at 23:53

not that I am aware of.

Same problem after 5.3 upgrade

Jackezel commented 25 October 2007 at 02:36

After disabling, uninstalling, deleting, and re-installing the Forum is there any way to get your content back from the old forums?

Steve Lecarpentier
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This fixed my forum

Jackezel commented 16 November 2009 at 01:39

This fixed my forum and I didn't lose any of my data.

http://drupal.org/node/90214

So simple but so perfect

netlynx commented 28 May 2008 at 16:35

I could swear I tried this before but having the instruction here made me try again and bingo - all sorted.
Thanks for the obvious but simply perfect solution. Only difference for me was that I also uninstalled the Taxonomy access module for good measure.
(Running 5.7 so for those that were wondering this can happen on the latest and greatest version.)