Public & Private Forum ?????
 

I paid for vB 4 but am waiting to upgrade. Right now, I'm on vB 3.7.4

The forum is restricted access for members of a veteran's group. Members information (UserCP) needs to remain restricted to group members.

Is it possible to allow the general public to view (and only view) selected areas in the forum, such as a summary of the unit's history, along with posts from members in those public areas?

Thanks

Yes, it is possible.

Okay, so we don't have "Users Awaiting Moderation." Every member has to pass muster and then we personally register them.

So should I just create a "Public" user group for instance, and then give that group permission to view selected areas? I'm thinking this would work.

Thanks

For guests you should set the permission to the Unregisterd/Not Logged In usergroup.

Thanks Marco. I'll experiment with this option. I presume that they will then be able to bypass the login screen and view just the allowed pages. If this works, I will avoid a lot of webpage design and maintenance, something I'm no good at and have little time for, after hours on this non-profit venture.

Again, thank you very much.

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I'm figuring it out!!!!

This proves that even a senile old *$&# can figure some things out.

Thanks