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I am still having problems with Anonymous users posting comments. I have scanned this site for help but no one seems to have the solution.

My site is ultramonkey.co.uk

Please help me!!!

Go inside config.php, and find this section of code. Set the ones you don't want available to anonymous people as 1 instead of 0. If you don't want anything availabe to anonymous then set the first variable's value here to 1. // this lets you select which functions are available for registered users only $_CONF['loginrequired'] = 0; // all of them, if set to 1 will override all else $_CONF['submitloginrequired'] = 0; $_CONF['commentsloginrequired'] = 0; $_CONF['linksloginrequired'] = 0; $_CONF['pollsloginrequired'] = 0; $_CONF['calendarloginrequired'] = 0; $_CONF['statsloginrequired'] = 0; $_CONF['searchloginrequired'] = 0; $_CONF['profileloginrequired'] = 0; $_CONF['emailuserloginrequired'] = 0; $_CONF['emailstoryloginrequired'] = 0;

Here is my current config:

// this lets you select which functions are available for registered users only $_CONF['loginrequired'] = 0; // all of them, if set to 1 will override all else $_CONF['submitloginrequired'] = 0; $_CONF['commentsloginrequired'] = 0; $_CONF['linksloginrequired'] = 0; $_CONF['pollsloginrequired'] = 0; $_CONF['calendarloginrequired'] = 0; $_CONF['statsloginrequired'] = 0; $_CONF['searchloginrequired'] = 0; $_CONF['profileloginrequired'] = 0; $_CONF['emailuserloginrequired'] = 0; $_CONF['emailstoryloginrequired'] = 0;

I don't think the problem is in the config, it is something to do with the way Geeklog authorizes a comment and assigns it as Annonymous. I dunno, something is wrong and I can't fix it.

Yes, you do. They're all set to 0. This means you are allowing anonymous to particapte in everything. You need to set those you do not want available to them as 1 not 0. For example, if you do not want them posting comments, then set this variable to 1: $_CONF['commentsloginrequired'] = 1; If you do not want them submitting stories either, then set this variable to 1 also: $_CONF['submitloginrequired'] = 1; etc... If you do not want them to participate in any of these things, then just set this variable to 1 and you can leave the others as 0: $_CONF['loginrequired'] = 1;

Sorry, my original post is a bit vague - my problem is that Anonymous visitors get errors on posting comments. I want them to be able to post comments but they can't. I was in a hurry when I typed up the original post, sorry dude, my bad.

1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ''test anonymoust post',now(),'Splish Splash',0,'article')' at line 1 Check your error log; should provide some more details / exact file or function where the problem is occurring. I'm a novice so can't help much more than that.. Sorry.

I get this in debug mode:

---- DEBUG ---- sid [20030304203743808] pid [0] type [article] uid [] title [Harry Caray] comment [tfrr] postmode [plaintext] mode [Submit Comment] --------------- 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ''tfrr',now(),'Harry Caray',0,'article')' at line 1

To me it looks as if an anonymous user is not being assigned a user id of "0" - I don't know why

Also noticed that on my system insted of this at the top on the comment page: Username: Anonymous User [ Create Account ] I get Username: Anonymous User [ Log Out ]

Fixed it, the problem was caused by a stats block I use from GXblocks.com Remove that and it all works.

The stats block sets a username of Anonymous for anonymous users, rather than leaving it empty as the rest of the GL code expects. This breaks a few things - anonymous folks can't make comments, and they can't e-mail stories.

These problems can be fixed by making a change in a few lines of code. See this item. Look for the comment titled "Fixed".

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Kevin

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Kevin Horton