XF 2.2 Best Practices for Assigning Main and Secondary User Groups

[VisEntities]

I'm looking for some advice on the best practices for setting up main and secondary user groups. Like, if I want to be in the "moderator" group, should I make it my main group and have "registered" as my secondary? Or should "registered" be my main group and "moderator" be my secondary? Or should I just have "moderator" as my main group with no secondaries at all?

 

[philmckrackon]

Everyone should have registered as primary and all other groups secondary.

 

[VisEntities]

Everyone should have registered as primary and all other groups secondary.

Got it.
What about my super admin account? Shouldn't "Administrator" be primary there?

 

[apathy]

Registered as primary and no need to duplicate permissions in the moderator group as theyll be inherited from the base Registered group - you only need to give a group the extra permissions it needs

 

[VisEntities]

Registered as primary and no need to duplicate permissions in the moderator group as theyll be inherited from the base Registered group - you only need to give a group the extra permissions it needs

If I don't need to set the same permissions in Registered in Moderator to Yes, does that mean I set them all to No in Moderator and only the new ones that Moderator has to Yes?

Because when you create a user group, it comes already with assigned permissions (Yes/No)

 

[apathy]

If I don't need to set the same permissions in Registered in Moderator to Yes, does that mean I set them all to No in Moderator and only the new ones that Moderator has to Yes?

Because when you create a user group, it comes already with assigned permissions (Yes/No)

Yes leave them at No, if u dont want the group to have the permission then set it to Never (unless its the base Registered group, in which case set it to No)

 

[Mr Lucky]

If I don't need to set the same permissions in Registered in Moderator to Yes, does that mean I set them all to No in Moderator and only the new ones that Moderator has to Yes?

Exactly. In the secondary groups, think of no as no change. If you really want to cancel a yes in another secondary group , then use never, however beware - this will override any yes that may be present in any other secondary groups.

If you have many secondary groups it can get complex, use the ACP Analyse Permissions to help see how it all works - you can choose a user and see how the different permissions interact to create a final value.

 

[VisEntities]

ACP Analyse Permissions

Where do I find that?

 

[Mr Lucky]

Where do I find that?

ACP means Admin Control Panel. The menu on the left shows various items. Under Groups & Permissions, see Analyse Permissions. It is very handy way to see how things work

 

[Mr Lucky]

On the topic of best practises

Probably the most common use of permissions is this:

Registered (primary)



Approved user (secondary)




Create a User Group promotion (under the Groups and Permissions ACP navigation) so that after x posts that need approval, they get promoted to add the Approved user secondary group.

That way very little spam gets onto the viewable forums.

 

[Paul B]

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[VisEntities]

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Implementing permissions across multiple user groups

Feb 22, 2012

How to make best use of the cumulative permission behaviour

• Paul B
• XenForo tips & guides [2.x]

Thank you! That's very helpful!