Question How to assign a moderator to my Kunena forum

Yes, thank you, Mick. I understand the picture that shows you how to access the User Administration function. However, it's not just a case of there is nothing else to do. What do you do after you get there?

Mick wrote:

Can someone please tell me how to make a member into a mod?

This is what I was trying to help with.

Cerberus wrote:

in admin sectio of kunena go to USER MANAGER then select the user you want to make a mod and then change there RANK setting to MODERATOR and your done..

It was this advice that I was questioning, not what you posted above.

What I want to know, Mick, is how you finished the job after you got to the Kunena User Administration panel? Simple words, please ...

I believe that he searched his new moderator and assigned him/her to be a moderator (=Yes).

Matias wrote:

I believe that he searched his new moderator and assigned him/her to be a moderator (=Yes).

Which is basically what I wrote earlier in this discussion (although I also mentioned the difference between global moderators and specific forum moderators). But that isn't what Cerberus is saying. Cerberus says you only have to assign the rank to make someone a moderator. Very puzzling! :S

Hello,
I have a problem assigning moderators to kunena ... If you want I can open a new thread ?
So i tried everything you are mentioning here- moderator (=Yes), selecting sections, categories, forums, with/without selecting rank but it is just not working
very weird...
Kunena User Profile Manager shows Moderator status =No
also when i try to change mine or somebody else ranks(special rank) it is not working...

Kunena 1.5.12
Joomla! 1.5.20
PHP Version: 5.2.10

Please Help

Thank You
Best Regards!

G'day, b0n40. It's unfortunate that this thread became convoluted and confusing.

Simple: Assigning a moderator to a forum has nothing to do with their rank! Do not assign the rank of moderator to someone that you want to act as a moderator. Leave their rank as "no rank assigned". That's it. No matter what was written elsewhere in this thread, the trying to use Rank Title = Moderator will not work to assign a user account to have moderator privileges in the forum.

You assign an user account to be a moderator of your forum using the User Administration facility - unfortunately there isn't an article in the Wiki that describes how you do it.

I will repeat what I wrote before about the concepts of category moderator and global moderator - it's important to understand that there is a difference:

There are two types of moderators: those who are assigned to specific moderated categories and those who are "global moderators" who have moderator privileges across all categories in the forum.

Let's say you have a category in your forum called "General/Locked Forum" and you've set this category with Moderated = Yes. You do that with the Forum Administration facility.

Let's say that you want to assign a user account to be a moderator of this category (and only this category). See the following image that shows you what you need to use in the User Administration facility.


To assign a user as a global moderator, use the same approach (set Is Moderator = Yes) but do not select any category.

It's actually quite easy. It's just difficult for me to explain it.

Hey Sozzled,
thanks for this grate explanation about selecting moderators in Kunena . I thought for selecting a global moderator i should pick all the categories... 10x for explaining.

But still i cant make my users moderators... may be you can take a look?
if you need more information ?
I had made some of my users moderators, but that was long time ago, and now it is not working.
Is it possible to be some kind of conflict with another extension ?(im just guessing)

Thank you for your help
Best Regards!
I just Sync with all options. And nothing changed.
+Also when im trying to change for example my own (special)rank from Kunena User manager, it doesn't change.
I can't change user signature from kunena user manager...