For some reason it seems the ‘Create Your Account’ button no longer works in the sign up dialog for my forum - clicking it after all user fields are completed (as far as I can see correctly) elicits no response (not even an error message). The dialog does not close, and no email verification message is sent. Not seeing any obvious problems with the content of user fields during sign up - all are completed, and none show errors. Tested under Chrome version 117.0.5938.134 (Official Build), and Edge version 118.0.2088.33 (Official build). Clearing browser cache seems to have no effect. The manual ‘test email’ function sends a message to the affected user’s address just fine. The forum mail-list functionality for existing users works just fine. I can also log in and out to the forum web site just fine. I am not aware of any recent changes made to forum settings (other than software updates), but not sure if there even is a setting for ‘ignore user input’ My intending user has tried to sign up a few times and I have tried from my end as well, and can verify the issue. Currently running latest Discourse version (updated to 3.2.0.beta2-dev build in hopes of solving the problem) I am not sure when this started happening, as we haven’t had any new signups in a while (perhaps now I know why!)

From my end I am very happy to report Nathan and his process (hacks and all) absolutely did the trick. I have confirmed that the sign up dialog is now working, intending users can again select multiple answers from the drop down options, and can view and edit these again as approved users, and the old multi-select plugin was successfully removed. Thank you to @nathank, @omarfilip, @simon and @RGJ for taking the time to consider this issue and share your knowledge and insights - more proof, as if any needed, of how great this community is!

Good thought. Yes, in Edge Browser I see errors and warnings [image] Not sure what I am looking at - does this mean the Multi-select plugin is incompatible with latest Discourse version? Unfortunately this plugin is pretty critical during signups, - used to populate certain user fields from drop down lists

I would try disabling the plugin temporarily to isolate the issue.

[image] Paul King: Unfortunately this plugin is pretty critical during signups, - used to populate certain user fields from drop down lists Assuming the Multi-select plugin is the cause of the issue, it should be fairly straightforward to migrate the old ‘multiselect-dropdown’ fields to new Discourse ‘multiselect’ fields. Someone from the Discourse community should be able to help you with that.

[PLUGIN discourse-multiselect-user-field] "model:user-field" was not found by modifyClass But… [image]Multiselect user field plugin broken? [image]Multiselect user field plugin broken? I have a multiselect dropdown feild that was previously set up and working, and set as editable after sign up etc This plugin has been superceded now as multiselect user custom fields are in core. EDIT Simon beat me to it

Hi - yes, the plugin does seem to be superseded, so is unlikely to be updated - but the problem is with migrating the plugin generated user data to corresponding core user data fields, so that the plugin can be safely removed. Simply uninstalling the plugin also seems to delete the associated data (or at least it is no longer visible when looking at user profiles) Assuming I am not the only plugin user, if would be great if the plugin was given a final update, to include a ‘migrate’ function!

[image] Paul King: Simply uninstalling the plugin also seems to delete the associated data (or at least it is no longer visible when looking at user profiles) I’m not seeing anything in the plugin that would cause the user fields created through it to be removed from the database when the plugin is removed from a site. What I’d expect to find is that from the Rails console, running: UserField.where(field_type: 'multiselect-dropdown') will return the list of multiselect-dropdown fields you have created on your site. The values set for the id of each of those fields can be used to find the options that each user on your site has selected for the field. For example, if the ids that are returned are [1, 2, 3], there will be corresponding UserCustomField entries with the names "user_field_1", "user_field_2", and "user_field_3". Assuming this is all correct, that will be enough information for someone to migrate the old fields to new fields from your site’s Rails console. If the plugin’s author isn’t going to deal with this, you’ll likely have to hire someone for the work. Note, I’m not trying to get work here, I’d rather not do it :slight_smile: Before the migration is done, you should create new Discourse ‘multiselect’ fields that have options that match the values of your old multiselect-dropdown fields. To make the migration process easier, it would be good to use the same name for the new fields as you used for the old fields. That way, whoever performs the migration will know that (for example) multiselect-dropdown fields with the name “NZRAB number” should be migrated to the new ‘multiselect’ field that has the name “NZRAB number”. I agree it would be best if the plugin’s author took care of this, but if that can’t happen, just go ahead and create new ‘multiselect’ fields and remove the plugin.

Thanks Simon Just to check - should the core version of Multiselect dropdown allow multiple items from a single dropdown to be selected simultaneously by a user, in the same way as the old plugin did? When tried adding a new user field of type ‘Multiselect dropdown’, there is only one ‘Multiselect dropdown’ option to chose (I might have expected two, if the plugin version is distinct from the core version). Now if I chose that Multiselect dropdown field type, and try to add data to a user profile with it, it only accepts a single user selection, not multiple selections at once - so it seems either like the core version of multiselect drop down field type has reduced functionality and has displaced the plugin field type version, or there is some interaction with the plugin version that is crippling whichever version I am seeing?

[image] Paul King: should the core version of Multiselect dropdown allow multiple items from a single dropdown to be selected simultaneously by a user, in the same way as the old plugin did? I think so, but I haven’t tried the multi-select plugin, so I can’t be sure. Here’s how the Discourse multiselect fields work: [image] Users can select any of the items that you add when you configure the custom field: [image] [image] [image] It’s possible that the UI is different than what the plugin was doing, but hopefully the results are the same. Can you confirm that with the plugin installed, you are able to see the values that users have entered for the fields created with the plugin if you visit their profile page? Edit: @Paul_King, I’m realizing I may have been overly optimistic about migrating the data. Without accessing your site’s Rails console, the easiest way to get a sense of what’s going on would be to check how the old fields have been saved by running a Data Explorer query. If you don’t have that plugin installed on your site, it might be worth adding it. If the Data Explorer plugin is installed on your site, try running the following query: SELECT * FROM user_fields Hopefully that query will return some results with their field_type set to “multiselect-dropdown”. If it does, migrating the data should be fairly straightforward.

Thanks Simon Your example showing operation of multi-select dropdown matches they way mine used to work, which seems promising in terms of restoring original functionality. Currently it seems neither the old plugin or new version core functionality are working correctly - the whole field does not now appear at all in the ser profile editing screen, though values that user originally entered using old plugin do appear for a user clicking on another user’s avatar but with the original data showing square brackets and quote marks either side. [image] simon: Hopefully that query will return some results with their field_type set to “multiselect-dropdown”. If it does, migrating the data should be fairly straightforward. Yes that query does return that field type . Is it possible that confusion is arising due to old plugin name and the discourse core name for their respective versions of a multi-select user field type being identical? [image]

Can no longer create new accounts due to old multi-select user field plugin

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