[iBaker]

Originally Posted by Reeve of shinra

Create public joinable groups and set the perms for each forum catagory accordingly.

Thanks and that's what I have done but when the user belongs to many different secondary usergroups (i.e. one secondary usergroup per type of boating area) then they may have 150+ different forums on the forum home page which is far to many - they have advised that this is NOT a good option.

Bobster, another point I wanted to make is that with your mod I had to have the generic forums that are generic over all types of boating areas, in a tab of its own instead of being displayed at the top of the boating area that they selected. In other words I am after a display of:

1. If a user selects Dingy
Generic Forums
Dingy Forums

2. If a user selects Speed Boats
Generic Forums
Speed Boat Forums

3. If a user selects Yachting
Generic Forums
Yachting Forums

4. If a user selects Ocean Liners
Generic Forums
Ocean Liner Forums

- Hope you get the idea