Allow for 18+/mature forums

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newhorizons369
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Allow for 18+/mature forums

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I'd love if there would be a way to implement a system that doesn't allow access to certain forums if the user is under 18.
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How would you know if they were under/over 18?

As this is niche requirement then it is best handled (if it is even possible) as an extension.
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Agreed with david63 that this is a niche requirement.
BTW this can be done using the autogroup extension, relying on birthdate for age calculation. IIRC this setup has been requested earlier and a simple setup was described.

Added: a quick search exposed various topics with basically the same request (and solution)
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Re: Allow for 18+/mature forums

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If I can get the board and my site synced up, then I would always have users birthdays from when they signed up to my site.
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You probably should just create a group of those verified as 18 or above and have that be the only user-group that can access that forum, then put yourself and anyone else you verified as 18+ into it.
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newhorizons369 wrote: Fri Oct 01, 2021 2:59 pmIf I can get the board and my site synced up
Why isn't this the case already? As in: why are account to your board separate from the ones to your website?

You could have programmed or asked for an extension that would handle accounts and automatically put users into a group once they turn 18. That extension should, of course, make it impossible for users to change their birthday in their profile, tho.
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