Anyone else thought about (interested in adding) a 'read' level permission similar to phpbb? The 'view' level would only be able view at the topic level, while the read would be able to access the node and read the content. Thoughts?

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michelle
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Project: Advanced Forum » Forum Access

Wrong module. Advanced forum doesn't deal with forum access.

Michelle

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darumaki commented

I think that's a great idea and needed for forums

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This is not a forum-specific request, and it's not really about the node access mechanism that we're dealing with here. I certainly see the usefulness, but there's probably even more interest for this for other content types (like blog entries, for example), and implementing it separately for each content type would mean duplicating work.

There's a module called Premium (and there may be others) that does things like that. I haven't tried Premium myself, and I'm a bit doubtful about its state, but give it a try.

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darumaki commented

You're right, it needs to be site-wide for any content type, premium module seems available for Drupal 4 only. Drupal has several third-party access modules but unfortunately none of them are complete and most often not maintained for the current Drupal. I think access should be part of the core, there are already roles, not sure why an extra layer isn't added, should be quite simple to do and so many are looking for it.

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Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

#370682: "View" and "Read" Permission is more realistic.

BTW, Premium module is now available for D6.