Make custom catagorys appear {PLEASE LOOK}

[aceofspades]

Making a catagory invisible on front page

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I have an idea for my forum, but i need your help. Here it is, you have 10 catagorys:

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

1 is the main catagory with news and information, which will be displayed on the index to everyone. However, the other 9 wont be displayed on the forum index (set as inactive, but they can access it though a direct url link in a menu). So, i have my one catagory on the front with the news and info, and the other 9 can be acccessed through the menu on the top.

However, this is where i need a little of your IQ please. What i want to do is have usergroups that the members joins, like im a gamer, which then means the gaming catagory (for example, number 6) is now visible on the index, so this guy now sees catagory 1 and 6 on the index, but can still select the other catagorys from a menu. There are a number of ways this could be done, please help me think of a way that works and can be done!

I hope i have explained myself, please tell me how i can do this. If it cant be done on a default board, is there a mod i can get to do this? If the answer to both is no, would anyone be interested in a paying job to do it?

James