By gonz on

Hello - I am a bit confused here - looking for some advice...

I am currently using my Drupal website to be both CMS and community enriched content deliver system.

I would like Anonymous (non-logged in user) to be able to "access content" -> as configured in Admin -> Access

but I would like certain Node Types to be accessible only by my Registered Members (logged in users).

I have Forums module from core 5.6 activated, but I would like to restrict access to this particular node type to just registered users. Ideally I would like it so that nobody can even visit the page (or access denied) to the /forum page unless they were registered - because I like to keep the forums a secret and special oppertunity for members ONLY.

Is there a way to do this?

I could not seem to find a module for Access Content Types - only Node Access types. I installed the Content Access Module but this only affect The node itself - so Anonymous guests are still able to see my entire secret Members forum, its just now they can't access the individual Forum threads.

Do you know of a method for keeping my forum - or any other content type a secret???

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Comments

tm’s picture

tm commented

have you seen the forum access module? it may do what you wish, there. rather specialized. you may also wish to keep advanced forum in mind. take a look at the article at lullabot for additional ideas.

for other content types: thinking tac might be overkill; maybe even tac-lite, though the latter with something like taxonomy default could be a start. not sure, though.

good luck!

cperezp’s picture

cperezp commented

It sounds to me that your application is much simpler than a full-fledge moderated forum. If so, I would recommend "Content Access" ( http://drupal.org/project/content_access ).

It gives you a nice tab for finer access control on a per content-type basis (forums are nodes, so they also apply).