Odd occurrence with Manage Attanhments

[smartcooky]

Had something strange happen tonight with I was posting.

A wanted to add an attachment, so I clicked the "Manage Attachments" buton and the window duly opened that allowed me to upload a new attachment.

I attached the file, the realise I had selected the wrong one, but when I went back the the "Manage Attechment" window it said something like...

You do not have permission to access this page"

So I posted the image using the IMG BBCode but when I checked the post it had the attachment still showing as well, and when I tried the "Manage Attachment" button, it was gone!! No button at all.

Also, I appear to have lost the ability to edit my post.

 

[Saints1]

Odd, I'll look into that.

 

[smartcooky]

OK, I have just checked again.

I can edit this post (the one you are reading now)

I cannot edit this post (no edit button) which is the one I was having trouble with.. http://www.therugbyforum.com/forum/...ng-of-the-laws&p=327232&viewfull=1#post327232

I can edit posts I made last week and the week before

 

[Saints1]

That's profoundly odd.

 

[smartcooky]

I have found the cause, I think.....

At the bottom of most forums I see this

Posting Permissions

• You may post new threads
• You may post replies
• You may post attachments
• You may edit your posts

However at the bottom of the General Rugby forum, I see this

Posting Permissions

• You may post new threads
• You may post replies
• You may not post attachments
• You may not edit your posts

It seems that the Forum Permissions for the General Rugby forum is set to no attachments and no editing, however, I don't understand why it let me attach an image in the first place. You can see that it did by checking this post, which has an attachment thumbnail...

http://www.therugbyforum.com/forum/...ng-of-the-laws&p=327232&viewfull=1#post327232

 

[smartcooky]

Ok, I am sure I know what is happening now (although this being a vBulletin board not a phpBB3 board, I am not 100% certain, but the principles should be the same, even if the terminology isn't)

All three child-forums in the General Rugby forum/category, .i.e., General Rugby, Laws and Equipment & Universitas Rugbeia do not allow editing of posts or posting of attachments, but all the other forums on the board do allow these things.

My guess is that the child-forums in the General Rugby forum/category are inheriting their permissions from their parent, and that parent is set to disallow these things.

 

[Saints1]

It'll be down to the settings. We're going to revamp the number of forums very soon anyway so all this will be sorted.