Is it possible to set a forum as a content only poster & hide a forums membersHi
Is it possible to set up a forum as solo poster and hide the forums membership number ?
I am a new member, and have had some basic past experience on using certain types of pre set up free forums, like the old style yahoo group type forums... and I have or do use or visit one existing set up SMF forum that have some familiarity with.
I have also in the past used a host service to set up some websites , BUT I have never tried to set up my own type of forum before.
So I am considering possibly trying to set up a SMF forum provided I can do so in a way that I would hope to do so, if it is possible.
But I will need to do some indepth study to try to understand certain things... and at the moment I have only quickly browsed thru some of the descrptive information... but I am overall pooly familiar with certain things... such as I am not sure what a version 1 or 2 may involve or what maybe possible to display if one sets a forum up.
I had in the past set up a yahoo groups forum and was able to set it up so that I was the only person to post any content on it...but allowed people to join it to read the content.
The forum showed how many members that I had, or it showed the number of members on the forum.
and as far as I was aware, you were unable to hide the membership number.
So before I start trying to research or read up further or consider trying to set up a SMF forum..
What I want to ask however is.... IS it possible to set up a SMF forum as a content only provider and to be able to allow members to view the content if they join or sign up to read it, but maybe also be able to hide the members details or number of members from being shown. at least before anyone signs up.
I also as another option.. I may consider allowing the content to be viewable at least on a front main page...or allow prior content posts to be visible... but may still want to hide membership numbers.or also hide members seeing other members details...
From looking at some SMF forums that I have come across most seem to show the content to anyone browsing the web who finds such forums...and most have shown how many members that had joined.
I have found one SMF forum that does seem to hide the membership number.
I think I came across something that suggested that members details is a form of default part of
the software, so that it will in most cases show such details or information.
BUT I suspect it maybe possible for those who now how to possibly realter some of the programming
to allow one to hide such details...
BUT when I read, some of the SMF online manual to do with memberslists...
It initially says ....
Provided that you have the appropriate permissionsQuoteProvided that you have the appropriate permissions, you will be able to see the Members entry on the Main Menu or in the Info Center
QuoteView All Members
Provided that you have the appropriate permissions, you will be able to see the Members entry on the Main Menu or in the Info Center. Clicking one of these links will bring you to the View all Members page, the default page for the Members List section. There is also a Search for Members page in this section, where you can search for members registered on the forum.
On the View All Members page, you will see the list of all the members registered on the forum
https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Memberlist
I wonder if anyone could advise me on my questions.
Thank you in advance
Regards
PM
Short answer is yes, you can do all the things you've mentioned with SMF. Current version is 2.1.2. You can find info you need to set up a forum here (https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/SMF2.1:Main_Page). Post any questions in 2.1 Support (https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=254.0).
Yes, you can do nearly everything that you asked with standard permissions.
The other stuff can be done with minor edits to the templates.
However I would argue that what you are essentially trying to do is create a blog not a forum
I'm going to mark this solved for now. If you have further questions, mark it unsolved and ask away. :)