Merged Kunena Latest module does not show latest posts from topics in restricted categories if the user has not logged-in first

Even in older versions of Kunena, like K 1.5 for example, the Kunena Latest module has always worked in a similar way. If your forum has categories that are restricted, so that you have to be logged in to view the topics in those categories, then the Kunena Latest module would only display the topic titles, and who posted them, depending on the permissions that you've set for your Kunena category.

With the introduction of extra security permissions that arrived around the time of J! 1.6, it became possible to further refine the ability to allow or restrict access to forum categories.

Consider this example:

Category A topics can only be viewed by people who are logged in as "normal" users
Category B can only be viewed by people who are site administrators
Category C can be viewed by anyone but only registered users can reply to topics
Category D contains topics that discuss issues involving members of your forum and can only be viewed by forum moderators.

If the Kunena Latest module did not uphold the same values of confidentiality that were set when defining the category types that I've just mentioned, then it would be disastrous if people discovered that people were "discussing" issues that were off-limits to those accounts not entitled to know about such things! That, after all, is the whole purpose of having "private discussions"! The Kunena Latest module respects the category settings and permissions that you have defined in order to preserve that privacy.

If you want the Kunena Latest module to display evidence of new posts in categories that you've restricted to people who have to be logged-in to view the topics, then you need to reconsider the necessity to restrict those categories in the first place. Perhaps you do not need to restrict your forum so that only logged-in users are the only ones who can use it? Have you thought about that?

I have no plans to customise the Kunena Latest module to meet your requirement even for the sum of $50.00, sorry. Perhaps someone else might be interested in taking up the challenge but I also hope that you seriously consider that what you have asked for may not be worth the cost if it damages the confidentiality of the discussions that your members engage in. Perhaps that's something you might like to talk over with the members on your site.

fabiofiol wrote: I would like to have a forum with private discussions, but a latest module showing them in home page.

This really defeats the purpose of having "private discussions" if you advertise the fact on the home page, doesn't it? The first law of security states "The best way to keep a secret is to not tell anyone that you have any secrets you are keeping."

"Kunena Forum latest topics in the forum module," This module can be added as an option ...
This feature is especially members to ask ...

This module is specifically designed with the money to buy us ... We come there were no money ....

This type of module: Commercial

I will make it simple for you.

(1) I did not write the Kunena Latest module.
(2) I am not interested in making this change for you, to bypass forum security. Perhaps someone else might be interested in making this change.
(3) There is a simple solution. Encourage your users to login. Cost = nothing (except for 5 seconds to login).
(4) K 1.5 did not work any differently to K 2.0 as far as this feature is concerned.

If you want "private discussions" then don't advertise any information about them on your website home page. That's my advice and I have saved you $50.

Mr. sozzled,

I think that ı could not explain you, what i wanted. I do not want to advertise forum topics on home page of course. The purpose is not advertising i mean. I just want visitors to see forum topics on homepage in order to induce them to be members os my web-site. These forum topics are not so special as you think. They are only official ( i mean related by our job) sharings. For example a visitor enters the site and sees the topics recently shared in the forum, he thinks that an important thing is being discussed, he wants to write something about this topic but he have to be logged in for this, so he logs in, and by logging in he becomes a member of our site. I he does not see anything on the mainpage (as now) he can not know what topics are being discussed thus he reads news and leaves the site and we lose a member so.
I need a simple module to perform this feature. You misunderstood me, i just wanted to pay money for this feature because i urgently need it on the forum section of my web-site.


Sincerely ...

My average user visit the home page and login only if he sees new downloads, new pictures, new posts. I have a module that shows latest downloads, but you can download them only if logged. In the same way I would like to have a module that shows that there are latest posts, but you can read them only if logged in. I don't mind if a guest is able to see that there are a post titled "summer 2013 camp" or "tips on movies" or whatelse...

My answer is the same as before.

If you want the members of your forum to have private discussions (that is, the topics cannot be viewed or replied to unless your users are logged in) then that's the way that Kunena Latest module will also work.

The Kunena Latest module does not show information about topics in private/restricted categories unless your users are logged-in to your site. This is normal.

If you want to allow guests to view "private" discussions that's a whole different question but I do not have any other answer for you except to tell you that it's not possible. The easiest way to resolve the issue is to put a notice on your site that says something like this:

Our forum contains topics that can only be viewed if you are logged-in first. If you want to see the latest messages posted on our forum then please create an account and log in to the site to see them.

This will solve the problem at zero cost to you.

The other way of solving this problem is to make your categories public. Topics in public categories can be viewed without being logged-in but people will need to login if they want to respond to them. Public categories will be displayed by the Kunena Latest module without having to be logged-in. This solution also costs nothing and requires no special programming changes.