[@robin-w Moderator 3 years, 2 months ago]

so in

dashboard>settings>bbp private groups>Group name settings – set up groups called ‘members’ and ‘author’

then in

dashboard>forums>edit forum – set each forum to be assigned to whichever group you want it to be visible to, and set the forum to be public (private groups will then hide it)

then in

dashboard>settings>bbp private groups>assign groups to roles – set authors to see the author group and members to see the member group