XF 2.1 How do I set myself up to moderate posts?

[Jon12345]

I've set myself up as Administrator, but I can't seem to moderate posts. Where have I gone wrong?

 

[Lawrence]

You done nothing wrong. XF treats administrators and moderators as two distinct roles, that is why you need to add yourself as a moderator if you would like to perform moderating duties on top of your admin duties.

Groups and permissions->Staff->Moderators and click the Add moderator button, and add yourself as a Super moderator. The screen that comes up will allow you to select the moderating group to join, and set the permissions you would like. As a super admin, you would want to select all permissions, if they are not already selected.

 

[Jon12345]

Ah that is brilliant, thanks! Just couldn't work it out before. Found it so confusing.

I've got a private category section that only moderators can see. I've made the node private, but I cannot work out how to let the moderators see it. Is it a simple thing to do?

 

[Lawrence]

As you set it to a private node: Forum->Node permissions->Moderating, and set View node to Yes.

 

[Jon12345]

I don't see the View Node to Yes option. I also took the tick out of the Private Node list and I still can't see it in the forums.

This is what I see:

 

[Lawrence]

Oops, forgot to mention above to select the node you made private. According to your screen shot:

Forum->Node permissions->Moderating Area. Then select the moderating group and then set View node to Yes.

 

[Jon12345]

@Lawrence Thank you so much for that. I got it working properly now!

 

[Lawrence]

You're welcomed. Glad you made the switch and it's working out for you. The staff, and the community, here are pretty helpful. Any questions, ask away,

 

[Jon12345]

Yes I agree, superb in fact.