There should really be five options

view - access - post - edit- delete

For forums we want to show off, but restrict access to, how difficult would it be to hack the module to add this ?

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salvis
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What's the difference between view and access?

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darumaki commented

It's one thing to view a forum, but another to access, in other words to click and enter. PHPBB has this function where you can allow guests to see the forums and grant access to only certain roles, good for showing off a forum, like a teaser.

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So you'd like to see the name and description of the forum in the forum list, but no link, no post counts, and no last post by, right?

Yeah, why not — care to submit a patch?

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darumaki commented

I don't know how to do patches or code, the way it usually setup is visitors can see the forum links and all, they can even click on them, if they don't have access, they get a please log in to view this forum message

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salvis
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Things are never as easy as they seem at first glance...

The user may be logged in, yet still not have access to a protected forum...

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Golem07 commented
Version: 5.x-1.9 » 6.x-1.0-beta1

Though already a few months old, I'd like to show my support for this suggestion. Such a "teasing" function can make regsitering for a site much more attractive for anonymous users. E.g. on forums one might be more likely to sign up if he can see in advance, what subjects/topics are being offered/discussed. I hope the developers consider such an option in the future.

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salvis
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Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

Golem07 provided a nice write-up in #370682: "View" and "Read" Permission. I'm closing this thread in favor of the other one.