Customizing Mod's access to forums?

[caff.com]

Hello, I have several Moderators on my board and some forums they need to see and others are to remain private.

How can I fine tune forums so only certain Mods can view? I did the drop down screen earlier where you can assign a Mod and they still go where they are not allowed.

Please help me out, thanks.

[Lynne]

You can use Access Masks to allow them into, or deny them access to, certain forums. Access Masks

[caff.com]

Thanks Lynne.

But these are the password forums and nothing (masks) is coming up for these specific forums.

Can you please advise me? Thanks.

[Lynne]

Do you have Access masks enabled? vboptions > general settings > enable access masks.

[caff.com]

Yes, and I still hit a brick wall.

[Lynne]

So you have a forum and you have Forum Permissions set so moderators can see it. Then you set a Password for the forum and only gave it to some moderators, but all of them can still see the forum - correct? So then you tried using Access Masks to deny access to some moderators, but after you denied them access, they can still see the forum?

[caff.com]

Close.

I have 3 Mods and I want to keep 2 of them out of the one forum. So I had to make the 3 Mod a Super Mod.

I would just like to be able to customize it to keep the two of them out.

Lynne- Since you are in CA too, can I please call you or you call me? I will PM you my #.

Thanks

[EvilAkuma]

So, you have 3 mods and you want 1 out of the 3 to have access to that. I think there is a solution to that.

Go to Admin CP > Users > Search For Users > Type in the username in the box provided and then on the drop list (Quick User Links), select Edit Forum Permission (Access Mask). Hopefully, this is what you're looking into.

[caff.com]

Thanks guys, I just figured it out last night. vBulletin is so easy, but rough for the average non IT person at first.

Thanks!!!!!

[Viet Youth]

Thanks.

Sometimes it's so basic and simple, that it would escape even the ones who think they "knew it all".