[MOD] Members Personal Category (obsolete, not supported)

[ib41]

is this error shows only when u are logged in as administrator?

It shows up BOTH as a REGULAR user and also as ADMINISTRATOR


sn: I  installed the Bypass SAFE MODE hack found here >>>  http://www.4homepages.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3958 and I'm still getting that error above the page ( even tho the image IS uploaded and viewable )

[geza]

i have the mod installed and activated.
now i make a login as a registered member. i can not see any possibility to make me a new category. i can not find the page where its possible.
(sorry for my english)

[V@no]

i can not find the page where its possible.

go to "Control Panel" (not the admin control panel), u should see new option "Activate MPC"

[geza]

checkbox is activ. i click to edit and come error: i have no rights...
(in admin control panel are the rights for registered members checked)

[blaine]

Thanks for this great Mod

I've installed in on a new ver1.7 install for testing. I've enabled it and it appears to work but have a few questions that I am not fully understanding and have read all the posts on this topic.

- Installed on XP, added the English Language Pack

1) Appears I have to enable it per user from the admin->edit users
    Is this the only way?

2) In admin->edit users: What is the Field "Personal Category" for. I can only really edit my personal category permissions if I enter a "1" in this field. Even if "Activate Personal Category" is activated in edit user screen. I don't understand the interplay between the 2 fields. Activate is clear.

3) How do I automatically have a new category created for a user - is this possible?  It appears your site works this way.

4) How do I assign the category to the user and how do I see this as a user ?  - I don't see anyway to tell what real category "personal category" I am editing permissions as a user.

5) Logged in as user and accessing the control Panel. I see the "Personal Category *New" in the left col - under the random image. I have a Check box that is enabled by the "Activate" label - so far so good.
  5.1 -> Am I supposed to be able to de-activate and activate this as a user?  (if not why is it a checkbox that I apparently have control over)
  5.2 -> Not touching the checkbox - if I then hit "Save" above the Change Password field - the Personal Category flag will de-activate. Everytime. I have to logon as admin and re-enable that user again.

That should do and will help me with this mod - maybe others had similar questions

Thanks,
Blaine

[popo]

a great mod! I would like to try it for my pic galley, but I can not download the "Install MPC installer" file, would V@no send me the file by email ?

my email: popo@bbs.shunde.net

thanks.

[V@no]

sorry, was kind of too busy lately.

1) Appears I have to enable it per user from the admin->edit users
    Is this the only way?

u must first anable MPC from 4images settings.

2) In admin->edit users: What is the Field "Personal Category" for. I can only really edit my personal category permissions if I enter a "1" in this field. Even if "Activate Personal Category" is activated in edit user screen. I don't understand the interplay between the 2 fields. Activate is clear.

That field is show u the category ID asigned to the user, u can change it to another category ID.

3) How do I automatically have a new category created for a user - is this possible?  It appears your site works this way.

yes, each member must first activate MPC from their profile, when they activated, and accepted terms and conditions, they can set settings and stuff. (remmber, u must first activate "global" MPC from 4images settings.

4) How do I assign the category to the user and how do I see this as a user ?  - I don't see anyway to tell what real category "personal category" I am editing permissions as a user.

sorry, didnt quet understand this one I might answered it already in second question.

5) Logged in as user and accessing the control Panel. I see the "Personal Category *New" in the left col - under the random image. I have a Check box that is enabled by the "Activate" label - so far so good.
  5.1 -> Am I supposed to be able to de-activate and activate this as a user?  (if not why is it a checkbox that I apparently have control over)
  5.2 -> Not touching the checkbox - if I then hit "Save" above the Change Password field - the Personal Category flag will de-activate. Everytime. I have to logon as admin and re-enable that user again.

yes, members can deactivate their MPC (it's actualy pretty much useless )
Not sure about 5.1, it shouldnt be that way.

[ib41]

......... any fix yet ?

[blaine]

V@no, thanks for that reply. I always had the feature enabled and your other replies helped.  I wanted to outline my understanding on how to setup and administrate the personal category feature.  If you could review and maybe this will also help others.

1) Enable feature in main settings

2) Create categories or sub-categories that you want users to use for their personal images. Likely one per user that you want to enable this feature for.

3) For each user: Edit user record and enable the MPC feature then enter the category ID that you created above in the "Personal Category" field

4) Now edit permissions for user to grant access for the category to view category, images, upload etc ....

Note: If this is a sub-category then you need view category rights for all directories in the tree.

Note: I can still view and access the images even without the parent directory access, I just can't see the categories and navigation from the home view. I may see the new image and thus the link as expected

5) Login as user and edit the permissions for the personal category if you want to grant other users access or make public

I assume that is the intended behaviour and admin steps.

The only problem I still see is that when logged in as a user and I access the control panel. Hitting Save will clear the "Activate" Personal Category checkbox - everytime using IE 6. Making no changes on the form.

