Hey everyone! I want to create a “FOMO category” - a category where every user in the community can see the name of the category and that it exists, but where only users in a certain groups can view & create posts in the category. The idea is to motivate other users to become members of that special group. Is this possible? I’ve seen that I can make the categories totally private to certain groups, but I haven’t seen a way to make just the category name public.

Hello anna :slight_smile: [image] Anna: a category where every user in the community can see the name of the category and that it exists There is this official theme component: [image] Category Previews Theme component This component will allow you to add “category previews” to your categories page so users are able to see that a category exists without having access to the actual category. The preview looks like a standard category, but can link to a specified page where a user can be educated on how to gain access. I’ve included a simple example below, but there are many different ways this component can be configured. Please be sure to read all of the information included in the Theme Settings. Theme Crea… If you want users to be able to read the topics from a category but not able to reply or create topics, this is done in the security settings of the category :slight_smile: [image]

I thought of a way to do this currently - have a main category where no one has create access but everyone has read access. Then use subcategories to grant create access to specific groups. Let me know if you have a different idea, or if there’s any feature or plugin I’m overlooking :slight_smile:

Have category name visible, but not posts within the category

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Anna_at_Skuid (Anna) April 14, 2023, 12:14pm 4

Yes! This is exactly what I wanted, and a lot more elegant than having categories on categories.

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Have category name visible, but not posts within the category

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