I don't want members to be able to create sub topics and sup forum!big problem!

[C U K - Team]

hi

Please help me! I don't want members to be able to create sub topics and sup forum!big problem! give me solution!

thanx in advance.

[Hugo <Nabble>]

What do you mean by "sub topics"?
Do you mean "sub-forums" or "subcategories"?

[kevin1]

hi

yes i mean sub-forums.

[Hugo <Nabble>]

I am not sure I understand what you want to do. So here you can find the options:

(1) You want to prevent users from creating new topics and new sub-forums: 
Please click on "Options > Users > Who can view & post?" and select "Everyone can participate, but restricted topics". The go to "Options > Users > Who are members?" and make sure you are the only person in that list.

(2) You want to prevent users from creating new sub-forums, but they still can create topics:
We don't have this option. My question for you is: why do you want to prevent them from creating new sub-forums?

You should note that creating a sub-forum is not much different from posting a new topic. On the forum page, a new topic can be more noticeable than a new sub-forum. So you shouldn't worry about users doing bad things with new sub-forums, because they can do more damage simply with new topics. Also, if you see a sub-forum that you don't like, you can simply remove it from your forum. We just want to give users this freedom, so that some good users may help you grow your forum in directions that you like. I hope this make sense.

[Anne-3]

Hugo <Nabble> wrote

(1) You want to prevent users from creating new topics and new sub-forums: 

 The original Question was not about how to prevent users creating new topics.

Hugo <Nabble> wrote

My question for you is: why do you want to prevent them from creating new sub-forums?
You should note that creating a sub-forum is not much different from posting a new topic
 

Hi
I first want to say - I think Nabble is great! So I hope you see my message as constructive feedback....here goes:

The functionality which enables subscribed & registered members of my  forum to set up their own  sub-forum is so NOT the almost same as creating a New Topic on my forum!

MyForum is my forum, ie: I set it up.
X is a registered Subscribed User to My Forum
X Forum is a subForum set up by X on MyForum

1) MyForum is created in Nabble - single page, no Sub-Forums required.
2) Set as a Private Forum - only Members can read, post new topics or reply.
3) Subscribed a number of Users  who are registered Members (No Admin access). One is named, X.

If X is logged in to MyForum (and sitting on the main (and only) page of Topics as in 1),
they have, under their  "Options", a selection "Structure". And under "Structure" the choice to "Create New Sub Forum".

X chooses to create a New Sub Forum in this manner.
Page open up titled: MyForum - Add Sub Forum

X gives the Sub Forum a Name "XForum" and saves it.

XForum is now a sub-Forum of MyForum and appears as such on the MyForum front page 1).

If X goes into XForum, it is set at the default Nabble Forum settings (anyone can view and post,  X is the Adminstrator, there are no Members or subscribers (X would have to go about inviting them etc).

Remember - this XForum is attached to own MyForum. And Remember, MyForum is a "Private Members Only"  forum.

OK, so now X sets her XForum to Private.

Now I, the owner/Admin of MyForum, have a subForum attached to MyForum which was created by one of MyForum members, and I have NO ACCESS TO this XForum.  I can't view it, post in it or reply.  I would have to go about being invited, subscribed and set up as a member by X, in order participate -  in a subForum of MY OWN FORUM!!

I do not want MyForum's exclusive members/registered users to be able to create their own exclusive sub-forum which are attached to MyForum. If they want their own Forum, they can go create their own one which is not attached to mine.

Yes, I do see that I can Manage Sub Forums  and Delete XForum from MyForum tree.....  

But what a palaver to have to do so.   If X has set up a sub-Forum by mistake instead  of adding new topic, and has posted on the subForum - that posting is lost when I delete the sub Forum. And there is the risk the SubForum won't be set up privately in the first place since X is not 'web / forum design savvy'.

So much simpler to not let my members to create a sub-forum in the first place. By all means, perhaps in their Account profile, give them the links to set up their very own Forum if they want to. Just not let them attach it  to mine.

Kind Regards
Anne

[Franklin <Nabble>]

There are 2 issues here.  One is user subforums stick to the front page.  This has been fixed and user subforums now scroll off just like any thread.  If the top forum owner wants to keep the forum, he can pin it.

The other issue is security, the issue being that a user can create a private forum that the top forum owner has no access to.  So I want to ask, has this actually happened to anyone?  It seems to me that it would be a very rare issue, but if I am wrong, we will fix it.  The benefit of allowing users to create subforums is more obvious in a large organization where some small sub-group wants to have their own subforum within the tree of the organization.  And since we didn't see any real problem with letting users do this generally, we allow it.  But if we get complaints, we will reconsider.

[TheGRiM]

Why on earth dont you give the option to restrict this?

It seems a ridiculous idea to me not to give the forum admin the option to restrict who creates forums in his own forum.

I want to create my own forum with sub-forums for different aspects of my subject for organization.

What i dont want is for simply anybody to start creating new forums under the ones i have set as that would lead to alot of disorganization.

PLEASE incorporate this logical feature as its seems ridiculous not to and no good reason why it wouldn't exist in first place.

[Hugo <Nabble>]

This option is now available under "Options > Users > Who can create sub-forums?".