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Posted May 14, 20187 yr I want to allow the blog feature on my forum but I only want a handful of members to be able to create them. I see that I can set the permissions with the relevant member groups for who is allowed to start and view blogs, but within this group I have over 400 members. I only want to allow around 5 members in this group to create them. I cant see a way to allow individual members to create a blog. Am I correct in thinking that the best way would be to create a secondary group, lets say "bloggers" and then add this group as a secondary group to those members I wish to allow blogging, or is there another way ? Any advice appreciated. ?
May 14, 20187 yr Quote I cant see a way to allow individual members to create a blog. Am I correct in thinking that the best way would be to create a secondary group, lets say "bloggers" and then add this group as a secondary group to those members I wish to allow blogging Yes, that's exactly the way to do it :)
May 14, 20187 yr Author Much appreciated. ? In fact, I might as well just create a "Contributors" Group and move the few members into this. Is there any advantage or disadvantage of having a secondary group?
May 14, 20187 yr 4 minutes ago, Pyrotechnic said: Is there any advantage or disadvantage of having a secondary group? The advantages are what you're about to exploit; the ability to bestow upon certain members of a broader group privileges that the group itself doesn't have. I haven't noticed any disadvantages myself, though I suppose there's a risk of ending up with so many secondary groups that they become difficult to manage. But I suspect you're unlikely to have so many permutations that you would need an unwieldy number of groups.
May 14, 20187 yr Author This particular member group, around 400 members all have a common interest. However, several of them have asked to document a training course they are to undertake over a 12 week period. If I give the whole group permissions, some will start the blog and some will give up which will defeat the object. There are a few that have said they will see it through and its these members I want to allow to create a blog. Ideally if other members of the group then decide over the coming years to do the same, I can simply give them permission to do so. Hope that puts a little more context onto what I am hoping to achieve ?
May 14, 20187 yr Yep, what you're describing is exactly what I'd use a secondary group for. Then all you have to do when you a new person decides to contribute is edit that member's profile in the ACP to add them to this group. Easy.
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