Hi Gordon, I was unable to replicate the error you've described, but I think I know what has happened. Mahara actually has a permissions system for group artefacts, with "View", "Edit", and "Publish" permissions for each role in the group. "View" means you can place the artefact in group pages, "Edit" means you can edit the artefact (as well as "View" it), and "Publish" means you can use the artefact in your own pages (and also "View" and "Edit" it).
When a new artefact is created for a group, these permissions are set according to the value of the "Create and edit pages" setting for that group. I think what happened in your case was probably that you created the group with "Create and edit pages" limited to Group Administrators, and created a lot of artefacts (each text block creates a "Note" artefact). All the artefacts created at this point would have their "Edit" and "Publish" permissions limited to group admins. When you later changed the "Create and edit pages" value to "Everyone except ordinary members", it did not change the permissions for the existing artefacts. You can verify if this is what's going on by seeing if a newly created text block is editable by other staffers. You can also view and change the permissions for the group's Note artefacts using the semi-hidden group Notes page. Here's how to access it: 0. Log in as an admin in the affected group. (Other users can see the group Notes page also, but since the permissions on these artefacts are probably limited to admins, you'll need to be an admin to edit them) 1. While editing the text box block in the screenshot you sent me, click the "Use content from another text box" link 2. The editing pop-up will expand to list the Notes in that group. In the lower-right there will now also be a link that reads "Manage all text box content >>". Click that link. 3. You'll now be on the semi-hidden "Notes for <group name>" page, which is equivalent to the Content -> Notes page for an individual user. 4. Click on the "edit" icon for the note in question. Below the note text field, you'll see a set of checkboxes for the permissions. Cheers, Aaron -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contributors -- please ask on #mahara-dev or mahara.org forum before editing or unsubscribing it! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1269411 Title: Tutor rights but can't edit group pages Status in Mahara ePortfolio: New Bug description: Hi, As everyone assigned as a group admin on Mahara gets notifications when people request group membership we've tried switching staff to the tutor role in course groups, with the permission set 'everyone except ordinary members can edit' The staff are seeing the edit buttons, but when they click on artefacts to edit they are unable to make changes - eg to amend an existing text box. The text box opens but displays oddly and says 'the text you have selected is not editable' (see screenshot attachment). (Mahara version 1.63, LAMP environment). Thanks, Gordon. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1269411/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : mahara-contributors@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
