Hello All,
I recently created a forum and I need  it to be private.Â
I went to forums and categories and unchecked all the options so that guests cannot view or post in topics. I did this for each category and forum I made.Â
I also went to Forum directory and and made it so that my forum does not come up in searches. I also deactivated the traffic exchange.Â
I also disallowed new members from joining and I have it so that the admin (me) must approve members who want to join (which in theory shouldn't happen because I don't allow new members anymore)
So in theory I should not have guests roaming around my forum.Â
At the bottom of my forum I have to option to see who's online. There are always a handful of guests, but when I click to see what they are viewing it tells me that guests are browsing topics that I made private.Â
This worries me as we are a writing group who posts our work up for critique. I only want members to be able to view the forum.Â
So why is it saying in "Who's Online" that guests are viewing my already private forums?
Please help
Thanks in advanceÂ
Arianna
I recently created a forum and I need  it to be private.Â
I went to forums and categories and unchecked all the options so that guests cannot view or post in topics. I did this for each category and forum I made.Â
I also went to Forum directory and and made it so that my forum does not come up in searches. I also deactivated the traffic exchange.Â
I also disallowed new members from joining and I have it so that the admin (me) must approve members who want to join (which in theory shouldn't happen because I don't allow new members anymore)
So in theory I should not have guests roaming around my forum.Â
At the bottom of my forum I have to option to see who's online. There are always a handful of guests, but when I click to see what they are viewing it tells me that guests are browsing topics that I made private.Â
This worries me as we are a writing group who posts our work up for critique. I only want members to be able to view the forum.Â
So why is it saying in "Who's Online" that guests are viewing my already private forums?
Please help
Thanks in advanceÂ
Arianna
Last edited by Ariannamz on July 18th 2013, 3:49 am; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : Marked as Solved)