Sidebar widgets don't show up to anonymous users?

[A Former User]

They don't show up if you're not logged in, no matter if the widget is checked "hide from anon users" or not.

But this only only applies to sidebar widgets, not header or content widgets.

[julian]

It does sound like a regression -- they used to show up for all members, and then we added the checkbox to hide them from guests. @psychobunny ?

[psychobunny]

Global sidebar or just regular sidebars? When I'm logged out, I still see the widgets on the homepage on this community

[A Former User]

@psychobunny

I currently have most widgets in the custom homepage footer, and they don't show up to anon users.

[psychobunny]

I'm anon, and I see widgets. Perhaps this has already been fixed but users are cached?

Nice site btw

[A Former User]

@psychobunny

Check out ye old footer. See any widgets? I don't when anon, but who knows. When logged in, got two widgets down there.

[psychobunny]

Yup, when logged in I see shoutbox and forum stat widgets. So these are unchecked for anonymous as well? Your original issue was:

But this only only applies to sidebar widgets, not header or content widgets.

So I'm wondering what's up, because I saw the Ask widget on the sidebar. My guess is that - perhaps - anything that has been set for anonymous at some point in the past is unable to revert?

[A Former User]

@psychobunny

Interesting theory...but I've checked and unchecked all the widgets and only the ask widget shows up. I don't remember if I meant "footer widget doesn't show up" in the original question, or if I was just high.

I'm glad that the ask widget remains visible though, so no big deal. Although I'd like for people to click on the ask button and get a message "log in ya dummy".

[psychobunny]

Add this in:

if (!app.uid) {
  app.alertError('Log in ya dummy');
}

[A Former User]

@psychobunny

Cool! Except it pops up without clicking the button, and doesn't pop up when clicking the button. I stuck the code before </script>. Do I put it somewhere else?

[psychobunny]

I don't remember how the code looks like, but you'd have to stick that inside something that looks like:

someButton.on('click', function() {
    <--- put it here
});

If you're stuck just paste the whole thing and I'll write the proper way

[A Former User]

@psychobunny

Close, now it shows the error plus the composition window at the same time. Here's the code, is there an "else" type statement I need?

<script>
$('#new-topic-button-widget').on('click', function() {

if (!app.uid) {
  app.alertError('Log in ya dummy');
}
    
require(['composer'], function(composer) {
        composer.newTopic(2);
    });
});

</script>

[psychobunny]

Yup. Final code is:

<button id="new-topic-button-widget" class="btn btn-primary">Post</button>
<script>
$('#new-topic-button-widget').on('click', function() {
	if (!app.uid) {
	  app.alertError('Log in ya dummy');
	} else {
		require(['composer'], function(composer) {
	        composer.newTopic(2);
	    });
	}
});
</script>

Now you're learning JS too next stop, build your own plugins

[A Former User]

@psychobunny

Yay!

It's been a while with programming. In 1995 I made a Connect 4 game using Turbo Pascal, and apparently that took so much out of me I couldn't program ever again. But if anything would make me get back to learning, it's NodeBB

[Scuzz]

Is this still an issue? I have just noticed that non of the sidebar widgets display to anon users.

Edit- nvm i think it is a theme issue.