Special Ranks

by prentoskid November 25th 2009, 10:23 am

ok, so i saw that u can make special ranks, but are they the same as a admin, or do they do almost the same things?

by Sanket November 25th 2009, 3:33 pm

Ranks have nothing to do with groups.

by prentoskid November 25th 2009, 11:50 pm

then what is the difference between a rank and a group

by Sanket November 26th 2009, 6:04 am

Major difference is groups can be given permissions. i.e. which forum they can view , vote, etc etc.
Ranks are just images which you can give to the user under their avatar. They can either be special ranks or ranks which are changed automatically after a certain number of posts.

by prentoskid November 26th 2009, 8:09 am

so can the rank can do the same thing as an admin can?

by Darren1 November 26th 2009, 10:39 am

No, the ranks mean nothing, its just an image to show your position of the forum.
Example: I could be given an administrator rank on this forum, and I wouldn't have access to the admin panel, or the moderator's tools.
It's just a fancy image.

The only way someone can do what an admin can do is if u add them to the admin group.
You can set permissions via groups.