Merged "You do not have permissions to start new topic!" - (locked categories)

I just recently installed a full stable 3.1.5 package of Joomla on my hosting site. I have started everything from scratch and have installed Kunena to the site, but I have noticed that if users select New Topic, they get the following error message:

Notice

You do not have permissions to start a new topic!

This is my own account. I am signed in, user my Registered User account. This is also true of my Super User account.

Any help on where the problem might lie. Here is my Configuration Report:

Database collation check: The collation of your table fields are correct

Joomla! SEF: Enabled | Joomla! SEF rewrite: Disabled | FTP layer: Disabled |

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htaccess: Missing | PHP environment: Max execution time: 120 seconds | Max execution memory: 200M | Max file upload: 20M

Kunena menu details:

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ID	Name	Menutype	Link	Path
114	Forum	kunenamenu	view=home&defaultmenu=116	forum
115	Index	kunenamenu	view=category&layout=list	forum/index
116	Recent Topics	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=replies	forum/recent
117	New Topic	kunenamenu	view=topic&layout=create&catid=	forum/newtopic
118	No Replies	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=noreplies	forum/noreplies
119	My Topics	kunenamenu	view=topics&layout=user&mode=default	forum/mylatest
120	Profile	kunenamenu	view=user	forum/profile
121	Help	kunenamenu	view=misc	forum/help
122	Search	kunenamenu	view=search	forum/search
123	Forums	mainmenu	Itemid=114	kunena-2013-11-02

Joomla default template details : siteground-j16-10 | author: SiteGround | version: 1.0.0 | creationdate: Unknown

Kunena default template details : Blue Eagle | author: Kunena Team | version: 3.0.3 | creationdate: 2013-10-20

Kunena version detailed: Kunena 3.0.3 | 2013-10-20 [ Bifrost ]
| Kunena detailed configuration:

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Kunena config settings:
board_offline	0
enablerss	1
threads_per_page	20
messages_per_page	6
messages_per_page_search	15
showhistory	1
historylimit	6
shownew	1
disemoticons	0
template	blue_eagle
showannouncement	1
avataroncat	0
catimagepath	category_images
showchildcaticon	1
rtewidth	450
rteheight	300
enableforumjump	1
reportmsg	1
username	1
askemail	0
showemail	0
showuserstats	1
showkarma	1
useredit	1
useredittime	0
useredittimegrace	600
editmarkup	1
allowsubscriptions	1
subscriptionschecked	1
allowfavorites	1
maxsubject	50
maxsig	300
regonly	0
pubwrite	0
floodprotection	0
mailmod	0
mailadmin	0
captcha	0
mailfull	1
allowavatarupload	1
allowavatargallery	1
avatarquality	75
avatarsize	2048
imageheight	800
imagewidth	800
imagesize	150
filetypes	txt,rtf,pdf,zip,tar.gz,tgz,tar.bz2
filesize	120
showranking	1
rankimages	1
userlist_rows	30
userlist_online	1
userlist_avatar	1
userlist_name	1
userlist_posts	1
userlist_karma	1
userlist_email	0
userlist_joindate	1
userlist_lastvisitdate	1
userlist_userhits	1
latestcategory
showstats	1
showwhoisonline	1
showgenstats	1
showpopuserstats	1
popusercount	5
showpopsubjectstats	1
popsubjectcount	5
usernamechange	0
showspoilertag	1
showvideotag	1
showebaytag	1
trimlongurls	1
trimlongurlsfront	40
trimlongurlsback	20
autoembedyoutube	1
autoembedebay	1
ebaylanguagecode	en-us
sessiontimeout	1800
highlightcode	0
rss_type	topic
rss_timelimit	month
rss_limit	100
rss_included_categories
rss_excluded_categories
rss_specification	rss2.0
rss_allow_html	1
rss_author_format	name
rss_author_in_title	1
rss_word_count	0
rss_old_titles	1
rss_cache	900
defaultpage	recent
default_sort	asc
sef	1
showimgforguest	1
showfileforguest	1
pollnboptions	4
pollallowvoteone	1
pollenabled	1
poppollscount	5
showpoppollstats	1
polltimebtvotes	00:15:00
pollnbvotesbyuser	100
pollresultsuserslist	1
maxpersotext	50
ordering_system	mesid
post_dateformat	ago
post_dateformat_hover	datetime
hide_ip	1
imagetypes	jpg,jpeg,gif,png
checkmimetypes	1
imagemimetypes	image/jpeg,image/jpg,image/gif,image/png
imagequality	50
thumbheight	32
thumbwidth	32
hideuserprofileinfo	put_empty
boxghostmessage	0
userdeletetmessage	0
latestcategory_in	1
topicicons	1
debug	0
catsautosubscribed	0
showbannedreason	0
version_check	1
showthankyou	1
showpopthankyoustats	1
popthankscount	5
mod_see_deleted	0
bbcode_img_secure	text
listcat_show_moderators	1
lightbox	1
show_list_time	720
show_session_type	0
show_session_starttime	0
userlist_allowed	0
userlist_count_users	1
enable_threaded_layouts	0
category_subscriptions	post
topic_subscriptions	every
pubprofile	1
thankyou_max	10
email_recipient_count	0
email_recipient_privacy	bcc
captcha_post_limit	0
keywords	1
userkeywords	0
image_upload	registered
file_upload	registered
topic_layout	flat
time_to_create_page	1
show_imgfiles_manage_profile	1
hold_newusers_posts	0
hold_guest_posts	0
attachment_limit	8
pickup_category	0
article_display	intro
send_emails	1
fallback_english	1
cache	1
cache_time	60
iptracking	1
rss_feedburner_url
autolink	1
access_component	1

| Kunena integration settings:

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Kunena - AlphaUserPoints Disabled
Kunena - Community Builder Disabled
Kunena - Gravatar Disabled
Kunena - JomSocial Disabled
Kunena - Joomla Enabled: access=1 login=1
Kunena - Kunena Enabled: avatar=1 profile=1
Kunena - UddeIM Disabled

| Joomla! detailed language files installed:

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Joomla! languages installed:
en-GB	English (United Kingdom)

Third-party components: None

Third-party SEF components: None

Plugins: None

Modules: None

Any help in getting this critical part of my site working will be greatly appreciated.

Les Fenton

Normal users (without forum moderator privileges) cannot use the "New Topic" feature in locked categories. See information in the Wiki about "locked" categories in Sections, Categories, sub-Categories (Part 2) - advanced setup for special groups . Only site administrators and forum moderators can create new topics or reply to topics in locked categories.

Does this help?

I guess it helps. I probably should remove that tab from public view. How would that be accomplished? I don't see anything in the tools that allows me to change setting for the tabs that came from the original installation.

On another topic, how does a registered user create a post? I don't see where that ability is available.

Thanks for the help.

I feel really stupid. The forums were all locked. They are now all unlocked and I see where they can select to create a topic. :ohmy:

When I try to add a new topic I get a message like this "Notice

You do not have permissions to start a new topic!" How to solve this. I gave permissions fro guests to write anything

Hello,

This has been already answered here

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