shamus mcquail wrote
How do I remove the button? Or add in the request screen?
I may be misunderstanding or there's something you have set that I'm not thinking about. For example, I have a Category App with a range of sub-forums.
Those in the "Anyone" and "Registered" groups (i.e. the general public whether they choose to supply a verified email address or not) may only view one of the sub-forums and have no "Create_topic" permission in any sub-forum. When such a user goes to Topics View and clicks on "New Topic" they get a screen that says:
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You Cannot Post Here
Sorry, but you can't create new topics here.
Note that you may still be able to reply to posts.
You may request permission to post here or contact Greg if you have questions.
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That screen is one of the defaults provided by Nabble and is needed to allow for a situation where I have forgotten to upgrade a user to "Member" or one of the other custom user groups that I have created (e.g. "Committee" and "Junior") . Users in these different groups each have a different range of sub-forums to which they have the rights to post (and view).
Note that the "You Cannot Post Here" screen includes a "request permission to post" link where any user can email the me to ask why they haven't yet got the appropriate permissions. Without such a screen, you rely on a user realising that it is possible to click on the "Created by" link on the forum home page to contact the administrator. It would be unwise, therefore, to remove such a screen or the link to it.
There is no need to "add in the request screen", it will appear automatically when a user with permission to post to a number of sub-forums clicks on the "New Topic" link. (I can't recall what happens if a user only has the Create_topic permission for one sub-category, but I think they get sent to the appropriate posting screen for the sub-category for which they have permission to post.)