Boards accessible to banned users

[Monado Boi]

Not sure if this is possible, but can someone make a plugin that lets you make boards that banned users can post in? I would like this to have some sort of "Ban Appeals" board at the bottom of my forum. (It will likely be a private thread board to avoid drama.)

[Lynx]

Hi, Monado Boi.

If a user is banned from your forum, a plugin won't be able to override that to let them post in a board - as a forum ban locks them out of everything.

If you are referring more to a server ban (such as being banned on a Minecraft server, for example), but not actually banned on your forum - then no plugin is needed. All you would need to do is to create a hidden member group (this is important so they can't just leave the group on their own) and set all of your boards, except the ban appeal board so they can't view / access / post in them except the ban appeal board. Then, just add the user(s) to this hidden group and they won't be able to post anywhere except in the ban appeal board. If their ban gets lifted, then just remove them from the group.

But, it all depends on whether or not you're talking about a forum ban.

Forum Ban = not possible
Other ban (non-forum) = possible with just a hidden member group and editing the properties of each board (no plugin needed)

[Monado Boi]

Sept 17, 2016 11:07:07 GMT -8 Lynx said:

Hi, Monado Boi .

If a user is banned from your forum, a plugin won't be able to override that to let them post in a board - as a forum ban locks them out of everything.

If you are referring more to a server ban (such as being banned on a Minecraft server, for example), but not actually banned on your forum - then no plugin is needed. All you would need to do is to create a hidden member group (this is important so they can't just leave the group on their own) and set all of your boards, except the ban appeal board so they can't view / access / post in them except the ban appeal board. Then, just add the user(s) to this hidden group and they won't be able to post anywhere except in the ban appeal board. If their ban gets lifted, then just remove them from the group.

But, it all depends on whether or not you're talking about a forum ban.

Forum Ban = not possible
Other ban (non-forum) = possible with just a hidden member group and editing the properties of each board (no plugin needed)

Ok, thanks.

[Lynx]

No problem.