How to limit ability to post in specific forums only after certain post count reached

[cinq]

As per title.

Probably got to do with promotions system, but i do not know how to set it up.

Help pls ?

[Jake Bunce]

This can be done with a group promotion that is based on post count.

First you need to remove access to the private forums for the usergroup in question:

Admin CP -> Forums & Moderators -> Forum Permissions

Then make sure the Allow Users to have Member Groups setting is enabled for that same usergroup:

Admin CP -> Usergroups -> Usergroup Manager -> Edit Usergroup

Then create a new usergroup that will have access to the private forums:

Admin CP -> Usergroups -> Add New Usergroup

Set all of the new group's permissions to No. The excess No permissions will have no effect on overall permissions because this group is going to be used as a secondary group.

Then edit the forum permissions for the new group so it has access to the private forums:

Admin CP -> Forums & Moderators -> Forum Permissions

Then create a promotion in your:

Admin CP -> Usergroups -> Promotions -> Add New Promotion

Usergroup = the original group doesn't have access to the private forums
Reputation Comparison Type = Greater or Equal to
Posts = minimum number of posts before users can access the private forums
Promotion Strategy = Posts
Promotion Type = Additional Usergroups
Move User to Usergroup = the new group you just setup

Now members of the original group will be granted access to the private forums when they reach the specified post count.

[cinq]

Thanks Jake,
But what happens with posts already present in those specific forums by members who has less than the required post counts ?
If there anyway to remove the posts?

[Steve Machol]

Nothing happens to them. This permission is not retroactive. You would need to remove these posts manually.

[cinq]

Alright, thanks Steve

[basskiller]

excellent..Just what I was looking for!!!!

[JompaMP]

is it possible to fix so you can view thread but not download before you have reach 20 posts?

[Steve Machol]

Yes, using Usergroup permissions and Promotions.

[Justin98TransAm]

I tried setting this up as mentioned for my classifieds section. I changed registered users to be able to reply, but not post new threads. I then made a usergroup called "50 Plus Post Count" the registered useres get promoted here after they reach 50 post count as aditional. however none have been added to the usergroup as of yet. Will the existing useres with 50 plus posts not promote automatically?

[Steve Machol]

This is done by the Promotions Scheduled Task. You need to wait long enough for that task to run (usually once per hour on an active forum). Also Scheduled Tasks are triggered by code in the footer template, so if you have modified this template or added code to toehr templates it may interfere with the running of the tasks. Also if there is no activity on your forums, the task won't run.

[Justin98TransAm]

this will probably be a problem then I also have some RSS Feeds set to run in the scheduled tasks, but they never run, I have to do it manually. I do have some modifications and some made changes to the footer, do I need to move something around to make the tasks run properly? also thanks for the quick reply!


p.s. here's my footer


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[Steve Machol]

First check ansd see if your tasks are running or not. If not, then some change you've m,ade is stopping them. The only way to troubleshoot that is to remove your changes then reapply them one at a time making sure each one does not affect this before going to the next one.

[sbzro00]

Promotion

I did this and it worked great, but we went back later to make the posts in classifieds not count and rebuilt the post counts, now I have people with under the post minimum that were previously promoted. How do I "unpromote" them? I tried running the scheduled task for user promotions, but these users are still in that user group.

If at all possible, i'd like to avoid having to create a new usergroup and promotion to fix this.

Thanks,

[Steve Machol]

You will need to manually change their usergroups.