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Searching the Codex is broken

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  • Hugo Ashmore
    Keymaster

    @hnla

    Roles? as in WP Roles & Capabilities? If so best place is the WP Codex to find out more on them.


    Virtuali
    Participant

    @gunju2221


    Hugo Ashmore
    Keymaster

    @hnla

    :) people ought to be capable of using google


    Dr. Ron Suarez
    Participant

    @ronsuarez

    I just posted my actual “Roles” question to:
    https://buddypress.org/community/members/djpaul/
    He seems to be someone who should know the answers.

    @hnla I know how to use Google and it seems that someone did fix search in here, since my question was posted. Please just add comments if you’re actually adding information (signal vs. noise) to help this Forum be a better place for everyone. Here is what Google offers on the topic of my question: “Your search – “key master” site:codex.buddypress.org – did not match any documents. Maybe you weren’t trying to be snarky and if so I apologize for my tone.


    Virtuali
    Participant

    @gunju2221

    How about instead of just going to the forums to ask a simple question, you research it first? Always research before you ask on here, because 99% of the time, the question has already been answered in the past.

    Please just add comments if you’re actually adding information (signal vs. noise) to help this Forum be a better place for everyone

    Hnla was giving you a hint, and elbow nudge to search on google for your answer, not be “snarky”. Sorry you couldn’t comprehend was was being given to you :)

    From my knowledge, buddypress does not add ANY more roles to wordpress. SO, wordpress codex would be the place to go to learn about roles, and Paul Gibbs would give you the same exact answer.

    He seems to be someone who should know the answers.

    Boy, I could actually hear the slap in the face.


    Dr. Ron Suarez
    Participant

    @ronsuarez

    I did research it in the WordPress Codex, Google and even the Wikipedia. I am not perfect, so maybe I missed something.

    The process of installing the BuddyPress plugin makes the role options for adding a new user change from
    “Subscriber, Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor” to
    “Subscriber, Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, Key Master, Moderator, Member, Inactive, Blocked”

    I currently suspect that the roles are related to bbPress. However, Google says: “Your search – “key master” site:bbpress.org/documentation/ – did not match any documents.”
    All of the posts at the Google search for “key master” site:bbpress.org/ seem to be one to two years old, pre-date BuddyPress integration with the regular WordPress vs MU and while they discuss Key Master, nobody says what a “Key Master” does.

    The Wikiedia does not offer any help as to what a “Key Master” is. I am sorry that I missed the meeting to learn the secret BuddyPress handshake and learn these things. I am truly trying to be a part of this community Forum. And to the extent people can help me to learn stuff, I promise to give back to the community and help with writing to the codex.

    In addition to researching the Forum, Google and the Wikipedia, I also did some empirical testing. We created a new user and when adding a new user and choosing from the list of roles, “Subscriber, Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, Key Master, Moderator, Member, Inactive, Blocked” we chose Moderator. That new user now seems to have “Administrator” privileges. After demoting the new user from “Moderator” to “Member” that new user seems to have “Contributor” privileges.

    BuddyPress also uses the term “Moderator” inside what I believe is the scope of a single Group Forum. I am guessing that the same word is being used for two very different things, which is not good.

    A Usability Note:
    When the “add new user” event in the WordPress dashboard offers the person logged in the opportunity to pick only one choice from the list: “Subscriber, Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, Key Master, Moderator, Member, Inactive, Blocked” what is implied is that the roles are mutually exclusive, i.e. you are one or the other. The standard WordPress roles hierarchically added more privileges, which made sense. But the new list makes little sense and the interface needs to be changed or at least explained as a workaround, so people will know what to do.


    r-a-y
    Keymaster

    @r-a-y


    Hugo Ashmore
    Keymaster

    @hnla

    @ronsuarez My original comment had absolutely no overtones to it, it was exactly as written I asked a question and attempted to clarify that the notion of roles and capabilities was a WP one and thus not going to produce results if searched for in the BP Codex. My second post was a retort to virtuali who posted a link to the codex and I was having a friendly dig at her ( I’m sure or hope no offense was taken by her as none was meant) thus it was not a remark directed to yourself.


    Virtuali
    Participant

    @gunju2221

    :D @Hnla *he* :)

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