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MadStatus
09-26-2007, 04:34 AM
I'm creating a forum for one of my sponsors. She'll be in charge of granting access to this forum. I don't want unauthorized users to view the forum, but I want them to see this forum exists.

If I set "Can View Forum" to No, it won't be visible to the general visitor and no one will know it is there. If I set it to Yes, they'll be able to see it, but also enter and at least view the thread titles. I don't want this.

How can I set it to show the forum, but not allow entrance to unauthorized users?

- Thanks
Dismounted
09-26-2007, 06:54 AM
Can View Forum > Yes
Can View Threads > No
MadStatus
09-27-2007, 02:43 AM
What I want is for unauthorized users to see this forum's heading from the index page, but not be able to enter it and view active threads. If I set Can View Forum to Yes, unauthorized users will be able to enter and see this information.
WhaLberg
09-27-2007, 02:49 AM
Dismounted said:

Can View Forum > Yes
Can View Threads > No

So set the 'Can View Threads' permission to 'No'.
MadStatus
09-27-2007, 03:08 AM
But then they won't even be able to see the forum exists. I want them to know it's there. But I don't want them to have access to enter.

--------------- Added at 04:10 ---------------

From what I read in Options, disabling masks would do this. But it didn't work that way either.
Dismounted
09-27-2007, 05:16 AM
Can View Forum > Yes
Can View Threads > No

They can view the forum but not the threads...
MadStatus
09-27-2007, 12:20 PM
Thank you for all the help. But maybe I'm not explaining things right here. I don't even want them to view the forum. I want them to see it's there, but I don't want them inside. Kinda like a VIP section at a nightclub. Seeing it's there and knowing you can't get in just makes it that much more enticing.
jamoss
01-03-2008, 12:47 AM
With this setting:

Can View Forum > Yes
Can View Threads > No

This group can view the forum, but it says no threads exist for the last 30 days. How do I get thread titles to show?
Dismounted
01-04-2008, 02:02 PM
I don't know if this can be achieved using the options that come stock.
jamoss
01-04-2008, 05:26 PM
I found out how...

Can View Forum > Yes
Can View Threads > No
Can View Other's Threads > Yes