[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Ophelia

Hello Andrew!

We want to create an area that is password protected so that only those we pm w/ the password can access it. Is this possible?

I think that I have to change the way LDM handles forum association. It seems straightforward to ask for the password when the user tries to view a category that is associated with a password protected forum, in the same way as the user is asked for the password when trying to view the forum itself.

What is less obvious is what to do about entries that are associated with such a forum. Remember that entries can be associated with different forums than the category they are in.

I think that the logical approach is to ask for the password when trying to access the entry, not when trying to view it in its category.

So this would suggest :

- categories associated with password protected forums would trigger a password request when the user tries to view the category
- entries associated with password protected forums would be visible in the category listing (assuming the user has the normal can_view_ privs to that forum) and would trigger the password request when the user tries to download/jump to the entry's url.

Does that make sense?