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Topic: Hidden groups

I very much want to switch from phpBB to PunBB, but I am missing one
feature, which is vital to us.

That is the one that lets the administrator hide certain forums
completely.

That would mean that in the "Forums" andministration panel, under "Edit
group permissions for this forum", along with reading and posting
permissions, we would need a setting that controls if a forum is visible
to a particular group.

As an explanation, that function is important to is because we are
organising a LARP, and need to have forums for groups which are not to
be known to the other players, to avoid spoilers.

Re: Hidden groups

Erm, that's exactly what forum reading permissions do? tongue
If they can't read it, they don't know it exists wink

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Re: Hidden groups

I just noticed that. Sorry.

PunBB it is, then. :-)

4 (edited by Radiant 2007-02-15 07:55)

Re: Hidden groups

Sorry to bring up an old topic.
I was wondering if there is a way to unhide a forum?

So people can see that the private forum is there but not be able to open it to read the topics.

regards

Re: Hidden groups

Find the query in index.php?

// Print the categories and forums

?and remove the `WHERE` statement:

WHERE fp.read_forum IS NULL OR fp.read_forum=1

6 (edited by Radiant 2007-02-15 13:38)

Re: Hidden groups

Fantastic thank you.
Although when I logout and click the now displayed forum I get this error message:

Info

Bad request. The link you followed is incorrect or outdated.

Is there anyway I can replace that with a tidy "You do not have permission to view this forum" message?

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Re: Hidden groups

try this wink