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mbuchsbaum Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: 08 February 2011 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote mbuchsbaum Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Password Protected Forum Posted: 08 February 2011 at 6:44pm
	Hi... I'm not sure if this is normal or not, but, when someone makes a post in a password protected forum, the post title and author show up in the Last Post column of the main forum list. This makes it so that everyone, even without access to that one forum, can see the title and poster. I would think if a post was made in the password protected forum, then only those other members who have the password and have logged in would see anything from that forum and nothing would be displayed to anyone else. Could I be missing a permissions setting somewhere or is this a bug? Thanks!

123Simples Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 08 July 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1192	Post Options Post Reply Quote 123Simples Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 February 2011 at 8:14pm
	It's not a bug, but even though the forum category may be password protected, stopping users who do not have that password from going in there, it should only show the last post made date, or today. You have to tick a box that says hide forum if no access. I tend to use forum permissions more than the password feature, but if you need more help, please ask
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Scotty32 Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 30 November 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Status: Offline Points: 1682	Post Options Post Reply Quote Scotty32 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 February 2011 at 8:33pm
	The forum has no idea who has the password or not, which is why it is showing. As TWS said, it would be better to use the Forum Permissions to protect your forums.
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WebWiz-Bruce Members Profile Find Members Posts Admin Group Web Wiz Developer Joined: 03 September 2001 Location: Bournemouth Status: Offline Points: 9844	Post Options Post Reply Quote WebWiz-Bruce Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 February 2011 at 6:11pm
	If a forum has a password then only the time of the last post is displayed on the main forum index page, other information such as the title and who made the post is not displayed.
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mbuchsbaum Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: 08 February 2011 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote mbuchsbaum Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 February 2011 at 8:27pm
	Thanks for the feedback. I'll start looking a bit more in the forum permissions themselves. In reply to the last post, when I get to the main forum page that lists all of the forums and last post, etc, I do see the last post title, poster and date of the post in the password protected forum. If I click on the title, I then get the password login screen to continue. As I said, I'll look into permissions a bit more. Thanks!

123Simples Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 08 July 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1192	Post Options Post Reply Quote 123Simples Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 February 2011 at 12:34pm
	You will see those details as you will be logged into the main forum as an administrator - that is why you will see the information. Permissions however are a far better way of doing things, with less passwords having to be remembered for certain forum topics/categories
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