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Old 06-05-2007, 05:59 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Is there anyway i can make a forum private? As in i choose who can view topics and reply to them etc? I am trying to make a forum for my family but dont want others viewing it... Sugjestions? What if i made them all moderators and then made it moderator only topics? How to i make someone/people moderators?
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Old 06-05-2007, 06:05 PM   #2 (permalink)
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You're best bet is to make every forum private, do that by making the forum then going to Forum Permissions and changing every permissions to Private[Hidden]. Then make a user group that you put all your family members into, then in Group Permissions give that group permission to view the hidden forums.
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Old 06-06-2007, 12:30 AM   #3 (permalink)
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or since usergroups is more complicated you can make all the forums private and just go to user permissions and grant certain members access to certain forums
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It would be easier just to make one usergroup, and then add all users you want to that one group, instead of having to go to each users permissions and change it to access to that forum.
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ok...well i dont understand usergroups that much. is there a guide on this site somewhere to help with it.
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Check the phpBB Documentation, they have a couple of good guides on groups.
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