Global write setting not saving - Was - Installed, but where are the settings? [#743874]

Thanks very much for this module, sounds like the functionality I am looking for and I was surprised it is offered in organic groups core.

I have installed and activated the module, but cannot see where to set the open write configuration. No new user permissions are available, nothing extra in the organic groups configuration page, and editing a group content type doesn't offer an openwrite option. Am I missing something?

Versions:
Drupal 6.15
OG 6.20

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Comment #1

azoho CreditAttribution: azoho commented 17 March 2010 at 18:13

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Installed, but where are the settings?

» Global write setting not saving - Was - Installed, but where are the settings?

To answer my own question, you need to edit a group node and there is an option "Set group as global write?" under membership settings.

Having said that, when I tick "Set group as global write?" and click save, nothing seems to happen and going back to edit the group confirms that the tickbox is unticked. So the setting isn't getting saved? The group is an open membership but we want to allow people to post to a group without needing to join it first.

Thanks

Comment #2

tayzlor CreditAttribution: tayzlor commented 23 March 2010 at 16:32

I am also having difficulties with this module. I did the following -

installed module
created a new group and ticked the 'open write' checkbox
logged in as authenticated user and went to add a group post node

- group did not appear in the group post node and an error message came up saying i need to join a group before i can post in one.

Comment #3

kims CreditAttribution: kims commented 29 March 2010 at 15:04

same problem here... will this be fixed?

Comment #4

kims CreditAttribution: kims commented 2 April 2010 at 15:41

I solved my problem using OG node type and OG menu module, this way noone have to be a member of the group to post to the group.

Comment #5

azoho CreditAttribution: azoho commented 12 April 2010 at 18:26

kims how did you do this? I cannot find OG node type module, and OG menu module seems to be about group posts having a menu item associated to it,

Further investigation of this OG Open Write module, the Open Write setting is saved when it is set, though tick box doesn't reflect this. The group details block for OG still shows only a join link to non-members, but if you know the url for posting to the group, then non-members can post to it that way. eg.
Non members can visit siteurl/node/add/grouppost?gids[]=52
for the group with node id 52

So maybe a block with a dynamic menu item that takes the node id of the group (is that possible?)

Any further suggestions welcome.

Comment #6

jdipper CreditAttribution: jdipper commented 16 April 2010 at 19:24

Ok,

The issue with it the check box not showing the value will be resolved in the next update (note to self, use an array value for #default_value when using Form API).

As for the other issues, I am going to split them into different issues to make tracking them easier.

Jack

Comment #7

jdipper CreditAttribution: jdipper commented 16 April 2010 at 22:31

Component:	Documentation	» Code
Assigned:	Unassigned	» jdipper
Category:	support	» bug
Status:	Active	» Needs review

tayzlor: You should be able to go 'create content > page' (if you have set up 'page' as a group content node) and select which group you want to post in to (the list will include non-subscribed open-write groups).

See http://drupal.org/node/773646 for changing the group detail block.