other odd forum behavior....

I signed in as a regular 'test' member on my site. (not signed in as Strumelia, site owner)
Signed in as the regular member (member names Martha Campbell), I see these issues:

I posted "test post" in a forum thread. (A thread that was created by Strumelia long ago.)

The new post appears on the site main index page- both in the general Latest Acitvity Timeline, and also in the module for Latest Forum Posts.

First problem: about half of the entries in the the Latest Forum Posts module on the index page (which USED to be latest Group discussions, mind you) when clicked, take me to the ".....#last" URL, but I get: Page Not Found.

Second issue: this may be how things are intended to be set up, but I need to change it.
When (as Martha) I first click to my forum post in the General Timeline Activty feed, I get to a nice tab for "Discussions", which I also get when clicking on the top navbar "Forums" link.
But when going to the tabs for "Newest Posts" or "My Posts"....I suddenly get Strumelia's profile info all on the left side, with my forum profile user "Forums" avatar...see screenshots.
I don't want this. Users need to peruse forum threads and their own or latest posts without seeing my personal profile info on the page. It's too confusing and too 'in yer face'. How can I get rid of this?
Soaring had already posted a fix for GROUPS that prevented the Group creator's profile info from showing up in their group....do I need to do some tweak for FORUMS as well or something?- or is this not expected behavior and is a glitch? See screenshots and keep in mind that I am signed in there as a regular member Martha, not as the site admin Strumelia. (The first screenshot is fine, when in "Discussions" tab.) Thanks for help, JR team!




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updated by @strumelia: 02/16/15 07:06:57AM

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updated by @strumelia: 01/12/15 11:23:35AM

You should not need any "fix" from anyone, as both the "forum" and "groups" modules should NOT have a profile sidebar in the NingJa skin as long as the forum is the configured "site forum". For all other forums that are located ON a profile you will see the profile owner info.

Let me know if that helps.


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updated by @strumelia: 01/12/15 11:24:10AM

I awfully sorry Brian, but I am not understanding your answer.

Why does Martha see Strumelia's (or "Forums' ") profile questions and location etc in the sidebar when martha is just looking for her own forum posts?


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updated by @strumelia: 01/12/15 11:27:07AM

Because she's performing the search from within YOUR forum. Does that make sense?


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Brian Johnson
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Yikes, this is going to be really confusing to my members. I can't even really wrap my head around it.
I just want All the forums to be 'site forums', and the only members or member info showing would be who started a thread or who posted a response to the thread. Not who 'owns' forums. My members are going to be asking me over and over...why am I seeing Strumelia's personal info when i look at my forum posts?

I feel so dumb today.


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Then theres the Page Not Found errors:
About half of the entries in the the Latest Forum Posts module on the index page (which USED to be latest Group discussions, mind you) when clicked, take me to the ".....#last" URL, but I get: Page Not Found.


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I'm not sure that really makes sense - there's only one "site forum". Do you just want to disable the forum on your profiles and only use the site forum?


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I thought there WAS only 'the site forum'....but that as a formality it was located under a user, whom I named "Forums". But I don't want the member info of the user "Forums" to show on all the forums, threads, and posts- nor my own member personal info as Strumelia...which is showing in the screenshots above. I'm so sorry to be so difficult and cornfused. !


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No worries. I just want to be sure everything is setup right and expectations are right before we say anything needs to be changed or there is a problem.

So just to be sure on your site:

- you only want ONE forum - the "Site Forum". This means you have disabled the Profile Forum for ALL quotas except the Quota that your "strumelia" profile is in.

- you have configured the NingJa skin with the proper Forum Profile URL setting so it matches the URL exactly of the URL to your "strumelia" profile forum URL.


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Brian- I can't respond right now- have to run to a dentist appt and then another appt after it....will be back to this tonight and reply. Thank you!


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