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'''Local Board Permissions''' in SMF 1.1.x allow the administrator to set different permissions on different boards.  Why would anybody want to do that?  Suppose that, on most boards, any member can start a topic.  But you want to keep one board just for official announcements.  On that board, only club officers (and administrator, of course) can start topics.  You need a special set of permissions local to that board.
'''Local Board Permissions''' in SMF 1.1.x allow the administrator to set different permissions on different boards.   


First  you need to enable local permissions, by going to Admin>Permissions>Settings and selecting "Enable advanced by-board permissions".
To enable local permissions, go to ''Admin > Permissions > Settings > Enable advanced by-board permissions''. Next, set the desired board to use local permissions under the "Permissions by board" tab. Click on the board name to add or change the permissions for each group. These permissions will only apply to this one particular board. For each board that requires custom permissions, you would need to choose the board name and choose the local board permissions for each membergroup. For example, once you have added local permissions for a board, you will need to check every membergroup, to make sure that it does not have the required permissions.
 
Next, you can set your "Official Announcements" board to use local permissions, under the "Permissions by board" tab. Click on the board name to add the permissions for each group, or change them. These permissions will only apply to this one particular board. For each board that requires custom permissions, you would need to choose the board name and choose the local board permissions for each member group.
 
For example, once you have added local permissions for the "Official Announcements" board, you will want to check every membergroup, to make sure that it does not have permission to start a topic.  Then, for the "club officers" membergroup, allow permission to start a topic.


Things are handled somewhat differently in SMF 2.0.x.  For more information on that, please see [[All about permission profiles ]]
Things are handled somewhat differently in SMF 2.0.x.  For more information on that, please see [[All about permission profiles ]]


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Latest revision as of 19:43, 9 October 2016

Local Board Permissions in SMF 1.1.x allow the administrator to set different permissions on different boards.

To enable local permissions, go to Admin > Permissions > Settings > Enable advanced by-board permissions. Next, set the desired board to use local permissions under the "Permissions by board" tab. Click on the board name to add or change the permissions for each group. These permissions will only apply to this one particular board. For each board that requires custom permissions, you would need to choose the board name and choose the local board permissions for each membergroup. For example, once you have added local permissions for a board, you will need to check every membergroup, to make sure that it does not have the required permissions.

Things are handled somewhat differently in SMF 2.0.x. For more information on that, please see All about permission profiles

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