Poll widget not showing up for Guests

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  • stejoh
    Member
    • Sep 2006
    • 79
    • 3.8.x

    [CMS] Poll widget not showing up for Guests

    I have a a few widgets on my CMS page on 99nicu.org, but a poll widget is not showing up for guests.

    I have looked over the CMS permissions but the problem is not there. Guests and members can both read all content on the CMS (as I have set permissions).

    BTW, guests have permissions to vote in polls.
  • Trevor Hannant
    vBulletin Support
    • Aug 2002
    • 24325
    • 5.7.X

    #2
    The widget should be using the relevant permission for the forum the poll comes from. I've just added a Poll Widget to my 4.1.9 test site and it appears to guests OK
    Vote for:

    - Admin Settable Paid Subscription Reminder Timeframe (vB6)
    - Add Admin ability to auto-subscribe users to specific channel(s) (vB6)

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    • stejoh
      Member
      • Sep 2006
      • 79
      • 3.8.x

      #3
      I'm sorry but I am struggling with this.

      I run vb 4.1.7 PL2 and have tried many ways to make the Poll widget work for Guests, including clearing the CMS cache, verify/repair node table and setting up a new widget. I have the standard configuration for the Widget (i.e. "all open forums")

      All permissions below is regarding Guests /non-logged in-

      1. the Usergroup permissions for polls is set to: "can vote".
      2. the CMS permission for content is set to "can read"
      3. The Forum permissions is set to "Use Usergroup Default Permissions"

      Are there any other permission that I need to check to make this work?

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      • stejoh
        Member
        • Sep 2006
        • 79
        • 3.8.x

        #4
        I found out myself.
        For the poll widget (and other widgets using a "search") to be seen for guests, the Usergroup permission must be set to "Can search forums".

        I wished the vB team could re-code how widgets retrieve data: one may want to display widgets for guest visitors but not allow them to use the search form.

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        • Trevor Hannant
          vBulletin Support
          • Aug 2002
          • 24325
          • 5.7.X

          #5
          Feel free to raise an Improvement Request in the Tracker for this
          Vote for:

          - Admin Settable Paid Subscription Reminder Timeframe (vB6)
          - Add Admin ability to auto-subscribe users to specific channel(s) (vB6)

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          • sensimilla
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2004
            • 264
            • 3.8.x

            #6
            Thanks alot. I was facing same problem.
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