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Authorization to Approve/Disapprove Comments in !JoomlaComment 13 years 1 month ago #14138

  • Cheryl Anne Groth
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I tried to post this on the Newbies section, but the dropdown menu was not working. I am an admin on our Joomla website, which is Legacy 1.0. After logging in to the backend, I select Components>!JoomlaComment>Manage Comments. A "Not Auth" message pops up, and I am unable to access the comments. I tried accessing the "About," the "Content Settings," and other items on the dropdown menu with the same result. I tried a global check-in, but received the same "not auth" message. Please advise. Thanks!

Authorization to Approve/Disapprove Comments in !JoomlaComment 13 years 1 month ago #14139

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It seems that you use one really old version of the component. Are you trying to access it logged in as an administrator or as an editor?

Authorization to Approve/Disapprove Comments in !JoomlaComment 13 years 1 month ago #14140

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Hi, Daniel,

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly!

Yes, it is a rather old version of the component. I am logged in as an administrator. After I posed this question here, I located another thread on this forum that seemed to address the issue: Manager Privileges Not Authorized

Was the answer given correct? If so, what is a super admin, and what are the pros and cons of either of these solutions? I would appreciate your advice. This has been a nagging problem, since this is our blog site, and we want to respond to users' comments, as well as disapproving those that are spam. Please advise how to proceed. Thanks!

Authorization to Approve/Disapprove Comments in !JoomlaComment 13 years 1 month ago #14142

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Hey Cheryl,
The best thing would be to update to CompojoomComment and let joomlacomment rest in peace :)

Anyway, the other good thing to do would be to update at least to 4.0 . If you don't wish to update to 4.0, then search for this in admin.comment.php
if ( !( $acl->acl_check('administration', 'config', 'users', $user->usertype) )
    ||  $acl->acl_check('administration', 'edit', 'users', $user->usertype, 'components', 'com_comment') ) {
    	global $mainframe;
	$mainframe->redirect( 'index2.php', _NOT_AUTH );
}
You can delete and all of your backend users should be able to access the component then.

Cheers,
Daniel

P.S. It is not really clever to run that outdated software there - it can contain all kind of security holes that the bad boys on internet will be happy to exploit!

Authorization to Approve/Disapprove Comments in !JoomlaComment 13 years 1 month ago #14164

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Thanks so much, Daniel! We did change the code. I am happy to tell you it is now working fine. We will definitely look into updating the software. Again, we appreciate your prompt response and savvy advice.

Authorization to Approve/Disapprove Comments in !JoomlaComment 13 years 1 month ago #14166

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Hi, Daniel,

One more quick question. Are there instructions available for upgrading to 4.0? If so, where can we access them? Thanks!
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