Question Allow banned users restricted posting rights

Yes, this is a silly idea - I'd like a forum where banned users can post. Just a way to have a single forum, call it "The Jail" and let them post in there.

If a user is so abusive that I want them gone for good, I'll remove their account completely. But if I ban them, I want them to show up as banned and have the full banning infrastructure (including the timed nature of bans), but still give them a single place they can post.

So making a separate user group wouldn't work, because banning would prevent them from posting at all, and using the group to simulate this would bypass all of the good banning features.

I said the idea was silly :laugh:

It's not a totally absurd idea but it's counter-intuitive to the principle of what banning is all about. Banning is about suspending a user's posting rights on a forum (or, for that matter, optionally denying a user access to the website). While it's possible (with a bit of work on your part) to restrict a class of users to only have access to certain categories, it's not something that can be achieved simply by pressing the "new ban" button.

You could achieve a similar effect by changing a user's "rank" and, at the same time, modify their ACL permissions, but this is a management task that you will have to carry out yourself.

I don't know whether my thoughts offer you any help but, if you like, I could move this topic to another more appropriate category where someone might have some ideas how to implement a solution that suits your particular requirements.

Yeah, the concept is somewhat that on one of my sites, "banning" is more like putting someone in "time out" for a while. And it's all in good fun, so making it such that while they're in "time out," there is ONE forum they can post in would be fun.

It's like they're "in jail" and that's the jail. People talk in jail

cambler wrote: People talk in jail

True ... but we don't hear them.

sozzled wrote:

cambler wrote: People talk in jail

True ... but we don't hear them.

Oh, I know what you mean.

Like I said, it's a silly idea, but it's relevant to one of the sites I run. The site is for fun and drama, and it's akin to putting a naughty child in time-out in the corner. What's said in that forum would be comedy gold.

Again, all in good fun