Right. Got myself admin access to the forums, so I've gone on a rampage and redone a lot of permissions for usergroups. Access is now as follows:

Leader: Full access + global moderator
Officers: Access to all normal forums, plus Officer forum, plus read-only on archives
Seniors, Members, Peons: Access to all normal forums.

Non-members, guests, etc.: Access to "General" section only (Welcome and Applications forums)

Ex-guildies etc.: Currently you'll have guess access, but post below and I'll promote you to a custom usergroup so you get the same access as members.


Please let me know if you are having issues with any of this. I will endeavor to fix anything that I can, but it's real hard to know if anything works when you're set to admin =/

All I see is the General Forum. Nothing else

[edit] Better

Aye, there was a bug for all Seniors. Since I renamed the rank, the permissions didn't pick up. Should be fine now

*cries*

I can haz axxezz?

Dhar, I've just added you to the non-guild user group, so you should get access. Let me know if there's a problem as you're the first one in there to test it

Org, seem do be have ejected into the visitor's pen. Would you like me re-register on the forums as Kyotee, or can you rename this login ID?

Kyo...

Can't find any way of renaming an account, and making you sign up again is hassle, so I've added you to the same group as Dhar.

Also added a load of other people who's names I can remember off the top of my head. Keep yelling if I've missed anyone

Noes I can only see General stuff now:( I know I'm not exactly in guild anymore but would like to still be updated
Crim/Phil

Added Crimsonblade and Bladecrimson to the group.


Gorgar, found the rename tool, you'll probably need to log in again as Kyotee.

nope.. seems to have renamed me on the fly! cheers

Kyo...

I knew eventually my access all areas pass would be revoked

Nt, added you for access.

Wanna pop a quick thanks to Kardang who (probably unintentionally) helped me find something cool. If you still need access, then go to ucp.php?i=167 (or go to User Control Panel -> User Groups) where you can choose the "Non-guild" group and apply for access. I'll check this on the admin panel a few times a day and approve any who are on there.

Just to point out, there is a reason for doing all this. I just think guild-only forums make more sense than being totally public, but at the same time I figure most ex-guildies are on friendly enough terms to still get access.

Also I booted everyone out of the Officer forum while I was at it, so there's a nice echo in there now. =/

err...

'To view or post in this forum you must enter its password.' for the 'Guild Specific Stuff' and 'Classes' sections.

...?

Org on a power trip?

Kyo...

Messed up a setting earlier, thought I'd fixed it. There's z post in General explaining it but I guess that doesn't help.

Will poke settings again in a sec

Ok, definately fixed this time. Promise.

Long story short, when editing a forum setting it asks for a password. I thought it wanted an admin password as confirmation that I'm actually an admin and allowed to edit this stuff, but turns out it was for password-restricting access. Then when I tried to remove it I didn't notice you have to tick a little box that says "Remove Password". But all should be well now =)