XF 2.2 Question about hiding nodes, categories, and forums

[BubbaLovesCheese]

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out the permissions for Nodes, Categories, Forums, and Sub Forums....

My Setup:

Private Category

= Main Forum 1​

== Sub Forum 1.1​

== Sub Forum 1.2​

= Main Forum 2​

== Sub Forum 2.1​

== Sub Forum 2.2​

So in the Permissions section of the Private Category, I checked the Private Node box. The Private Category is now hidden from everyone, as far as I can tell.

Questions:

1) Are all the Main Forums and Sub Forums in the Private Category also completely hidden, or are they accessible if someone knows the URL?

2) How can I make only Main Forum 2 (and it's Sub Forums 2.1, 2.2) visible to a specific User Group, like User Group: Mods for example?
(While keeping Main Forum 1 hidden)

Thank you!

 

[Paul B]

1) Are all the Main Forums and Sub Forums in the Private Category also completely hidden

Any child nodes inherit the permissions from the parent (if they don't have their own custom permissions), so they will also be private.

2) How can I make only Main Forum 2 (and it's Sub Forums 2.1, 2.2) visible to a specific User Group, like User Group: Mods for example?
(While keeping Main Forum 1 hidden)

You need to make the parent node a private forum but allow the view permission for the user group you want to be able to access nodes under it.
Then make any nodes you don't want them to have access to private.

Like so:

Private Category (set as private with view node allow for e.g. Registered user group)
= Main Forum 1 (set as private)
== Sub Forum 1.1
== Sub Forum 1.2
= Main Forum 2
== Sub Forum 2.1
== Sub Forum 2.2

 

[Mouth]

Any child nodes inherit the permissions from the parent (if they don't have their own custom permissions), so they will also be private.

Does this include categories? Wanting to confirm that nodes will inherit all permissions from categories.

If a category node is unaccessible/unseen ( Private node = ticked, view node permission not applied ) and a child forum node is accessible/seen ( Private node = ticked, view node permission is applied ) will the user still be able to see the child forum node? And if so, can they see that it's within the private category ( that they don't have view node access for )? Therefore, the visibility of the parent category is overwritten by the visibility of the child forum node?