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Etymon
Advanced Member
United States
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 Posted - 19 May 2003 : 20:18:43
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I know there is a way to allow a member into a specific forum with a member's list, a private forum, etc.
However, what I want to do is allow a member access to only one or more forums. This is for the purpose similar to another discussion that is also current in this MOD Add-On Forum (W/O Code) forum right now:
Conforming Snitz to COPPA underage children law
http://forum.snitz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=44264
In addition to controlling all the forums that members have access to, I also want the ability to fully control all the members that have access to the forums. Mainly, I want the ability to confine a member to posting to only one forum if the need arises.
Unless, I am overlooking something, it seems that currently I can only ban a member from the forums, or I could set up all kinds of specific lists for all of the members and then exclude that member from the lists. But it is just easier to ban the one or some members than it is to maintain all of those lists for all of the members.
One example I want this for is the COPPA issue. I could restrict a member to certain forums based on criteria in his profile. When the member became of age or I received written permission from the member's guardian, then I could open up more forums for that member.
An example of this could be if I wanted to quarantine a member without banning him. He could still post, just not where ever he wants. I could then upgrade him to some other forums as he proved himself to be handling his methods more appropriately.
Now, I don't have the Group Categories option on my forum because it is an older version. If the GC option is exactly what I am looking for, please let me know.
If anyone has any ideas on how to construct this MOD, I'd like to learn more.
Cheers,
Etymon
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Nikkol
Forum Moderator
USA
6907 Posts |
Posted - 20 May 2003 : 00:13:58
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| What version do you have? You could look into the User Group Mod for 3.3.x which would allow you to create user groups and then use the user groups to set the permissions on the forum. |
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Etymon
Advanced Member
United States
2385 Posts |
Posted - 20 May 2003 : 02:32:37
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Originally posted by Nikkol
What version do you have? You could look into the User Group Mod for 3.3.x which would allow you to create user groups and then use the user groups to set the permissions on the forum.
Hi Nikkol,
Thank you for replying. Perfect! I have Snitz 3.3.05, so I can use that MOD. Thank you for the advice!
The version I have of that MOD is
Usergroup Mod ALPHA 02
I want to get a hold of version ALPHA 4 which seems to be the last code written before Snitz 3.4 came out. Might you know of someone who has it? I really want to provide this option for the forums.
Thank you again for the suggestion. I'll keep searching the archives and current posts for hints to the code and post the links here if I find the topic with the download.
Cheers,
Etymon
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Etymon
Advanced Member
United States
2385 Posts |
Posted - 20 May 2003 : 02:59:48
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Well, from what I can tell through research Morpheus finished ALPHA 2 and uploaded it to Nathan's old Snitz Exchange, then hesitated on releasing ALPHA 3 and 4 because he wasn't sure what the Snitz 3.4 code would be like. He did state in a thread that he had completed ALPHA 4 for Snitz 3.3.x but would not be able to upgrade it for Snitz 3.4.x, and that is where it ended. The link for a download was not posted publicly.
I did send Morpheus an email regarding his ALPHA 4 code. I hope he still has it. From what I understand it appears he was the one who wanted to see the MOD come to life the most and worked toward that end for perhaps more than a year until Snitz 3.4 came out.
If I get the code, and if he doesn't mind, I'll post a link for it here at Snitz.
Cheers,
Etymon
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Nikkol
Forum Moderator
USA
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Kent
Junior Member
United States
193 Posts |
Posted - 20 May 2003 : 10:43:26
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Etymon,
Please keep us posted on your efforts. I need a "User Group" mod for v3.4 pretty bad, so that I can handle "paid subscribers" versus "registered users." I have 4,000 registered users, so trying to manage them with the default v3.4 functions is a real pain...
FYI, I'm running HuwR's v3.4 portal... |
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Nikkol
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Etymon
Advanced Member
United States
2385 Posts |
Posted - 20 May 2003 : 15:46:30
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Originally posted by Nikkol
Kent ... Etymon is using version 3.3. I don't think he's planning on updating the Mod for 3.4.
Nikkol's correct. I wouldn't even to know where to begin without some groundwork already laid out.
Sorry Kent.
Etymon
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