I will try that, thank you very much.
I just realised that I don’t actually know what specific capabilities are assigned as it is all in place from the LMS modifications.
So, the answer is ‘instructor’ and ‘student’…
(I guess I could install some User Role Admin plugin if I wanted to find out which original WP roles were either renamed or modified. Sorry)
All site role:instructor are forum role:moderator
All site role:student are forum role:participant
Assigned automatically by our LMS
Thanks for the assistance, Robin.
Your plugin does indeed sound as if it can help me with the topic posting restriction but it would mean I would have to do a lot more manual work on an ongoing basis as I have around a 100 new forums with around 1000 replies per school term and with a 50% new student intake each time (who’s access to the areas where ‘their’ forums are located dictated by the school permission system).
What would the ‘amending of the template’ do? A similar structural change or just a change to add selectors that would allow me to target just the 5 or so forums per term where I want to do this?
