Increase permissions and confidentiality

[annadaa]

I understand that IPB has decreased the parameters of the admincp to the maximum in recent years.

This has the advantage that the admincp is lighter and easier to use. Also it can make it possible to know that each parameter if it is there is that it has its importance and its utility.

But it seems to me that there is a lack of parameters that make it easier to grant rights (or restrictions), between a single member and a client member, to differentiate the visual that is given between two members according to their profile (student / teacher for example).

For example, the display settings for widgets are missing.

How to make it easier for members to invite registrants to their club sharing the same hobbies if the administrator is not able to display a widjet proposing members with the same hobbies?

why not also add the option "friend" in order to decrease the parameters of confidentiality and restrictions members

 

I also think that we should make visible the widget only in the page of the category of the forum to which we put it and not to all the categories of forum

 

thanks

[Joel R]

3 hours ago, annadaa said:

But it seems to me that there is a lack of parameters that make it easier to grant rights (or restrictions), between a single member and a client member, to differentiate the visual that is given between two members according to their profile (student / teacher for example).

Are you primary concerned about the visual (like color, style) or actual permission.  

You can edit the group to change the styling to anything you want, which helps to differentiate.  I've seen members do everything from add icons to flashing glitter bombs.  

[Joel R]

3 hours ago, annadaa said:

How to make it easier for members to invite registrants to their club sharing the same hobbies if the administrator is not able to display a widjet proposing members with the same hobbies?

Can you give more details on your example? 

 To create a custom block that only shows related clubs will be fairly advanced, and requires knowing what clubs are "similar."

3 hours ago, annadaa said:

why not also add the option "friend" in order to decrease the parameters of confidentiality and restrictions members

IPS is fundamentally designed for communities of content.  As such, following content or users is a better reflection of an open community where any person can follow another without reciprocity.  You can follow me but I don't need to follow you.  

Friends confers a higher degree of relationship.  It's essentially a two way follow (user A follows user B AND user B follows user A).   

[tonyv]

1 hour ago, Joel R said:

IPS is fundamentally designed for communities of content.  As such, following content or users is a better reflection of an open community where any person can follow another without reciprocity.  You can follow me but I don't need to follow you

^I like this.

[annadaa]

10 hours ago, Joel R said:

Are you primary concerned about the visual (like color, style) or actual permission.  

You can edit the group to change the styling to anything you want, which helps to differentiate.  I've seen members do everything from add icons to flashing glitter bombs. 

 

for example, the ability for a member to click on a group name and see all members of that group. Or offer him a widjet checked all members of his group

 

10 hours ago, Joel R said:

IPS is fundamentally designed for communities of content.  As such, following content or users is a better reflection of an open community where any person can follow another without reciprocity.  You can follow me but I don't need to follow you.  

Friends confers a higher degree of relationship.  It's essentially a two way follow (user A follows user B AND user B follows user A).

It is true, nothing better than an open community, without restrictions, full of exchanges ...

I think that today many Internet users only want quality content and pay attention to that. And this is where the administrator of the community will make sure to propose this ...

I think for example of a strong development of community in personal development (e-learning). The user center will be here then rather a LMS (Learning Management System).

The support of ecommerce for specific questions answers between the learner and a domain specialist and the forum a place of mutual help, motivation and exchange around question in the studied area.

My wish for me in all this would have been for example to easily build groups (club) of studies according to the studied field of each member and to separate easily these groups of studies with restricitons / permissions in one and the same installation from IPS.

Also make sure that the forum contains a maximum of quality content and I am very confident in this possibility. I appreciated your article and noted the existence of  Recommended Replies and  Post highlights for exemple