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This is version 1.2 of Forum Access for Drupal 6. It replaces the short-lived version 1.1.
It has significant improvements over 1.0 and we recommend strongly that you upgrade.
Forum Access requires the ACL module.
Please note: The default behavior of Forum Access has changed going from D5 to D6: The permissions which used to affect nodes only, but not comments (i.e. posting comments was possible for roles that weren't allowed to post forum topics), have now been extended to comments! IOW, roles without Create access cannot post comments/replies either. However, you can go to admin/content/forum/settings and enable D5 legacy mode to get the old D5 behavior back.
Changes since 1.0:
Enhancements:
- Provide db_rewrite_sql() support to hide the forum moderator role.
- Reset the permissions of the forum moderator role (in case they were changed by the admin).
- Hide the 'Forums' menu item for users that can't see any forum.
- Keep the admin from changing the permissions of the internal-use-only forum moderator role and make it even more difficult to assign the role to a user.
- Keep the admin from assigning the internal-use-only forum moderator role to a user.
- #552636: Implement 'Drupal 5 legacy mode,' where posting comments and replies is always allowed, for backward compatibility.
Bugs fixed:
- #649854: Moderator role gets deleted from {permission} during the submission of admin/user/permissions.
- Deny direct access to forum administration without 'View' access.
- Avoid duplicate warning when submitting the Permissions page.
- #639196: Fix error on secondary user profile pages.
- #597616, #560238: Allow editing own unreplied-to comments even without permission, as core does.
- Distinguish between grants as moderator or as normal user.
- Fix some trailing spaces (no functional change).
- #493044: Fix missing initialization of the {forum_access} table during installation.
- #578554: Fix a possible foreach() error message.
- Avoid Coder warning and improve installation information.
Note: The devel_node_access (DNA) module, which is part of the Devel module, provides an in-depth view into the inner workings of node access, especially if you enable its debug mode at admin/settings/devel#edit-devel-node-access-debug-mode and its second block. This is a big help for understanding the forces that control access to any given node.
Note the Drupal core issues listed on the Forum Access front page, which are outside the scope of Forum Access. Help resolve these issues to make Forum Access perform even better!
