Need help asap please. Easiest way to set up private forums this way?

[_Ryfe_]

Without using Usergroups for every member. I run a board which has a ton of clients. I make each client their own forum under a category. I make sure no one else can see that forum but myself and the specific client. I was using usergroups to control this, but I am adding WAY too many clients and Usergroups + Forum Permissions just isn't doing it for me anymore. It takes too long to set up, plus I think I've added too many usergroups/forum permissions. NOw the forum permissions page won't even load all the way...

Could someone help me ASAP? Basically I have a client category. I get all my clients to sign up, I add a forum with their username as the title, and then I set that forum to only be accessible to them and myself. I don't want anyone else to even know that forum exists.

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If I could get the whole forum permissions page to load I would still do it that way... :/

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Why not just use 1 forum for all your clients, 1 usergroup and set usergroup permissions to only show threads they started themself.

[_Ryfe_]

There's just so much work to be done, I need to keep everything organized. That way no clients threads get buried, they get full attention, etc... Plus, they will need to see some of my posts as well. Like, when I post to a certain client. any help is appreciated greatly. I need this working. :(

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Do you know why the whole forum persmissions page wouldn't be loading? I think I may have set up way too many usergroups/forum permissions.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

How many usergroups and forums do you have now?