I need to set a thread up so no members other then staff members can view the threads, I have it set correct in the forums but post are still showing up in the Latest Discussions boxes.:confused:

What hack exactly are you using?

phpportals but I think we have the anser" Thanks

You have to excude it in the config.php

PHP:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
################################################## ####################
# Active Topics General
# $excatforums: If you want to exclude forum's, put ID's here. Separate with commas, NO SPACES! e.g. 1,2,3,4
# e.g. 8 is my news forum... 36 is my polls forum.
################################################## ####################
$excatforums = "1,2,3";--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Is there a hack to do this based on permissions to the particular forum? We exclude certain forums from our main page so the active topics isn't updated with posts in our $excatforums list so nobody goes and checks on them...

I have excluded forums in the config file, but yet post titles are showing up in the Active Discussions block, front page. The Active Topics center block does not show the titles. Very odd.

why not put all the threads for staff only in a forum where only staff can see?

basicly set group permission for a perticular forum where only staff can access