I'm one of the Admins of a forum, and I mainly deal with the technical aspects. One problem we've had is that we want people to post a Welcome thread first before they continue on with the viewing and posting on rest of the forum.
However, I can't seem to set this up. I made two groups. One listed as New Members, and the other listed as Welcomed Members. I want to set it so that the New Members can only View, Read, and Post on our Welcome sub-forum, but I still want Guests/lurkers to be able to View/Read the forum.
For example, after I selected all the groups EXCEPT New Members to be able to View/Read a sub-forum, I went to select Guests so they can View/Read, but then all of the fields were selected again and I couldn't deselect New Members. Is there a way around this to where only the New Members can't View/Read other topics except the Welcome sub-forum, while Guests can still do so?
However, I can't seem to set this up. I made two groups. One listed as New Members, and the other listed as Welcomed Members. I want to set it so that the New Members can only View, Read, and Post on our Welcome sub-forum, but I still want Guests/lurkers to be able to View/Read the forum.
For example, after I selected all the groups EXCEPT New Members to be able to View/Read a sub-forum, I went to select Guests so they can View/Read, but then all of the fields were selected again and I couldn't deselect New Members. Is there a way around this to where only the New Members can't View/Read other topics except the Welcome sub-forum, while Guests can still do so?