Forum management - MBA forums
MBA forum settings
MBA is short for Membership by Approval
You must be at a community that you own or have admin powers in order to manage your forums.
Click on the admin link at the top right of your screen
There are 2 ways to get to the forum security settings from the control panel.
or 
both links lead to the same page.
You will see a page with the forums listed along with the type of forum access, public, invisible, private, private-teaser. You'll also see the number of topics, posts, kudos and the last post in the forum. Just click on the forum name.
You can also get to the settings from the Forum & Chat Management page. Scroll to the forum you want to manage and at the far right click on Security
Reading restrictions
Your reading restrictions section could be considered the "front door" to your forum. Here you determine who will be able to access the forum.
Check the radio button "approved only" to make your forum Membership By Approval.
Exceptions to rule.
No exceptions set, non-VIP members will not have access to this forum. [edit]
When no exceptions are set, all users comply to the same rule. The forum is MBA so they have to apply in order to enter.
Exceptions can be set by clicking edit.
Edit your exceptions in the designated areas.
Click the save button to save the changes.
In the example below, an exception is set, allowing users with a post count of over 3000 on your Community to enter the forum without having to apply for approval.
This will automatically add all members of your domain who have more than 3000 posts on your domain to enter the forum without applying first.
Click the view members button to see the members who now have automatic access to the forum because of the exception rule you have instated.
Fine tuning your member access.
Your exceptions to the rules are set. You can now view your members who meet the exception by clicking on the view members button.
Check the radio button in the desired columns.
You have full control here over what your members can do.. view topics, reply, lead, moderate.. or you can simply deny access to a profile that became a member of your MBA forum because (s)he met the exceptions to the rules.
In the example used here, the exception is set so that members with over 3000 posts on your domain can automatically enter the MBA forum without applying. Thus all profiles with more than 3000 posts on your domain will be allowed in the forum. Should you wish to deny access to one of those profiles or make sure they can only view or reply to topics, check the appropriate radio button.
*Note: Should a member attempt to perform an action not covered in the radio button section (e.g. in the example above, should the 2nd member on the list attempt to make a lead post), this will result in a 401 unauthorized page, NOT an application page.
Clicking the "Set Default Settings" button will clear the radio buttons.
Checking the "deny access" radio button and then clicking the Set Default Settings button will remove the profile from the list and deny access to the profile without an option to apply again.
Posting restrictions
You can use posting restrictions to fine tune who can post in a forum.
Posting restrictions is divided into 2 sections, reply means the ability to reply to an existing topic and lead means the ability to start a new topic.
You have three options for each area:
All - all members of the forum
Restricted - only those members that you set
Approval - members will get an application page when they try to post
In the example above, all members of the forum can reply to existing posts, but only approved members can start a new topic.
Fine tuning is the same as for reading restrictions
Approving members
To approve members, go to the forum where you have a member pending.
There are two ways to approve a pending member.
1) Click the "approve pending" button.
A private message will be sent to the user, informing them of their approved status.
2) Check the "lead" radio button.
When checking the radio button, no private message will be sent to the user.
Adding users
To add a user, type the user name in the member exceptions box (see screen shot above) and click add.
Added users will be put on the special users list, they do not have to fulfill the rules of the forum in order to view/post or reply.
You will need to enter the username with the extension. For example user.u, user.e, user.boardname. If your member shows in the membership list just by their username, they are .u. To be sure just hover your cursor over the name and look down in your status bar. You'll see the url for their profile and you'll see extension after the name and before .yuku.com
MBA forum settings
MBA is short for Membership by Approval
You must be at a community that you own or have admin powers in order to manage your forums.
Click on the admin link at the top right of your screen
There are 2 ways to get to the forum security settings from the control panel.
or both links lead to the same page.
You will see a page with the forums listed along with the type of forum access, public, invisible, private, private-teaser. You'll also see the number of topics, posts, kudos and the last post in the forum. Just click on the forum name.
You can also get to the settings from the Forum & Chat Management page. Scroll to the forum you want to manage and at the far right click on Security
Reading restrictions
Your reading restrictions section could be considered the "front door" to your forum. Here you determine who will be able to access the forum.
Check the radio button "approved only" to make your forum Membership By Approval.
Exceptions to rule.
No exceptions set, non-VIP members will not have access to this forum. [edit]
When no exceptions are set, all users comply to the same rule. The forum is MBA so they have to apply in order to enter.
Exceptions can be set by clicking edit.
Edit your exceptions in the designated areas.
Click the save button to save the changes.
In the example below, an exception is set, allowing users with a post count of over 3000 on your Community to enter the forum without having to apply for approval.
This will automatically add all members of your domain who have more than 3000 posts on your domain to enter the forum without applying first.
Click the view members button to see the members who now have automatic access to the forum because of the exception rule you have instated.
Fine tuning your member access.
Your exceptions to the rules are set. You can now view your members who meet the exception by clicking on the view members button.
Check the radio button in the desired columns.
You have full control here over what your members can do.. view topics, reply, lead, moderate.. or you can simply deny access to a profile that became a member of your MBA forum because (s)he met the exceptions to the rules.
In the example used here, the exception is set so that members with over 3000 posts on your domain can automatically enter the MBA forum without applying. Thus all profiles with more than 3000 posts on your domain will be allowed in the forum. Should you wish to deny access to one of those profiles or make sure they can only view or reply to topics, check the appropriate radio button.
*Note: Should a member attempt to perform an action not covered in the radio button section (e.g. in the example above, should the 2nd member on the list attempt to make a lead post), this will result in a 401 unauthorized page, NOT an application page.
Clicking the "Set Default Settings" button will clear the radio buttons.
Checking the "deny access" radio button and then clicking the Set Default Settings button will remove the profile from the list and deny access to the profile without an option to apply again.
Posting restrictions
You can use posting restrictions to fine tune who can post in a forum.
Posting restrictions is divided into 2 sections, reply means the ability to reply to an existing topic and lead means the ability to start a new topic.
You have three options for each area:
All - all members of the forum
Restricted - only those members that you set
Approval - members will get an application page when they try to post
In the example above, all members of the forum can reply to existing posts, but only approved members can start a new topic.
Fine tuning is the same as for reading restrictions
Approving members
To approve members, go to the forum where you have a member pending.
There are two ways to approve a pending member.
1) Click the "approve pending" button.
A private message will be sent to the user, informing them of their approved status.
2) Check the "lead" radio button.
When checking the radio button, no private message will be sent to the user.
Adding users
To add a user, type the user name in the member exceptions box (see screen shot above) and click add.
Added users will be put on the special users list, they do not have to fulfill the rules of the forum in order to view/post or reply.
You will need to enter the username with the extension. For example user.u, user.e, user.boardname. If your member shows in the membership list just by their username, they are .u. To be sure just hover your cursor over the name and look down in your status bar. You'll see the url for their profile and you'll see extension after the name and before .yuku.com
