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Ohiosweetheart
02-21-2006, 07:42 PM
Does vB 3.5.3 have any feature where you can create a private forum or just a thread, accessible with a password?

The ladies on my forum want a "ladies only" section, password protected so the men can't read it.

Is this do-able?
Marco van Herwaarden
02-21-2006, 08:02 PM
Since vB3.0 you can already create a Private Forum, using Forum Permissions. It is also possible to password protect a forum.

All already there.
Ohiosweetheart
02-21-2006, 08:14 PM
ok I figured out how to do the first part... but I can't find the password protect feature... could you please tell me where to look?
Marco van Herwaarden
02-21-2006, 08:15 PM
It is one of the Forum Settings (AdminCP->Forum Manager->edit forum)
Ohiosweetheart
02-21-2006, 08:26 PM
great, thank you!
Marco van Herwaarden
02-21-2006, 08:46 PM
Hmm with what you want, you might want to look into a hack that is here at vb.org, that will put user in a (secondary) usergroup, based on profile fields. You could probably use that to create a Male & a Female usergroup.
Ohiosweetheart
02-21-2006, 11:32 PM
THAT... is what I'm looking for!
Marco van Herwaarden
02-22-2006, 05:13 AM
Just in case you didn't find them yet:
- Add User to Primary Usergroup Based on Value of Custom Profile Field (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=82992&highlight=usergroup+registration)
- Add User to Secondary Usergroup Based on the Value of a Custom Profile Field at Reg. (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=82993&highlight=usergroup+registration)