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JimmyVT on "Read-Only Forums"

JimmyVT — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:48:30 +0000

Hey _ck_ - Just wondering if there will be any update to this plugin or if you're aware of an alternative method on how to set read-only forums.

Thanks!

_ck_ on "Read-Only Forums"

_ck_ — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:59:04 +0000

Upgrades for 1.0 won't happen until December when it's reached some kind of stability.

johnnydoe on "Read-Only Forums"

johnnydoe — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:46:08 +0000

@_ck_

not yet supported (kinda update in progress) or no plans to update this plugin any time soon ?
just to be honest, this would be one of the most important plugins for my new bbpress driven web project.

agibbins on "Read-Only Forums"

agibbins — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:04:05 +0000

I am, damn, that's unfortunate :(
Can you recommend any alternative plugins with similar functionality? I just require a plugin thats able to make a forum reply only to all but moderators+. Thanks

_ck_ on "Read-Only Forums"

_ck_ — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:20:19 +0000

agibbins are you trying to use this on bbPress 1.0? 1.0 is not supported.

agibbins on "Read-Only Forums"

agibbins — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:08:18 +0000

Thanks _ck_, nice plugin. I appear to be having a few problems though.
I've edited forums.php and topic.php as instructed however bbpress still shows "New Topic in this Forum" on a forum that I've restricted to reply only.
I also receive these errors: Warning: in_array() expects parameter 2 to be array, null given in <snip>/forum/my-plugins/read-only-forums.php on line 62

Any idea to why I'm receiving these?
Many thanks

_ck_ on "Read-Only Forums"

_ck_ — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:57:54 +0000

It will work with permalinks or not.

You can get a list of forums by first logging in as admin and then adding

?listforums or ?forumlist to your forum URL

scottsemple on "Read-Only Forums"

scottsemple — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:54:46 +0000

Does this work with name-based permalinks? For example, if the forum is without permalinks as:
http://forum.domain.com/forums.php?id=1

...but with name-based permalinks is:
http://forum.domain.com/forums/first-forum

Will it still work? If so, where to find the ID?

scottsemple on "Read-Only Forums"

scottsemple — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:38:19 +0000

Where do I find the forum ID#? Is it the same as the position number? If so, it's not working and the syntax is:

$read_only_forums['deny_forums_start_topic']=array(2);

Please help. Thanks!

scottsemple on "Read-Only Forums"

scottsemple — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:37:29 +0000

meinwalter on "Read-Only Forums"

meinwalter — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:30:25 +0000

i want to make a specific member role not to replay on a specific forum. How to handle it ?

virginiagirl on "Read-Only Forums"

virginiagirl — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:07:10 +0000

Just figured it out and now it works. I changed template-functions so now Add New Topic gives an error message - I wasn't sure how else to create a custom error message when users clicked on the Add New topic button. So, now when an admin posts a topic the error is at the top of the form, there are only 2 admins and they won't care...it was all I could figure out.

virginiagirl on "Read-Only Forums"

virginiagirl — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:37:25 +0000

This works great - except I have one question that perhaps was answered earlier although I'm still a little confused. I want to block members from starting topics (which works fine, except it still shows the Add New Topic link and Reply in the forum. If I make this change:

* in topic.php template replace the <?php post_form(); ?> with <?php if (function_exists('read_only_post_form')) {read_only_post_form();} else {post_form();} ?>

will that fix the problem? I still want members to be able to reply to topics. I didn't want to add both codes to remove that option from the forum.

Thanks!

787Consulting on "Read-Only Forums"

787Consulting — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:34:26 +0000

Man your on top of it _ck_!

I totally miss understood! I thought all the other ones that don't have a read-only had to be put up too... man am I absent minded.

Thank you for all your hard work _ck_

_ck_ on "Read-Only Forums"

_ck_ — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:21:18 +0000

You'd only need to list 200 users if all of them were allowed to start topics in a read-only forum. But that would be a crazy design.

What exactly are you trying to accomplish? Typically you'd only allow a handful of special members to post in a limited section.

You can also specify by role which might be easier.

Each group is first the member number, then second is the forum numbers

member id -> 1=>array(1,2,3,4,5,6,7) <- forum ids

But don't go making 200 of those until you explain to me further what you are trying to do, there is probably a much easier way.

787Consulting on "Read-Only Forums"

787Consulting — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:13:47 +0000

_ck_ :

So I am having a little problem with the syntaxt of the plugin:

$read_only_forums['allow_members_start_topic']= array(1=>array(1,2,3,4,5,6,7), 2=>array(9,10,11)); // allow override for this member=>forums

So specifically:

1=>array(1,2,3,4,5,6,7), 2=>array(9,10,11)

If I were to have, for example 200 users, then I would have to number the 200 users?

1=>array(1,2,3,4,5,6,7, etc, etc)

I am probably wrong, but I am no developer...

_ck_ on "Read-Only Forums"

_ck_ — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:12:17 +0000

if you have this line (it's the default) then yes

$read_only_forums['allow_roles_always']=array('moderator','administrator','keymaster'); // these types of users can always start/reply

aiitee on "Read-Only Forums"

aiitee — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:47:22 +0000

but if members cant post, what about keymasters? they can?

_ck_ on "Read-Only Forums"

_ck_ — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:08:12 +0000

yes if you want to deny people starting topics in forum #5

$read_only_forums['deny_forums_start_topic']=array(5);

Admin menu is on my long list of things "to do"
Given how few donations there have been, I wouldn't hold your breath.

aiitee on "Read-Only Forums"

aiitee — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:12:41 +0000

$read_only_forums['deny_forums_start_topic']=array(9,15,22);

if my forum id is 5 i have to add it? like (5,9,15,22); ?