Forum Activity for @ken-rich

"User quota Changes" needs to be shut off

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Hi Brian,

That may be true, but what happen's if they subscribe?

I have 2 Free sign-up levels for people to choose from Member or Artist. However, I have a bunch of other quotas that don't show in that list.

In this particular scenario, someone subscribed to become a "Platinum" artist. However, he later made a change to his profile page, and saved it.

In doing so, the system apparently thought he was choosing to be a "free" artist which is at top of the drop down list of choices Artist> Member.

To duplicate the issue, all I had to do is put a dummy account at a subscribed quota, save the profile page for that account, and they "lost" their subscribed status, to become a "free" artist.

How to show different artist name?

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I've watched that a couple times now and tried to absorb it. I can see how it would help in knowing what's available by default, but how can it be applied to this situation?

I mean, we are trying to add something new that isn't available by default, so I wouldn't expect it to show up in a debug.

Unless it's supposed to show up AFTER the form field is made, and running debug is to test whether the form is making it available?

At any rate, I'm making my Ning site a redirect to the JR5 version tomorrow, and so I have to concentrate on fixing dead links, writing FAQs, customer support, redoing advertising, that sort of thing.

I can see where learning some basic programmers tricks will be useful long term, but right now I just need a quick fix until I have more time to study.
updated by @ken-rich: 12/13/14 09:17:42AM

"User quota Changes" needs to be shut off

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Hi Brian,

The problem occurs when it's on - as I had it for my Ning migrants.

Someone subscribed and then complained he was out of space, even though I had him in a quota with 4 GB. So I checked and he was back in the free artist quota.

So I did an experiment with a "dummy" account and the feature enabled. It was in a subscribed quota, I saved the profile page and it reverted to free artist (the first choice in the drop down menu of free accounts on my network).

So I had to disable that feature (the ability for them to choose their quota).

Now I am having them check a form to alert me of their choice, and manually setting their account.
updated by @ken-rich: 12/13/14 08:57:44AM

"User quota Changes" needs to be shut off

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Hi Steve,

Sorry - I had the module confused (tired) so changed it above. It's the "User Profiles" module "Allow Quota Changes" feature.

That was recently added to help with a Ning migration problem but it switches people to the default value whenever the profile page is saved (for whatever reason - bio or otherwise).

That's a real bummer if they are subscribed and lose all their space and perks - lol.
updated by @ken-rich: 12/13/14 07:51:29AM

"User quota Changes" needs to be shut off

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I have just noticed that if someone is subscribed, and changes their bio (for example) then saves their profile page, they will drop down to the default free quota.

The feature should be shut off until it is designed in a way that prevents this.

User Profiles> Allow Quota Changes> Off
updated by @ken-rich: 01/29/15 01:16:52PM

What's the difference between Artists & Members ?

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I think the difference depends largely on quota settings (ie what modules are active in member quotas which are active in artists).

Generally, artists require more space and native multi-media support.
updated by @ken-rich: 12/13/14 07:53:07AM

How to show different artist name?

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Thanks Paul - I'll have a look ASAP.

How to show different artist name?

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I'm sorry Paul, I don't know how to put in a debug. I'm not familiar with what you are talking about, although I gather it's some type of trouble shooting technique.

I seem to be good at adding bugs, not debugs

How to show different artist name?

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Nope... It didn't work... The name disappeared off of all my players, and there was a short bar through the controls (almost like the CSS was screwed up)???

Hmmmmm.....

This was the actual code used
Here is a screenshot of the form field.

updated by @ken-rich: 12/11/14 05:39:01AM

How to show different artist name?

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OK - thanks Michael. I'll give it a whirl.