Hide only one topic from guests

Pilxy · Post by **Pilxy** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:17 am

Hi,

I recently got a request from a member, who asked me to hide one of his topics from guests. I would like to help him, but I'm not sure if this is possible.

I tried searching this forums, but I haven't found anythig useful so far. Can this be done?

Lumpy Burgertushie · Post by **Lumpy Burgertushie** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:20 am

not without an extension and I doubt you get anyone to create one for this one time thing.
you could put his one topic in a separate forum and then set the permissions for that forum to no access for the guest group.

robert

Pilxy · Post by **Pilxy** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:31 am

I thought about creating a new forum with different permissions, but I don't wan't to create it for one topic only.

Are there any other ways I can achieve to hide the content from guests? Maybe use of some BBcode or something like that?

david63 · Post by **david63** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 6:20 am

If this topic has already been posted then it will have been seen by guests and indexed by the search engines so it is a bit pointless trying to hide it now - and if it hasn't then by the time somebody manages to create one it most certainly will.

There are a few extensions that do similar things that might be of use - try looking/searching the CDB and extensions in development fora.

Post by **stevemaury** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 2:15 pm

Permissions work either on a universal basis or on a forum basis; not a topic basis. The only way to hide a single topic from guests is to put it in its own forum.

Pilxy · Post by **Pilxy** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 5:09 pm

Yes, I'm aware of how the default sistem works.

What I'm asking is if there is any other way to overcome this, either by MODs, extension, BBcode, or anything else, that would hide the topic itself or the published content from beeing seen by the guests.

GanstaZ · Post by **GanstaZ** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 5:59 pm

Wasn't there a (hide content with permissions) bbcode? Have seen something like this mentioned around here somewhere, but i could be wrong.

Post by **Mick** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 6:01 pm

You need an extension for that. Have a search of the extensions forums and, if you don’t see anything that suits your purpose, make an extension request.

Post by **stevemaury** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:34 pm

This any help? - viewtopic.php?f=616&t=2404306&p=1462450 ... #p14624501

Pilxy · Post by **Pilxy** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 6:07 am

Not really. It still requires me to set up a new forum just for this topic, which is what I would like to avoid.

After thinking a bit more about it, I believe a better option would be to try to hide just (some) of his content to the guests, so I'm gonna try to figure out how to incorporate this into my forums. I will try to learn how to set up an extension or do it the old fashioned way by modifying some files. Will see how it goes...

2600 · Post by **2600** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 7:37 am

Try this extension and use the hide message BBcode. https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/exte ... bcode_box/

RMcGirr83 · Post by **RMcGirr83** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 10:45 am

Pilxy wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 20, 2018 6:07 am
Not really. It still requires me to set up a new forum just for this topic, which is what I would like to avoid.

No, actually, it doesn't require you to setup a new forum.

Pilxy · Post by **Pilxy** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 1:27 pm

John connor wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 20, 2018 7:37 am
Try this extension and use the hide message BBcode. https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/exte ... bcode_box/

Thanks. It has way too many functionalities, but I'll play around a bit, to se if I'll be able to remove what I don't need.

RMcGirr83 wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 20, 2018 10:45 am

Pilxy wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 20, 2018 6:07 am
Not really. It still requires me to set up a new forum just for this topic, which is what I would like to avoid.
No, actually, it doesn't require you to setup a new forum.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the permissions remain forum based, right? If so, than your extension is not what I'm looking for.

RMcGirr83 · Post by **RMcGirr83** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 2:29 pm

Yes they are forum based but I doubt there would be anyway to get what you are requesting without

creating a new forum with the correct permissions and moving that topic into that forum
installing the extension and adding the permission to those groups you want to be able to view the forum where that topic is located.

There is no way, that I can think of, to hide a single topic within a forum as permissions are forum based and not topic based as you have been told.

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