UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.threads 7 Version 7 Support Moderator Permissions Tab?

I upgraded from 7.2 to 7.4 therefore I never saw what 7.3 looks like, which means I hope I am not asking stupid questions here.

Is there no longer a Moderator Permissions tab for setting the permissions for individual moderators as there was in 7.2?

There's a 'moderators settings' link, is that what you mean?

In 7.2 there used ot be a Moderators Permissions Tab where the permissions could be set for each individual moderator by name, which was very easy and efficient to do. Now it seems to be gone in 7.4 and maybe it was also gone in 7.3 which I never did upload.

Permissions are no longer set globally on each moderator as it was very limiting (no way to give moderators different permissions in different forums they moderate).

You can go into Group Management and click on the Forum link next to the Moderator group. This will allow you to change permissions for all forums for the moderator group on one screen.

OK.

I will check that out.

Thank you.

So the answer is "No", we can no longer give a moderator limited permissions, unless we make a special 'Group' just for that one moderator.

Bringing this back would be a boon.


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You can still achieve those same permissions with 7.5 as you could in 7.4, it's just handled a bit differently.

When editing the permissions for each forum you'll see the permissions such as Lock topics, can move topics, edit any post, etc.

So what you do is set the moderator permissions accordingly for that forum, and then assign the user to be a moderator of that forum. They'll only get the permissions for forums they are assigned as a moderator to. If they aren't specifically assigned to be a moderator of a certain forum, then they just get the standard permissions.

Rick I think he is right. If you are going to have more than one moderator for one forum. They would both have the same permissions.
There is not a way to have only one moderator that can move topics and the second one can't.
As long as you have one moderator then it is very flexible.

I guess that is true. The problem with the previous way is there was no possible way at all to make it so a moderator had different permissions in different forums.

Meaning, previously if a user moderated Forum A and Forum B, there was no way to make it so they could move topics in Forum A, but not move topics in Forum B.

So, it's true that if you wanted moderators to have different permissions in a specific forum then you'd need to be make a secondary group for that, it does end up being more flexible than the previous way.

What we are working on is being able to assign permissions on an individual user level as well. So once that's done, then it will open up more possibilities like doing what you mentioned.

OOOH another v8 hint!

v8+ anywho lol