XF 1.4 Hiding a forum online before you wish to launch it

[Eric Francksen]

I want to get my forums all set up online but can't make it public until a certain date. Is there a way to, say, disable registry or hide the forums to all but admins?

Thanks!

 

[Paul B]

If you want to hide it completely, use .htaccess authorisation.

Here's a general guide: https://xenforo.com/community/resou...and-the-install-directory-using-htaccess.353/

 

[sbj]

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[Eric Francksen]

Thanks for the feedback! I think we'll go with the .htaccess method.