[Lesley Beagley]

Hi
I have read most of the other entries here but still having a problem. I have Connections set up on a WP multi-site installation, but have put all the directory entries on the top level site (mainly because of an issue previously raised with the multi-site usage that I’ve yet to understand fully).

I have set up the users (only some of them so far) in both the top level site where their directory entry is kept and on the sub site where they are actually a member. On both sites I have changed the settings to allow subscribers to edit entries.

However, when logged in as one of the users, I get the message: ERROR: You are not authorized to add entries. Please contact the admin if you received this message in error. Its true I do not have the add entries permission set, I only want them to be able to edit what is already there. Can you help please… happy to give you whatever you need by way of login details if you advise on how to do that privately

(PS I am also not seeing that the Email encryption is working…I can still see all the email addresses showing in the directoy… a question for another thread perhaps!)

[Steven Zahm]

@ Lesley

First, I have to say, I’m not even certain it’s possible to have a link made when the user and the entry are not within the same site. So that very well could be the issue. I would need a super admin temp account and a regular user account so I could take a closer look. You can post the details here, just check the private reply box before submitting.

Now, it sounds like you setup Connections on your multisite to run in single site mode. Basically this mean Connections will use the same database across all subsites in which Connections is activated. I’m guessing this was done as part of the “previously raised with the multi-site usage” you mentioned??? What issue would that be? Could you give any info and background related to that?

One last question, on the subsite where you tried loggin in as a user, did you setup the role permissions on the subsite too? Setting it on the main site will not affect the subsite. That is by WordPress design in regards to roles and their capabilities.

RE: PS I’m sure the email encryption is working fine, but I can look at that too. You are supposed to be able to read it. The encryption is in the code. It decrypted by local javascript after the page has been downloaded by the browser.

[Lesley Beagley]

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[Steven Zahm]

@ Lesley

Honestly, I’m not sure where to start… so please bear with me…

You have a multisite setup; Connections can be setup to run either in multisite mode or single site mode on multisite. Which do you want? To help you decide, here’s the difference.

multisite mode is the default when on a multisite WordPress. You activate Connections on each subsite where you want to run Connections. Do not activate network wide; doesn’t work. Each subsite will then have its own database of entries in Connections isolated from the other subsites.

single site mode in multisite is; you activate Connections the primary site and on each subsite where you want to run Connections. Do not activate network wide; doesn’t work. Each subsite where Connections is activated will use the entries entered on the primary site.

If I were to guess, you want single site mode on multisite. If that is the case you need to add the following to your wp-config.php file:

define( 'CN_MULTISITE_ENABLED', FALSE );

Now, this, just might, break the images. That really depends on how your multisite is setup. The fix would to move the entire connection_images folder to the correct wp-content folder. You can determine that by looking at the value for the CN_IMAGE_PATH on the System widget on the Connections : Settings admin page on the primary site.

Hopefully you head is not spinning…

Now, what I honestly do not know is if Connections is in single site mode on multisite WP, will the entries be linked to users on a subsite when they log in on the subsite.

What I do know, when Connections is in multisite mode on multisite WP, when the user logs in primary site where you have Connections activated, it will link the user. However, if the same user logs into a subsite, first, when they have accounts in both the primary and subsite, they will not be linked. And that makes sense because there is not actually an entry to link to in the subsite because it only exists in the primary site. This makes sense because each subsite would have its own Connections db and it would search the subsite db and not the primary or any other subsite for a link.

Does this make sense?

[Lesley Beagley]

Hi Steven. Sorry for delay in replying.. I dont seem to get an email to notify me there is an update plus we had a bank holiday her in the UK.

So… actually I think I would like multisite mode on the multisite WordPress set up… but you say “You activate Connections on each subsite where you want to run Connections. Do not activate network wide; doesn’t work.” … I don’t see how I can activate the plugin EXCEPT network wide? I am afraid I am one of those scary people who knows enough to start messing with stuff but not enough to handle it when it gets too technical! ;-) I suspect some of what you are suggesting has to be done via FTP rather than inside Word Press admin?

If you can treat me gently and tell me EXACTLY what to do…..

[Steven Zahm]

@ Lesley

Here’s a link how to activate a plugin network wide, basically, do the opposite to deactivate. Just make sure you’re logged in as the Super Admin.
http://premium.wpmudev.org/manuals/wpmu-manual-2/network-enabling-regular-plugins/.

Now, from the My Site adminbar menu, go to each subsite’s DashBoard and then activate Connections from the subsites Plugins admin page.

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