[Forum] Security - How can I block non-members?

[SSonnentag]

Is there a way to prevent non-members from viewing the member list, member profiles, calendars, blogs, recent posts, etc? Basically, I want to disable all links for anyone who isn't a member.


Thanks,
Shawn

[ENF]

Let's see, here's the short answer to each of your points:

Member Listing & Member Profiles: AdminCP > Usergroups > Usergroup Manager > [Edit Unregistered / Not Logged In Group] > Scroll Down to General Permissions > Can View Member Info > NO

Calendars: AdminCP > Usergroups > Usergroup Manager > [Edit Unregistered / Not Logged In Group] > Scroll Down to Calendar Permissions > Can View Calendar > NO

Blogs: AdminCP > Usergroups > Usergroup Manager > [Edit Unregistered / Not Logged In Group] > Scroll Down to Blog General Permissions > Can View Other's Blogs > NO

These settings will block any guest or anyone not logged into your forum from viewing the items listed above. (View member info does impact both profiles & the member list.)

Can you be more specific about "Recent Posts"? That could mean a few different things. Do you mean recent posts from a user profile or from something like "Today's Posts"?

[SSonnentag]

Thanks so much!

[donald1234]

Remember the crawlers have the same permissions as guests and you will be blocking them too, are you sure you don't want your blogs, recent posts etc crawled/indexed?

[ENF]

Remember the crawlers have the same permissions as guests and you will be blocking them too, are you sure you don't want your blogs, recent posts etc crawled/indexed?

He hasn't yet blocked recent posts or forums as a whole. There's no reason to have your member lists or profiles crawled, we have those blocked as well. Blogs... depends on the content.

For the moment, I don't think anything critical is being blocked. In an another case, some people just prefer privacy over exposure to a crawler.