Custom Styles on forums... for guests?

[Crazy Squirrel]

Got a couple of forums with a Custom Style defined and override enabled. All fine and looking how they should if you are logged in.
However if you're not logged in they appear in the default style :(

We've looked everywhere and can't find any sort of setting that might effect this, and it definatly worked ok in vB2. Have we overlooked a secret setting or is this a bug?

Thxs go to Phil.

[irc]

Same problem here. I didn't notice it until I saw this message. I have a special style for two of my forums and when I'm logged out I see the default style.

[Zaphod]

I also am running into this problem.

[irc]

Now I'm getting users reporting that they see the default board style for the special forums when they are logged in. As am I. Clearly the "Override Users' Style Choice" is broken :(.

[Zaphod]

Yeah it all seems to piviot on if the viewer is logged in or not. If logged in they the forced child templates if not logged in they see the parent.

Real wierd that not a dev has commented to acknowlege it.

[Zaphod]

Anybody have anything on this yet?

[Scott MacVicar]

I just done testing on my local forum. I dont believe custom styles specified are inherited could this be the problem?

[Zaphod]

I think so. Pretty much what we did was make a child style and changed the header template specifyed that it is to be used in a spesific forum and not selectable by anybody.

Now the wierd thing is. You can go to that forum and it shows the child templates IF you are logged in. Logout and it shows the main style only.

[Mike Sullivan]

I haven't been able to reproduce this issue, either when logged in or not. Are these upgrades or fresh installs? I'm thinking it might be something upgrade related, hence why it's not affecting my test install.

[Zaphod]

It is an upgrade in my case.

[Scott MacVicar]

Can you pm me your phpMyAdmin details and the forumids in question that are acting up.

[Crazy Squirrel]

Upgrade here too.
If you havn't solved it I can get any info you want from our forum/db, if you can tell me what you want to check.
But I can't give any db access, i'll talk to the forum owner when he returns on monday if still necesssary.

[Scott MacVicar]

find the forum causing the problem and replace X with that id
SELECT * FROM forum WHERE forumid = X
SELECT * FROM style
SELECT * FROM settings WHERE varname = 'styleid'

pm me those details, that should be enough to debug this.

[Zaphod]

find the forum causing the problem and replace X with that id
SELECT * FROM forum WHERE forumid = X
SELECT * FROM style
SELECT * FROM settings WHERE varname = styleid

pm me those details, that should be enough to debug this.

Your last sql was a bit off. It should be:

SELECT * FROM setting WHERE varname = 'styleid'

Here is the results I got.
http://www.fordforums.com/vb/

[Scott MacVicar]

ok just do double check.

When guests go to fourmid 436 they get styleid 2 and not styleid 1 as they should?

[Zaphod]

ok just do double check.

When guests go to fourmid 436 they get styleid 2 and not styleid 1 as they should?
yes, and if your logged in you get styleid 1.

[Scott MacVicar]

One last confirm so I dont get too confused.
Forum
-----
Style = styleid 1
Style override is on

Registered user sees styleid 1 as intended

Guest sees styleid 2 the default style and not what the registered user sees?

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Try this, tick the box next to the name for styleid 1 to enable userselect and see if the issue remains the same.

[Zaphod]

One last confirm so I dont get too confused.
Forum
-----
Style = styleid 1
Style override is on

Registered user sees styleid 1 as intended

Guest sees styleid 2 the default style and not what the registered user sees?

---------------

Try this, tick the box next to the name for styleid 1 to enable userselect and see if the issue remains the same.

Nope you got it right.. Will go try the checkbox and reply.

[Zaphod]

Nope you got it right.. Will go try the checkbox and reply.

Checkbox checked and its showing the correct style now. But the style will be selectable by normal users if thats enabled correct?

[Scott MacVicar]

yeah, i get the way your trying to work it now. You want to have the design only for that forum but not selectable for all forums?

I'll sort that now that I know whats wrong.

[Zaphod]

yeah, i get the way your trying to work it now. You want to have the design only for that forum but not selectable for all forums?

I'll sort that now that I know whats wrong.

Excelent!

[Erwin]

I have the same bug.

My Admins and Supermods can see the override style for a forum, but registered members and Mods see the default style, even with override switched on.

[Erwin]

I worked out the problem. I had to make the style "selectable by user" before the style override work for members. This is not the case in the past and is a bug.

[Scott MacVicar]

and its a fixed bug hence why its in the Resolved Bugs forum :)

[Chris M]

and its a fixed bug hence why its in the Resolved Bugs forum :)
I presume that means a beta 5 job;)

Satan

[Erwin]

Any possibility of posting a fix in the meantime for those who want this working? :)

[irc]

nevermind. yeah... any chance of a fix?

[Princeton]

AHHHH.... I thought I was going crazy. I'm not the only one with this problem. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ahaahhaahah,...

I agree! A temporary fix would be great!

[BettorsPub]

What was the resolution? I check all styles to be user select and guests still get the default style when I put ?styleid=x