Also, I can de-activate the MPC as the user but I can not re-activate it.

Are you aware or going to release fixes for the above noted issue  - just curious as I may have to dig into the code but would prefer to not if I don't need.

Thanks,
Blaine

[V@no]

1) Enable feature in main settings

2) Create categories or sub-categories that you want users to use for their personal images. Likely one per user that you want to enable this feature for.

This is correct. Make sure that permissions of that category for view category and view images set to all.

3) For each user: Edit user record and enable the MPC feature then enter the category ID that you created above in the "Personal Category" field

4) Now edit permissions for user to grant access for the category to view category, images, upload etc ....

U might need do those steps, if u didnt do step 2 (your tutorial) and members already activated their MPC.

Note: I can still view and access the images even without the parent directory access, I just can't see the categories and navigation from the home view. I may see the new image and thus the link as expected

this is quet alright, that's why u must set MPC root category (the one u chose in settings) "view category" and "view images" to ALL.

5) Login as user and edit the permissions for the personal category if you want to grant other users access or make public

Correct.

The only problem I still see is that when logged in as a user and I access the control panel. Hitting Save will clear the "Activate" Personal Category checkbox - everytime using IE 6. Making no changes on the form.

Also, I can de-activate the MPC as the user but I can not re-activate it.

this is not right, I've checked my installation steps on fresh 4images and it was working perfectly (I think ).

Are you aware or going to release fixes for the above noted issue  - just curious as I may have to dig into the code but would prefer to not if I don't need.

I'd like see it in action if u dont mind, would u post a link to your site?

[ib41]

oh, also got into some trouble with the mod:

i'm running a standalone installation and it works fine until i try to change the default permissions from the users' control panel. once i try to switch between all, registered users, and private i get this kind of messages:

if i try to switch from all to registered users:

Code: [Select]

DB Error: Bad SQL Query: UPDATE 4images_categories SET auth_download = 2 WHERE cat_id =
You have an error in your SQL syntax near '' at line 3

from all to private:

Code: [Select]

DB Error: Bad SQL Query: UPDATE 4images_categories SET auth_download = 3 WHERE cat_id =
You have an error in your SQL syntax near '' at line 3

DB Error: Bad SQL Query: SELECT group_id FROM 4images_groupaccess WHERE cat_id = AND auth_download = 1
You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'AND auth_download = 1' at line 3


and something else, the category is not displaying for guests, even though now 'all' should be able to see it. Please help

solutions ?

[ch3och3]

oh, also got into some trouble with the mod:

i'm running a standalone installation and it works fine until i try to change the default permissions from the users' control panel. once i try to switch between all, registered users, and private i get this kind of messages:

if i try to switch from all to registered users:

Code: [Select]

DB Error: Bad SQL Query: UPDATE 4images_categories SET auth_download = 2 WHERE cat_id =
You have an error in your SQL syntax near '' at line 3

from all to private:

Code: [Select]

DB Error: Bad SQL Query: UPDATE 4images_categories SET auth_download = 3 WHERE cat_id =
You have an error in your SQL syntax near '' at line 3

DB Error: Bad SQL Query: SELECT group_id FROM 4images_groupaccess WHERE cat_id = AND auth_download = 1
You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'AND auth_download = 1' at line 3


and something else, the category is not displaying for guests, even though now 'all' should be able to see it. Please help

solutions ?

u have to edit user profile in Control Panel

give the member a member Category number...

But Admin still have  DB error message...

[spoiledRHOtten]

okay..so say a user has created/activated their album already.....and you have 1150 users. How do they change their permissions?

Do I have to edit user and change permissions for ALL 1150 users so that everyone can see everyone else's albums?!?!?!?

I keep getting this error anyways whenever I try to edit the permissions from member_editprofile...I get this error:

DB Error: Bad SQL Query: UPDATE 4images_categories SET auth_upload = 3 WHERE cat_id =
You have an error in your SQL syntax near '' at line 3

DB Error: Bad SQL Query: SELECT group_id FROM 4images_groupaccess WHERE cat_id = AND auth_upload = 1
You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'AND auth_upload = 1' at line 3

please help....I think i might cry.

[V@no]

okay..so say a user has created/activated their album already.....and you have 1150 users. How do they change their permissions?

each of your members must go to control panel, activate MPC, click save. after that they should see a link "Edit" in their control panel. After first time clicking on "Edit" link, they must accept whatever agreement u set, then new category folder should be automaticaly created and they should see the permissions page.

[spoiledRHOtten]

okay..so say a user has created/activated their album already.....and you have 1150 users. How do they change their permissions?

each of your members must go to control panel, activate MPC, click save. after that they should see a link "Edit" in their control panel. After first time clicking on "Edit" link, they must accept whatever agreement u set, then new category folder should be automaticaly created and they should see the permissions page.

okay...right.

so they get DB errors everytime they try to set permissions. What must I do so that they dont get errors?