What is the difference between a moderator, super moderator and an administrator?

[theguru]

I am trying to decide if I am going to make the jump from another software product to vBulletin and I am going to be asking a lot of questions.

Thanks
theguru

[theguru]

I have another question. I have been messing around with the demo forums and I figured out how to add a moderator but I cannot figure out how to delete a moderator from a forum. How do you delete "moderator status?"

[fiona]

admin cp - forums and moderators - then click remove beside the moderators name

[theguru]

fiona


Thanks. I figured that one out with your help.

Back to my first question. I assume a moderator moderates a specific forum, a super moderator moderates a specific forum and all of the sub forums under the main forum and an administrator has moderation powers over the entire forum?

[Tolitz]

moderator = moderates a specific forum(s) he is assigned to
super moderator = moderates all forums, whether he is assigned to them or not
administrator = moderates all forums and can do administrative tasks within the vbulletin admin control panel, as well as the one who assigns who the mods and super mods will be

[theguru]

Thanks Tolitz.

I am going to try this question again because one it is not a "How do I question" it is just a general question about moderator powers and two I don't have access to interact in the forum it was moved to so the moved thread is useless to me.

If my board has two main forums (Forum #1 and Forum #2) and I have one moderator for Forum #1 and a different moderator for Forum #2 and I have a private forum as a sub forum to each of my main forums will the moderator from Forum #1 be able to view and post in the Private sub forum of Forum #2 and will the moderator from Fourm #2 be able to view and post in the Private sub forum of Forum #1?

[nuno]

goto Pre-Sales forum then

[theguru]

Ok, Ok, Ok.... Think about it, if Senior Members of the site and moderators of the site cannot decide right away what is the proper forum for a question to be asked/answered in how in the heck are new members supposed to?

[nuno]

new members with license - no posting restrictions
only vBull Team knows who own a license, not regular users/members.

me thinks that should be a vBulletin Lite "How Do I" forum

[Tolitz]

theguru, you can use access masks to disable or enable viewing/posting access in each forum/subforum for each moderator in your forum if you want, and you can assign moderators all the way down to the subforum level

[theguru]

Tolitz

Great! That is the information I was looking for.

Can you also give a select few regular members (non moderators) access to any of the private forum(s) and make it invisible to everyone else?

[JamesUS]

Yes you can

[theguru]

Thanks JamesUS! I also saw where you moved the other thread.