I have searched but I didn’t find an answer to this question (although the keyboard are very common, so maybe I just missed it). Is there a way to organize permissions so that users can reply in a category but not create new topics? Use case. https://bitwish.top/ is a community wishlist. Feature requests go through a collaborative drafting phase (in the Drafts category) before they are confirmed (and moved to the Features) category. We want users to create their drafts in Drafts, and not post them directly under Features. We could remove write permissions for TL0-TL2 but then these users could not comment on topics in that category either, and this would be worse. For now we have resolved it with topic templates for each category, asking users not to post new topics in the features category.

Using Understanding groups and category permissions you can achieve this. You can change the category security settings to match your needs.

you security settings on the category should be: [image]

Doh, I knew this and in fact I was checking category security settings yesterday (late) night. Too many things when creating a new site while dozens of users are already joining and using it! Thank you so much for the quick replies. Fixed.

Prevent users creating new topics in a category but allowing them to comment?

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IAmGav (Gavin Perch) November 7, 2021, 4:11pm 3

you security settings on the category should be:

Topic		Replies	Views
Allow Users to See and Reply but not Create in Category Product Support	5	566	December 19, 2023
Disable creating new topics Product Support	2	2144	April 28, 2015
Allow replies but no new topics Product Support	2	556	September 6, 2020
Avoid new topics in a specific category Product Support	3	543	February 3, 2022
Limit users rights Product Support	2	199	November 30, 2025

Prevent users creating new topics in a category but allowing them to comment?

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