[tbworld]

Two ways to handle it from here, 'user access masks' or 'secondary user groups'.

Start by creating 'secondary user groups' for each vip section and assign them to particular forums using admincp->forum permissions. Once you get the basic functionality worked out, and if it is not restricted enough, then you might need user access masks. User access masks are more time consuming for an Admin, and on a large board, helper routines usually are written to automate the process.