I know that you can restrict users by user level (default or manually locking them) but I’m wondering if there is a way that I could restrict an individual user to just be able to access one individual thread? And I assume in this case that they would only be able to see this thread and then the pro…

[image] diptych: I’m wondering if there is a way that I could restrict an individual user to just be able to access one individual thread? If that topic is a personal message, the answer is yes. There is no per-topic permissions. [image] diptych: is a way to restrict a user from seeing …

[image] pfaffman: If that topic is a personal message, the answer is yes. There is no per-topic permissions. I don’t mean personal messages but actual threads. I know that you can restrict access to individual threads to select groups only. So one way would be to include one person from leve…

It would probably help us to help you if you tell us some more about what you are trying to achieve with this unusual setup. FWIW personal messages are almost identical to topics (term preferred to thread). The main difference is that access to a message is on a per user basis. So it does sound a b…

[image] tobiaseigen: If you are not planning to have lots of users with this peculiar access limitation you could create a category for each user and put their topic within it. Give the individual access o their category and topic as well as the others who should have access. Yes, that’s prob…

There are no topic level permissions. You would need to create a category and a group for every vendor. There is a use profile setting to hide your profile. It looks like you’d need a plugin to default it on, though I swear that I remember not needing to write that plugin. You could hide it with C…

[image] pfaffman: You would need to create a category and a group for every vendor. Thanks! Do you know if it needs to be a top-level category or whether it can also be a sub-level category? Could I have, say a Vendor category with access to level 0 and then create a sub-level category for ea…

I think they the group /category scheme you suggest will work. A custom plugin might automate the process of adding vendors. You would need a custom plugin to hide profiles only from some users.

[image] pfaffman: You would need a custom plugin to hide profiles only from some users. I’m new to (operating a) Discourse forum. How do I go about getting a custom plugin for this?

If you have a budget, you can post in Marketplace .

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) December 11, 2019, 8:46pm 2

If that topic is a personal message, the answer is yes.

There is no per-topic permissions.

There is a site setting for that. Try searching site settings for “profile”

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