Even though my account appears to meet the minimum requirements (14+ days old, 25+ posts, green reputation), I can't post in the Buy, Sell or Trade section. Am I missing something obvious or do I need to contact someone for special permission? Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!
It doesn't bother upgrading if someone hasn't visited the forum. You actually have to VISIT the forum after the 2 week threshold in order for it to check for upgrades.
Sorry, I must be missing something. I signed up and visited every day for two weeks, replying to posts, reading and learning. The last week and a half I've been busy and haven't had time to get back to the forum. I jumped in today and thought I'd throw up a quick post in the Sell section, but wasn't allowed. I've been taking part in the forum, not just meeting the minimums to be able to post. I'll wait for an hour though and see if that triggers it. Thanks for your help.
Right... read my previous post. You didn't visit AFTER the 2 week threshold was reached, so you need to visit once in order for it to look at you for a possible upgrade (this visit will do that).
It's a little intricacy of vBulletin BTW... it doesn't bother checking if the user hasn't visited since the last time the cron job was run. It essentially a resource saver so the process doesn't have to spin through every user every hour.