Role allowed to view but not edit forum posts

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4/23/2009 12:23:33 AM
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Role allowed to view but not edit forum posts

Hi Joe,

My MP site is a community group site that requires registration before people can access the site. I have the possibility to build similar sites for other community groups in my area, and so I would like to create a "demo" user role that allows people to log in to my current site but with restricted permissions. I want them to be able to view pages, but not add any content i.e. not be able to post a forum entry etc.

Normally one could use the Authenticated User for this purpose but this has become part of my workflow - because registrations have to be approved, I set it up so that authenticated users have no view permissions. New users register and are added to authenticated users, but have to wait until an admin person adds them to "Approved Users" before they can view the site.

Are there any other ways I can set up a new role that can VIEW pages but not add forum posts?

Many thanks,

Leah

4/23/2009 6:13:56 AM
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Re: Role allowed to view but not edit forum posts

Hi Leah,

The forums doesn't currently have a way to limit who can post by roles. If the user is logged in and has view permission on the page they will be able to post.

You could easily create a new role named "demousers" and create users and add them to that role. Then you would need to add that role on each page in your site as an allowed view role, except for the forums page. Currently in order to prevent the demo users from posting you would have to prevent access to the forums completely.

I will keep your use case in mind for future enhancements to the forums.

One other alternative is to create a separate demo site where you wouldn't care if the demo users posted in the forums.

Best,

Joe 

4/23/2009 9:12:54 AM
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Re: Role allowed to view but not edit forum posts

Thanks Jo.

I will probably create a separate demo site for this purpose

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