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Christopher Price
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4th August 2010 (1 year ago)
I have several clients using the Thesis theme that have been working fine until lately.
They are now reporting that they no longer can see the Thesis options in the dashboard, though the theme appears correctly on the front end of their sites. I logged in as one of them, as a site admin, and can confirm that the menu options are gone. However, when I'm logged in as the Super Admin, it appears and operates correctly.
I updated the theme to v1.7 and the problem remains. I searched the DIYThemes forum for similar reports and found none. I disabled all plugins in mu-plugins and plugins folders (by changing the name of the folders) which did not change the situation.
But here is why I think it may be a wpmudev issue... I see the space where the menu should be in the dashboard menu. In the attached images, notice the 2 dividers between Comments and Appearance in the Site Admin's dashboard. Any ideas?
I have several clients using the Thesis theme that have been working fine until lately.
They are now reporting that they no longer can see the Thesis options in the dashboard, though the theme appears correctly on the front end of their sites. I logged in as one of them, as a site admin, and can confirm that the menu options are gone. However, when I'm logged in as the Super Admin, it appears and operates correctly.
I updated the theme to v1.7 and the problem remains. I searched the DIYThemes forum for similar reports and found none. I disabled all plugins in mu-plugins and plugins folders (by changing the name of the folders) which did not change the situation.
But here is why I think it may be a wpmudev issue... I see the space where the menu should be in the dashboard menu. In the attached images, notice the 2 dividers between Comments and Appearance in the Site Admin's dashboard. Any ideas?
Yeah, of course Thesis isn't from here. The reason I think it might be a wpmudev thing is that theirs are the only plugins etc that I use that modify the dashboard menus and widgets.
Alternatively, it seems like it could possibly be a wpmu permissions issue -- SuperAdmin vs SiteAdmin.
I'm asking at DIYThemes as well, but from my perspective this seems like more of a WP config or plugin issue.
Even though thesis isn't from here we'd be happy to assist.
If you disabled all plugins and mu plugins I;d imagine it wouldn't have anything to do with our stuff (as you've essentially taken that out of the question) - was there any sort of upgrade or changes that the web host that you use for these sites recently?
I'm still groping for specifics for this issue, but it may be that Thesis v1.7 was not entirely ready for WP3.0. I grabbed v1.8b to see if this matter is resolved.
The crux seems to be that WP3.0 removed codepress, or something... Anyway, apparently a number of "premium" theme designers are scrambling.
OK, nevermind that bit about codepress. According to Thesis guru Girlie, this issue is this:
Access to the Thesis Options requires that the user have permission to edit themes; and apparently, when Multisite is enabled in 3.0, only Super Admins have permission to edit themes.
I'm not sure whether that's a bug in WordPress or by design; but there are other menu items which appear only for Super Admins, for example:
All DEV themes should be fine... I think that the thesis approach is patently crazy and excludes thesis from being of much use to any Multisite install :(
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10th August 2010 (1 year ago)
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Since it appears for you as super admin, but not site admin it could have something to do with user permissions. I don't have any experience with Thesis though. If you go to the Edit User page for super admin do you see anything there under Additional Capabilities that is Thesis related? Just a thought.
Hi there, better late than never but I ran into the exact same problem in another theme. To make it work in multisite, find the following function in your themefile.
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Lifetime member! — 4th August 2010 (1 year ago) #
huuuh Thesis is not from here ! You'better ask them directly !
Or precise what wpmudev plugin or so that could generate that...
Member — 4th August 2010 (1 year ago) #
Yeah, of course Thesis isn't from here. The reason I think it might be a wpmudev thing is that theirs are the only plugins etc that I use that modify the dashboard menus and widgets.
Alternatively, it seems like it could possibly be a wpmu permissions issue -- SuperAdmin vs SiteAdmin.
I'm asking at DIYThemes as well, but from my perspective this seems like more of a WP config or plugin issue.
Lifetime member! — 4th August 2010 (1 year ago) #
huuuuh which ones Oo ?
Member — 4th August 2010 (1 year ago) #
I'm looking for ideas, Aphrodite, not juvenile taunts.
Founder & CEO — 5th August 2010 (1 year ago) #
Let's all play nice :)
Even though thesis isn't from here we'd be happy to assist.
If you disabled all plugins and mu plugins I;d imagine it wouldn't have anything to do with our stuff (as you've essentially taken that out of the question) - was there any sort of upgrade or changes that the web host that you use for these sites recently?
Member — 5th August 2010 (1 year ago) #
I'm still groping for specifics for this issue, but it may be that Thesis v1.7 was not entirely ready for WP3.0. I grabbed v1.8b to see if this matter is resolved.
The crux seems to be that WP3.0 removed codepress, or something... Anyway, apparently a number of "premium" theme designers are scrambling.
Member — 6th August 2010 (1 year ago) #
OK, nevermind that bit about codepress. According to Thesis guru Girlie, this issue is this:
Now *that* seems like something the talented folks here can help me with. Right?
Member — 7th August 2010 (1 year ago) #
Aphrodite, I want to apologize as publicly as I snapped. My comment was unprovoked and out of line. I'm sorry. Thanks for trying to help me.
Member — 9th August 2010 (1 year ago) #
So is there any way around this permission issue? Are any of the wpmudev themes impacted?
Founder & CEO — 10th August 2010 (1 year ago) #
All DEV themes should be fine... I think that the thesis approach is patently crazy and excludes thesis from being of much use to any Multisite install :(
Member — 10th August 2010 (1 year ago) #
It may be crazy, but my clients love it, so have to figure out a way.
Sales & Support Lead — 10th August 2010 (1 year ago) #
Since it appears for you as super admin, but not site admin it could have something to do with user permissions. I don't have any experience with Thesis though. If you go to the Edit User page for super admin do you see anything there under Additional Capabilities that is Thesis related? Just a thought.
Member — 5th December 2010 (1 year ago) #
Hi there, better late than never but I ran into the exact same problem in another theme. To make it work in multisite, find the following function in your themefile.
add_theme_page("pagename", "Bakgrunn", 'edit_themes', basename(__FILE__), 'mytheme_om_admin_bakgrunn');and replace with
add_theme_page("pagename", "Bakgrunn", 'switch_themes', basename(__FILE__), 'mytheme_om_admin_bakgrunn');Your functions may differ a bit from mine, but search for "add_theme_page" and replace "edit_themes" with "switch_themes".
Further reading:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Adding_Administration_Menus
http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#Capabilities
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