private forum

[bingocaller]

I have added a new forum & I would like this to be private- for invited members only-
No other members or Vistitors can view the posts.....
But the forum can be seen- and when clicked- it will say " for invited members only"
Can this be done ?

[Lynne]

On Forum Permissions, find the forum and click on Deny All. Then choose the usergroups you wish to see the forum and set the permissions appropriately. Then in Forum Manager > find forum > Edit, go set Show Private Forum to Yes.

[bingocaller]

Originally Posted by Lynne

On Forum Permissions, find the forum and click on Deny All. Then choose the usergroups you wish to see the forum and set the permissions appropriately. Then in Forum Manager > find forum > Edit, go set Show Private Forum to Yes.

On Forum Permissions, find the forum and click on Deny All Done this
Then choose the usergroups you wish to see the forum and set the permissions appropriately. How do I do this ?

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Thanks Lynne.....
I managed to do what you said:
Do I also make a new user group? as how do I invite people into the new forum ?

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Thanks Lynne.....
I managed to do what you said:
Do I also make a new user group? as how do I invite people into the new forum ?

[bingocaller]

Still wondering ?

[Lynne]

You want to Invite users into the new usergroup? There is no Invite system. You would need to PM them or something like that. Or, you can try a search and see if there is a modification to do it.

[bingocaller]

Just say I have 50 members and I only want 10 of them there in this private from.
I pm the invitation.......but how do they get in ?- as I have made this private
Do I also make a new user group? as how do I invite people into the new forum, with out the other members clicking in ?

[bingocaller]

Still a wee bit confusing - any more help on this one ?
:erm:

[Lynne]

If they accept your invite, you add them to a special usergroup that has permission to view that forum.

[bingocaller]

Originally Posted by Lynne

If they accept your invite, you add them to a special usergroup that has permission to view that forum.

So I do set up a user group !!

[Lynne]

Yes, you would need to set up a special usergroup. Alternately, you could use Access Masks. It depends on what works best for your forum.