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Thanks for the plugin @RGJ, it seems to fulfil my needed feature. Two issues I came across while testing it: If I “open up” an existing category A (so far only accessible for group A) by activating...
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The plugin does not only affect topics created after enabling the plugin, it works for all topics in those categories. I’m not sure what Simon: adding rights for another group B to be able to post...
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Sorry, I expressed myself badly. Richard - Communiteq: When you add group B there I did not add group B there. I only added group B to the generic security settings to allow them to see the category...
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First of all, I have just pushed a fix for Ember5, but that should not have influenced the working of the plugin. To be 100% sure, please rebuild and configure the plugin from scratch. I cannot...
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Thanks for your fast feedback & testing, @RGJ ! And sorry for the late reply, some other tasks kept me away from the issue for some days. I updated the plug-in and retested with another category....
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Simon: Only topics started by an admin are shown in the category (probably intentionally and sensible) Correct, this is controlled by the setting private topics permitted groups “Always show topics...
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One question, even I may know the answer. What happends if the plugin must be disabled, because of some conflicts etc. Will then every topic and post be visible to everyone or will that category be...
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When you disable the plugin, all topics in the category will be visible to everyone. If you want to avoid that you should modify the category permissions to be more strict, before disabling the...
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As I excepted. So, there is one huge risk: human error. If I have to disable it I should remember in that chaos adjust group restrictions too. That is really big questionmark actually. Read full topic
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Jakke Lehtonen: in that chaos Avoid the chaos and you’ll be fine Read full topic
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That is very true But issues of plugins and environment is out of my hand (otherwise would be… exciting ) Just playing with idea… if there would be some security measurement, like companion component...
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Jakke Lehtonen: Just playing with idea… if there would be some security measurement, like companion component that has one and only one job: watch status of the plugin and inform right away admin(s)...
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The most common reason is forum is down. And I don’t know too many admin who keeps thinking when they know what is the cause and the fix is disabling a plugin. I like Category Lockdown but because its...
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Simon: thus maybe just an irrelevant thought, how to mitigate the risk: Before/during disabling the plug-in, show a dialogue to the user, reminding them of the consequences of disabling the plug-in...
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Richard - Communiteq: Problem is that the most common way of disabling a plugin is by simply removing it and then rebuilding. So from within Discourse, the plugin just “disappears” at once. I see....
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Simon: Would a warning-message to stdout/stderr improve the situation in this case? Same problem: at the moment the plugin is gone, there is nothing that would be able to output that message. Read...
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If it were possible to implement this plugin in a way that it allows additional groups of people to post and see their own messages, disabling of the plugin would be no risk. Read full topic
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I can’t tell where the change in core occurred, but I believe some change pre 57df0d526e has allowed for users to see topic titles on the home page, which is a change in behavior, as far as I recall....
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I have tested this on tests-passed as of earlier today (4c7d58a, after your commit) and I am unable to reproduce this. create empty forum enable private topics plugin enable private topics on...
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Hi Richard, yep! I’m testing this in an incognito tab. I’ve got quite a lot of other plugins enabled - so it might be something else interfering, so I’ll get back to you after disabling some - sorry...
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harryob: I’ve got quite a lot of other plugins enabled - so it might be something else interfering, I’ve been testing this on my 93-plugin test site so this makes me curious harryob: incognito tab...
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Unfortunately, I wasn’t all that successful narrowing down any conflicts caused by plugins. I’m sure my measly 15 plugins are likely all covered by your test site’s 91, however! These were both taken...
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Ah, that category setting is what causes it. I can repro. To be continued. Thank you for reporting! Read full topic
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