Is this something that is/could be considered for Wegde?
I would argue that these permissions were missing in SMF while rather vital to some forums (I argue this of course because it was something I needed). There are cases where you want a user to see that a board exists but not allow them to enter said board (maybe until they reach a certain post count or subscribe), also there are times usually when collecting sensitive information that you would want a user to view only the topics they started in a particular board while allowing the appropriate members (more than likely your staff) to be able to view all the topics.
If there is or could be any consideration for this what I would lean towards is View Own/Any/None
Own = user can only see the topics they created in that board along with the sticky topics
Any = user can view all topics in that board
None = users cannot see any topics in that board including stickies (this would take care of what the look but no read, view/enter board permission mods attempt to do)
@Arantor I know you and I spoke a bit about this a while back by PM I think where you pointed out that these kind of permissions could trip up certain mods such as portals. I would argue that if these permissions existed in the core it would be up to mod authors to respect them when coding and up at admins that use the Own/None permission to avoid mods that trip over them.
While I understand that there might not be a vast amount of admins that need such permissions the few that do are usually left in the cold. I've had to do some rather creative mod handling to achieve the desired effect in SMF. I can happily say however that SD2.0 has helped me mitigate much of that creativity.
Now I'm not saying this must be or should be included in Wedge, I'm only curious as to whether it has come up for discussion and what was the outcome if any. If it hasn't been discussed, does it seem like something worth considering?
I would argue that these permissions were missing in SMF while rather vital to some forums (I argue this of course because it was something I needed). There are cases where you want a user to see that a board exists but not allow them to enter said board (maybe until they reach a certain post count or subscribe), also there are times usually when collecting sensitive information that you would want a user to view only the topics they started in a particular board while allowing the appropriate members (more than likely your staff) to be able to view all the topics.
If there is or could be any consideration for this what I would lean towards is View Own/Any/None
Own = user can only see the topics they created in that board along with the sticky topics
Any = user can view all topics in that board
None = users cannot see any topics in that board including stickies (this would take care of what the look but no read, view/enter board permission mods attempt to do)
@Arantor I know you and I spoke a bit about this a while back by PM I think where you pointed out that these kind of permissions could trip up certain mods such as portals. I would argue that if these permissions existed in the core it would be up to mod authors to respect them when coding and up at admins that use the Own/None permission to avoid mods that trip over them.
While I understand that there might not be a vast amount of admins that need such permissions the few that do are usually left in the cold. I've had to do some rather creative mod handling to achieve the desired effect in SMF. I can happily say however that SD2.0 has helped me mitigate much of that creativity.
Now I'm not saying this must be or should be included in Wedge, I'm only curious as to whether it has come up for discussion and what was the outcome if any. If it hasn't been discussed, does it seem like something worth considering?