adding new Forum not working

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shower555
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adding new Forum not working

Post by shower555 »

how do you divide the categories like this board ? I am using latest version on my hosting site.
I went into administrative (ACP) and click on Forum and than click Create new forum, added Forum name. It shows up on backend below the default Forum administration / Your first category but when I click Board Index to get to front end there is nothing there. It still shows default board category by itself. I did everything from deleting cookies, trying different Parent option and checking on other devices and it's still same. I can't figure out why this is such a basic feature but won't work. Please let me know if I miss a step. Thank you in advance.

example :
General - topics
Support Forums - topics
etc
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Re: adding new Forum not working

Post by KevC »

You have to set permissions for people to see it.
Also a category will only show if it has a visible forum inside it.

'In Administration Control Panel (ACP) > FORUMS > Manage forums make a new forum.

Forum type: Category
Parent forum: No parent

Set permissions for category.

Then make another forum.
Forum type: Forum
Parent forum: the category you just made.

Set permissions for forum.

To set permissions, either use the option to copy permissions from an existing category or forum that has the desired permissions, or:
Administration Control Panel (ACP) > Permissions > Group forum permissions
Set the registered users to be able to see and post in it:
Registered users > Standard access
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shower555
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Re: adding new Forum not working

Post by shower555 »

thanks it works now.
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