RE: Restricting who can post to my blog...

Posted by GregChapman on Oct 19, 2014; 12:57pm
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Restricting-who-can-post-to-my-blog-tp7591974p7592051.html

integrativeawareness wrote

So, is creating a 'Post' and 'Reply' controlled by the same setting?

You are confusing terms. I use "Post" to mean any article or message created on Nabble.

"Create_topic" is the permission to start a completely new posts that is not a reply to previous post. This is the permission you would grant to, for example, the creator of a blog or for a company forum that is only used to announce new products.

"Reply" is the permission granted to respond to existing post. In some applications these are referred to as Replies, in others as Comments.

Both permissions allow posts but they will appear in different ways in the structure of a Nabble application.
 

Also, how can I remove the following items (within the blue circles within
the attached photo).

You really don't want to do that - and in some cases it is against the terms and conditions of the use of Nabble.

To explain:
In the top area:
The Application Name: is part of a set of breadcrumb menus that allow a user to navigate between various forums and sub-forums.
Refresh: allows an embedded forum to be updated without having to waste time reloading the main page within which it is embedded.
Permalink: allows a user to discover the link to an individual sub-forum or post on the application
Username; (which depending on condition may be replaced by "Login" and "Register" items) is how a user identifies themselves to Nabble and gains access to various customisations, such as username, signature, email address, etc.

To the right:
Options: gives a vast range of varying options depending on the group to which you belong. Administrators can't control their forum without this.
Views: useful information to indicate the popularity of various areas of your application
Feeds: A feature that allows users to choose a method of accessing the forum in ways that may be more convenient to them.

At the Bottom:
Powered by Nabble: Take this away and you break Nabble's T&C.
Edit this page: Essential for advanced customisation and necessary if you want to change the very features you are talking about want to amend.
Remove Ads: Easily removed by clicking the link and paying for the ads to be removed.

As you see, virtually every one of those links is either required or essential for it to be present, or can make your forum more attractive or easier to use for some of your users. Those that could be regarded as entirely optional are barely worth removing anyway.

If you really want none of those things then one must question whether Nabble is the right product for you. You might be better off placing your posts on on your main site and finding an embeddable "guest book" that allows visitors to respond to what appears there.