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    Posted by adminimus posts: 12 Iceland

    hi all
    i have trouble with articles, registered user can send them but when editor edits them, the name of the author changes from the user to the editor... any ideas how i can hold the orginal names ?

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    Posted by jamesoftopiya posts: 175 Canada

    Hi, I see it has been a few days with no reply so here are some thoughts.
    In playing with the articles it seems it is a wee bit different between versions. What ver. are you using?

    When I tried it on 1.8.1 + 1.9CVS sites it kept the authers name upon approval. The name also remained when I edited and then saved the articel. In other ords, it worked great.

    A test on an early 1.8 did not save the auther info correctly althought It does say who the user is prior to aproving. I think this is what you are getting. I suspect this was a bug that has been fixed!
    I tried my 1.7.5 site but oddly it was causing unrelated problems and could not test it..

    However, it does seem that all ver. allow the editor to enter the authers name prior to saving. So perhaps not the best approach but a possible solution.

    Perhaps someone else could say if this was a bug that now seems to be fixed. There were a lot of little bugs worked out in the last release of 1.8 and 1.7.5. It is well worth getting the latest tikiwiki version from the download area!.
    James


    Posted by adminimus posts: 12 Iceland

    thanx for your reply
    our site is 1.7.5 and if this is the case we will upgrade soon...
    thanx again.


    Posted by jamesoftopiya posts: 175 Canada

    Here is a follow up to this question.
    This may NOT make you smile!

    I installed the new 1.7.6 and it looks great. However there are still issues that are simular to what you are having probs with.

    With my install of 1.7.6
    When the editer approves the article (With out being able to see it) the authers name remains. Once the piece is approved the authers name remains even if the editor edits it.

    If the editor wants to view the article prior to approval (which I think is important) the only way to do it is by clicking the edit button and then the name changes to the editors.

    It seems that the only way to not lose the name is to approve the article first and then view it for content. This is a bit of a pain as the piece moves from the submissions section to the main articles area where it will be seen by visitors. Not so good!

    Sooo if this is really important to you it may be time to be thinking of upgrading to 1.81!
    I would guess this is a bug but I see no report on it.

    Hope this helps, James