Disabling the “Channel” Feature
boospy wants to disable the channel feature for all users, including moderators, in version 3.0.0.beta16 with the chat plugin installed. However, there is no flag to do so.
mcwumbly suggests that disabling chat completely is possible, but if chat is enabled, only staff (admins and moderators) can create channels.
boospy clarifies that they want to disable channel creation for moderators as well, but notes that it’s not possible to separate this functionality.
mcwumbly summarizes boospy’s request as wanting to allow direct messages while preventing channel creation, and hiding the “Channels” section in the sidebar. They propose a combination of CSS customization and trusting moderators not to create channels, but notes that this may not be a reliable solution.
boospy confirms mcwumbly’s understanding and decides to discuss the issue with their developer.
Hello all,
i’am on version 3.0.0.beta16 and the chat plugin is installed. I would like to disable the channel feature for all users. So i mean that users and Moderators can’t create new channels. I did not find a flag for it. Is this possible this time?
Thanks a lot
Best regards
Do you want to disable chat completely? That can be done with this setting:
If chat is enabled, only staff can create channels (admins and moderators), so you don’t need to worry about regular users creating channels.
The idea was also to switch off for moderators. So only channels. But the way I saw it, you can’t separate it.
So, just to further clarify – you’d like everyone to be able to use chat for direct messages, but prevent everyone from making channels?
And is it correct to assume that you don’t want “Channels” to show up in the sidebar, but you’d “Personal Chat” to continue showing up there?
I think right now this would take a combination of a CSS customization (to hide the Channels section) and a little trust with your moderators (tell them not to make channels). But hiding the channels section would also put one more hurdle in the mix for moderators who might forget any guidance you give them to not make channels, at which point, you’d only be concerned about moderators going out of their way to break policy, which seems like a problem in of itself.
Yes.
Okay, I’ll talk to the dev.
Thank you 