Question Invisible forum, yet still accessible if linked to?

Hi there, I was wondering if there was a way I could make certain categories of the forum invisible to any non-administrators, yet they can still access and post in it if they are linked to it?
I know this sounds strange, If there would be some coding involved that's no problem for me.
Thanks in advance

Yes, it is possible to hack this, maybe fairly easily.

In listcat.php there's a loop going through sections and another for categories. You need to add

if (...) continue;

into there to skip all the forums you want to. If you have hidden subcategories, you need to modify other files, too, so I recommend hiding only root section. Then task should be fairly easy..

listcat.php 154 into something like this:

if (in_array($cat->id, $allow_forum) && ($kunena_is_moderator || $cat->id=$catid || $cat->id!=123))

Hides one main section.. You can still have forums in it and list them etc.. It also obeys normal ACL rules.

Thank you very much. I wont be able to test this until January 1st as I've used up my monthly bandwidth but it looks like it'll work.
I assume where id!=123 i replace 123 with the id of the category I wish to hide?
Thanks again.

I've tried inserting the code you gave me into listcat.php line 154. My current code looks like this:

<!-- F: Cat list Top -->


<?php
if (count($categories[0]) > 0)
{
foreach ($categories[0] as $cat)
{
$obj_fb_cat = new jbCategory($kunena_db, $cat->id);

$is_Mod = fb_has_moderator_permission($kunena_db, $obj_fb_cat, $kunena_my->id, $is_admin);

if (in_array($cat->id, $allow_forum) && ($kunena_is_moderator || $cat->id=$catid || $cat->id!=7))
{
?>
<!-- B: List Cat -->
<div class="<?php echo $boardclass; ?>_bt_cvr1" id="fb_block<?php echo $cat->id ; ?>">
<div class="<?php echo $boardclass; ?>_bt_cvr2">
<div class="<?php echo $boardclass; ?>_bt_cvr3">
<div class="<?php echo $boardclass; ?>_bt_cvr4">
<div class="<?php echo $boardclass; ?>_bt_cvr5">

Unfortunately it doesn't appear to be working and it's a little hard to describe what's happening but it's basically only showing two forums (as opposed to just hiding one category) and showing them multiple times in the wrong categories.
I'm not sure how I can explain it further but i'll try respond to any questions promptly.

Oops, typo

if (in_array($cat->id, $allow_forum) && ($kunena_is_moderator || $cat->id==$catid || $cat->id!=7))

Missed one = in $cat->id==$catid

So you need to have permission for that category and one of the following:
1) be a moderator
2) be in that category
3) not category 7

Thank you