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• Started 4 years ago by SmileUK
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Only key holders add topics

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   • SmileUK
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   • Posted 4 years ago #

   How can I make it so only key holders can add topics.
   Sorry I'm new to use these forums
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   • _ck_
   • Moderator

   • Posted 4 years ago #

   Unlike WordPress I don't believe bbPress has an easy way to do role management (yet). There is a privilege built-in for bb_current_user_can( 'write_topics' ) which means it is technically possible to control who can start topics by taking away that role privilege from the "member" role.

   In theory a small plugin should be able to do this - I'll take a look at how it might be done as an exercise in learning more about bbPress roles...
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   • _ck_
   • Moderator

   • Posted 4 years ago #

   Aha! I think it's this simple. Make yourself a mini-plugin and install it containing this:

   global $bb_roles;
   $bb_roles->remove_cap('member','write_topics');

   
   If you don't know how to make a plugin, it might be possible to just put those two lines into your template's header.php
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   • suleiman
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   • Posted 4 years ago #

   But what if you only want to do this for a specific forum, and not for all your forums? On my site I have an "announcements" forum where I would like to limit who can post, but I also have a "troubleshooting" section where members do need to post.
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   • _ck_
   • Moderator

   • Posted 4 years ago #

   This question is related:
   http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/key-master-only-forum#post-15457

   I think I will make a real plugin since this seems to be a requested feature that is not too hard to handle in 0.9 Look for it in the plugin section over the next day or two.
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   • _ck_
   • Moderator

   • Posted 4 years ago #

   I've now written a plugin to solve this problem:
   http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/read-only-forums/

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