Re: Keeping posts in a subforum

Posted by GregChapman on Sep 18, 2015; 8:34am
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Keeping-posts-in-a-subforum-tp7595871p7595874.html

Hi David,

David (EVDL Admin) wrote

I have a second subforum which is basically a trash can for spam posts and the like.  Is there a way to hide that subforum from Standard View, so it's visible only to me when I log in?

I'm not familiar with your forum, which I'm guessing may have some non-standard customisation, and Hugo obviously is, so I may be offering inappropriate advice, however...

For most forums the answer is:
Options > Application > Extras & add-ons > Content > Smart application pages

Turning this feature on means that any user who does not have "View" permission for a sub-forum is not is not even aware of its existence. (Normally, a non-viewable sub-forum is listed at the parent level but a user without "View" permission gets a "Request Access" screen instead of reaching that sub-forum.) Perhaps that is all you need?

(I always recommend that forum administrators have a second "normal" user ID so they can test how any forum appears to "Anyone", "Registered" and "Member", etc, users. Having a second user is definitely useful for checking how the Smart Application Pages works for different groups of user.)