Forum access permissions

As well as setting Group permissions you can also set individual permissions for members using the members permission system in the admin area.

I am interested in this feature as well, i would requiere read/write protection so only members who belong to a certain group or with certain forum access rights can read and write in that forum.

RainerFuchs wrote: I am interested in this feature as well, i would requiere read/write protection so only members who belong to a certain group or with certain forum access rights can read and write in that forum.

It's very simple to do.
Example you setup a forum category, or topic called "Secret"
When you have created the membership groups - New Member, Registered Member, Approved or whatever you want to call those groups, then on the forum secret, click hide from groups who cannot access that forum, and then example New Member, take the tick out of Access on that forum itself.

So create forum (example secret)
Hide Forum if no access:
Hide this forum on the boards main page if the user can not access the forum. (put a tick in that box)

Group and Member Tools
Look up the forum called Secret, and untick access where necessary

You should use the Group permissions - it would be far easier
Generally speaking I create the forums first, create the user groups second, and then assign the specific groups access to whichever forums

Or maybe its the other way round
I have had the forums running for a while now myself
Wait for an answer from Bruce on automation though