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[Shamil]

Just a few questions for forums:

Can a forum be set up so that when a post is made, the thread is not bumped up to the top?
Can a forum be set up so that a password is required to access it?*
Can a forum be set up so that users cannot see each others' thread, but only their own?

*much easier to do via usergroup IMO

 

[0ptima]

In some cases, it may be for additional security.

That is what I use it for.

 

[James]

No, not currently. I can see value in it for certain specific setups, but I'm not sure how frequently it's used.

I use this frequently to manage certain applications via threads. I also use it for private questions between user and administrator. There's a few cases in which this is useful!

 

[Shamil]

Interestingly, I haven't received an alert for this thread.

 

[anotheralias]

My moderator lounge is password protected as once I screwed up with usergroup [edit] permissions and everyone had access to the moderator lounge.
If that were to happen again, they would be blocked by the password.

Same here - it was always way too easy to screw up usergroup permissions on vB. (Hell, isn't that how the whole IB price thing was outed?)

 

[feldon30]

I can't speak to IB competence on setting vB forum permissions. That was hardly the only permission mistake I've seen.