Question SJS: Joomla & Kunena

Hi,

I am trying to configure my campaign website forum ( Science, Just Science or SJS) using Kunena in a secure fashion where I can allow members access to various areas. Specifically I have been trying to make it accessible based on group.

I divided the forum into 4 categories each with 2 forums, the general idea being that each pair of forums become available based on group permissions. To be honest I am not even sure Kunena supports custom groups which I think is what I need to achieve this but then I’m a Kunena noobie

The groups I had in mind (some of which exist by default) are:

• Unregistered
• Registered
• Members (self-declared allies of SJS)
• SJS (trusted SJS members)
• Moderator
• Admin
• Banned

The forum categories I want (all moderated by Moderators & Administrators):

• General (2 forums: "Introductions" & "Discussion")

Viewable by anyone (including unregistered), writable by all registered except "Banned"

• Unregistered & Banned (read only)
• Registered & above (read, write)

Community (2 forums: "Members" & "Debate")

Viewable only by registered, writable only by "Members" and above.

• Unregistered & Banned (invisible)
• Registered (read only)
• Members & above (read, write)

SJS (2 forums: "Volunteers" & "Strategy")

Accessible (read/write) only by SJS group and above (can't even be seen by anyone else)

• Members, banned & below (invisible)
• SJS & above (read, write)

Administration (2 forums: "Admin" & "Archive")

Accessible only by Moderators and above (can't even be seen by anyone else)

• Moderator & below (invisible)

Any ideas how I can set up such groups to create the forum security I need?

Click on the link for the Science, Just Science website

Thanks

Kyu

Everything else than "Registered <> Members" is easy to do by using Joomla groups and moderation feature.

* Visitors, Registered and Admins already exist in Joomla
* SJS, Moderators => Authors (in Joomla)
* Banned: in Joomla, cannot log in
* Moderators are assigned in Kunena user administration: just set them to be moderators without assigned categories
* General Public Access Level: Everybody
* Community Public Access Level: All registered
* SJS Public Access Level: Author (with recursion flag enabled)
* Administration Public Access Level: Leave unchecked

Hi,

* Visitors, Registered and Admins already exist in Joomla
* SJS, Moderators => Authors (in Joomla)
* Banned: in Joomla, cannot log in
* Moderators are assigned in Kunena user administration: just set them to be moderators without assigned categories
* General Public Access Level: Everybody
* Community Public Access Level: All registered
* SJS Public Access Level: Author (with recursion flag enabled)
* Administration Public Access Level: Leave unchecked

Thanks for that reply … my apologies for the late reply (I’ve been working)! Actually I thought I had but there’s nothing here so I’ll try again

Some of those groups I can't see ... in my Kunena forum administration I have:

Everybody
All Registered
- Registered
- Author
- Editor
- Publisher

I've tried to mark above in red which ones I don't have and I'm absolutely sure I'm asking the wrong questions (or the right questions the wrong way) but any guidance would be appreciated.

Kyu