Rodney,  i can not duplicate the same results unless I log in as the user you created.  I have checked 6 other users and they all cannot see it.  When we log in as a normal user this is what we see.  I dont understand why the only user that can see it is the one you created?  how did you create the user?

Tested on differnt computers and different ISP's and yes all users were registered users.  I even went as far a revove everything but registered user from one account but still now joy.  How do I send a log for just one user?

Doug

Hmm - this is very strange - basically that user account (and the others you mentioned) seem to be stuck in "View" mode for some reason. I assumed it was a cookie that stored this setting but it appears to be more persistient than this.

I have tested it with 2 new users - one created by admin with "Add New User" and one created with "Register" (from a user's POV) and it works with both. My conclusion is that this is not a bug in the Groups module - there is something strange going on with the User/Role/View permissions on those older users. I'm afraid I cannot help you more than that, but I would suggest you start by investigating how those accounts were created (and if there is anything different about them) and possibly posting on the core forums and explaining that some older users appear to be "stuck" in View mode whereas new users are not (you can mention that the module acitons on the Groups module help prove that this is what is happening behind the scenes). I am willing to bet that any module that requires Edit rights would have the same problem - ie. it is not specific to the Groups module, it is specific to those certain users.

If it is happening to new users then it may be easier to work out what is going on.

Please note that I had to set up the following users (which can now be erased) - UN: rodneyuser, rodneyuser1, rodneyuser2

Dlswon wrote Can you suggest a work around?

This is definitely not a showstopper -the easiest thing to do is to make a button/link/tab that links to the Create a Group link. Click on "Create a Group" whilst logged in as someone who can see it. Copy that URL and make it the target of the link. For example, goto the poker groups page on PokerDIY and you'll see the tab "Start a new Poker Group" - that is what I did here (I just thought it looked nicer).

Doug and beneuto - can you please try the solution I mentioned in this post, and, if it works, please post in that thread to try and get some help.

Rodney,

I found your solution which is also on th bottom of this post.  I am not a SQL person but can get by.  What I am not clear on is where to run these query's.  If I go to Host and then to SQL do I run them there?  Do I execute as a script?  just a little guidance and I will be off and running.

SELECT *
FROM Profile
--Find users where the value of "Usability:UserMode6" is set to View
WHERE ProfileData like '%<item key="Usability:UserMode6" type="System.String, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"><string>View</string></item>%'
--exclude Admins
AND UserID NOT IN (1,2)

I am not sure if "Usability:UserMode6" is dynamically generated per DNN install or if it is always called this. The Admins (Page Editiors) can still choose their view, so I excluded them. My query returned 33 users which means 33 users could not post new content on any module that required Edit rights.

I examined the ProfileData and there was nothing very important that was being stored (Text Editor view etc.) so I decided to take the easy approach and wipe these records:

DELETE FROM Profile
--Find users where the value of "Usability:UserMode6" is set to View
WHERE ProfileData like '%<item key="Usability:UserMode6" type="System.String, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"><string>View</string></item>%'
--exclude Admins
AND UserID NOT IN (1,2)

OK first I am not sure how to find out that the "Usability:UserMode6" is named the same thing.  Also when I run the script above it just says that the script ran correctly but it doesnt show or do any thing else.  What do I need to do.

OK, can you give me an example of what a script like that would look like with the user id in it.  that way I can jus paste in my user id.

OK here is what the script returns but I still dont see the information that you are saying that I should

ProfileId	UserId	PortalId	ProfileData	CreatedDate
252	320	0	ascfalsefalseDateRICH10	2/25/2008 4:27:03 PM

Rodney,

None of this ever worked.  We have tried in on different cores, and different everything.  We have tried this on several different configurations whether groups or event, or profiles, or the wall.  I have poured over your forums and the only conclusion that I have come to is that you have a large number of people having the exact same problem with all of your modules.  I know that you said there was nothing that you could do because it was a core issue but since it is you software that we are all paying for shouldn't you find the solution to make it work with the Core?  I do like the concept of your products but if it doesn't work it is of no use to us.  We really want this to work is there anything you can do to help us?  I was hoping that since the problem seems to be wide spread through your product line that you possibly have an optional solution for it by now.  Please help we need this to work.  Thank you in advance for anything that you can do.