Private Topics

[ScrumpyJack]

Hi all,

One of the departments in our company has asked if this is possible:-

They have different users that would need to comment on attachments in each individual topic...but the group of people that need to view each topic is always changing.

So basically....you might have 7 people who need to view an attachment and post their comments in the topic. On another topic, these 7 people might include 2 of the previous people, but 5 new ones.

Is there a way of selecting which members are allowed to view a topic when it is being created so it's restricted only to them?

I saw the Private Topics mod, but this doesn't seem to be available anymore.

Any ideas or help would be great if possible please!

Thanks

Lee

[Branko.]

 Ask Suki or try in Private topics mod

[margarett]

https://github.com/MissAllSunday/PrivateTopic

[ScrumpyJack]

Thanks guys!

I've installed the mod, but get an error on line 116 when I try to choose a board to allow private topics.

The error message I am getting is as follows:

Unknown column 'pt.user' in 'field list'
File: C:\wamp\www\SMF\Sources\PrivateTopics.php
Line: 116

Note: It appears that your database may require an upgrade. Your forum's files are currently at version SMF 2.0.6 while your database is at version 2.0.5.

The above error might possibly go away if you execute the latest version of upgrade.php.

Where would I find the upgrade.php file please?

Thanks

Lee

[margarett]

Forget about that message, it's a known bug.

As for the error in the mod, you should contact Suki or use GitHub comments system

[emanuele]

https://simpledesk.net/ would likely be a better solution.

[ScrumpyJack]

https://simpledesk.net/ would likely be a better solution.

Thanks for the advice Emanuele.

I took a look at simple desk but couldn't work out how I'd get the element of it that I need to work properly.

[Arantor]

It's not really designed for that purpose, though. I'm slightly confused as to why there is this requirement, though (there really isn't a particularly good way of doing what you seem to be asking for)

[ScrumpyJack]

Well....basically we have people that work on deals as a group who would like to be able to discuss the progress and related attachments in topics about those deals.

They need a place in a board where a topic can be discussed between only certain people that are part of that deal.

So for example...you have 5 people working on a deal.

Dave
Mark
John
Steve
Lee

These five people would be able to discuss that deal in their own private topic.

Another deal involves:

Dave
Mark
Simon
Paul
Adam

They need to be able to discuss this deal in a locked topic but as it's confidential, John, Steve and Lee are not allowed to access that topic.

See what I mean?

Thanks

Lee

[Arantor]

Ah, yeah, I see what you mean. SimpleDesk isn't the tool for that job. Not entirely sure Private Topics is either but it's more likely to be than SimpleDesk is (it's designed for groups that don't spontaneously change over time, e.g. one department's users and staff members)

[Acans]

Just a thought but you could use boards instead.

Name the board what deal it is, than assign whoever is working the deal as Local Moderators in board settings while restricting permissions of all membergroups. However there are flaws with this idea;

1. If you have a lot of deals going on at once, you could have 100 boards at once.

2. This doesn't work by default, as it seems local moderator permissions doesn't override what membergroups can see the board. However if you ask someone nicely they might be able to make a hack that will work.