[@johnhiler Member 15 years, 6 months ago]

Hey Michael – I struggled with something similar, but then I found a plugin by ck which enabled this… along with some suggested template tweaks which allow you to hide the posting link if you’re not allowed to post:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/read-only-forums/#post-1025

Not sure if that touches on what you were asking about… but thought I’d share the link in case it was helpful!