Hi,<br /><br />The IIP section is probably the best forum to post this in, as it affects what I am doing with IIP & the sidebar more than other mods <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /><br /><br />I have several custom settings defined within ubbt.inc.php - these alter depending upon the group the member belongs to.<br /><br />However, when editbasic & editdisplay are open, the custom links are not recognised - editemail recognises them though.<br /><br />This is being caused by (I think)<br /><br /> $user = $userob -> authenticate("U_Groups");<br /><br />being in editemail.php, but <br /><br />$user = $userob -> authenticate();<br /><br />in the other two. <br /><br />Is there a reason for this - or is this a bug? This is also true of the admin section, but that is not so critical.

I think U_Groups is already part of the standard authenticate() function and doesn't really need to be included. I could be wrong - whenever I'm not sure - I usually add the field into the authenticate function. I've never seen harm in doing it twice. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

U_Groups is not a standard value of the authenticate function.<br />Ian, can you specify which files you altered and where you have added your values to the ubbt.inc.php?

Add U_Groups to the other two's authentication call. As Astaran stated the U_Group field is not added automatically to authentication calls. If the two pages in question don't request this field then they will not know what groups the user belongs to. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Great thanks - the two links are based around groups, and I added it directly after the adminlink is defined - so there is no harm in adding it.<br /><br /><img src="/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />