Categories vs. Tags (Bugs)
When logged in as Admin and writing a new entry, I get a drop down menu with categories and text field for tags.
When logged in as User, the text field for tags is missing.
O.K., I had a look at the code. Simple users cannot use tags, and that is no bug. Its intended by design.
to change this behaviour, I needed two modifications:
In forum/themes/default/subtemplates/posting.inc.tpl, line 119
change {if ($admin ||$mod) && $settings.tags} to {if ($admin ||$mod || $user) && $settings.tags}
That opens a textarea for tags for registered users != mod or admin.
Further, I changed in forum/includes/posting.inc.phpm line 643
if(isset($_POST['tags']) && isset($_SESSION[$settings['session_prefix'].'user_type']) && ($_SESSION[$settings['session_prefix'].'user_type']>0))
to
if(isset($_POST['tags']) && isset($_SESSION[$settings['session_prefix'].'user_type']) && ($_SESSION[$settings['session_prefix'].'user_type']>=0))
(The only difference is an additional '=' near the end of the line)
That feeds the tags to parser/database.
I hope I did not damage any other function by my modifications