Moderating

Hey,

I have a special group called 'moderators' on my forum and they moderate my forum but the problem I've hit is that I've unchecked the option for them to make a global announcement yet they still are able to make one... How to solve this?

You'll need to do this for all forums. So even thought you've unchecked it for one you'll need to uncheck the option for all forums.

I have gone through every forum catagory and side forums but all were checked off

Are some of the members of this group also in the administrator group?

Ehh yea I am but I am the Group leader
I've also tried to make another person a group leader, but with no success (the person wasn't member of higher groups)

If the members in question are in the administrator group then they will still be able to create global announcements.

The account I tested with was not a member of any higher groups with the ability for a global announcement.

When you edited the permissions were you in the advanced mode?

Yea I was, is that the problem?

Post a screenshot of the permissions of a forum that has the issue.

Here is the picture:

Spoiler:

All the forum catagories/topics have the same permissions as in this picture.

So only managers and administrators can create them? Could some moderators be in the manager group?

Nope they aren't except for my main account that controlls the forum (being group moderator).
I've tried it on another account that was only member of the following groups : Member, Veteran, Moderator

Have you ask the moderators about this, or have you just tested yourself?

Well they had made a global announcement themselves so I made a testaccount and checked what was going on.

So they can make a global announcement that will appear in the whole forum?  Is there any section that they can create a global announcement in?  If yes, then it will appear in the whole forum.

That is the problem... I have everything the same as I always choose the option 'take permissions from forum:'.

Do you mind sending me a private message with a test admin account so that I can see this for myself?

The PM has been sent.

Thank you for the private message.

I have taken a look at the permissions and everything seems to be in order but members in the group 'Moderator' are still able to create global announcements. I will pass this onto our pro admin to take a look at.

Okay thanks,
Can I reset the account? Or does the pro admin need it?

What do you mean reset the account? If you mean the test account then you can delete it because it's no longer needed.

Hello

I am currently making some tests on your forum. So don't worry if you see some fake posts

@Base: Could you please test the same thing on your personnal forum please?

Okay,

Yes I ment the test account   
Thanks for all the effort that is being put into this greatly appriciate it!!!

@Buttercup I have tested this on my personal forum and no group without the permission can make any global announcements. It is working properly.

Hello

I've also tested it on another forum and it is working fine: "impossible to make announcement if no permission"

Hey,

So my last threat got locked : https://help.forumotion.com/t133587-moderating?nid=139#900244
But I am still facing the problem of moderators being able to make global announcements...

Mr Rockeye wrote:Hey,

So my last threat got locked : https://help.forumotion.com/t133587-moderating?nid=139#900244
But I am still facing the problem of moderators being able to make global announcements...

Merged with other topic. 

So this topic does not automatically get pruned to the garbage, you will need to bump it every two days.

Thank you

I had tested it on a test account and could make a global announcement, even with only having the account subscribed to the moderators group.

So, we can consider you problem as solved?