New Category Permission

[ppcole]

Hello

Making the suggestion that a new Category Permission be added call Display. This will allow Admins to display the Category but prevent the topics from being seen.

A Use case for me is to display all Categories on the home pages for visitors but they can’t see the Topics. When they click on a Category, the Sign Up page is shown.

This new Permission could enhance the Gated Topics in Category theme component (https://meta.discourse.org/t/gated-topics-in-category/225454 by giving control at both the Topic and Category level. May have to change the Theme name to Gated Categories/Topics

Regards

[Moin]

@ppcole

A Use case for me is to display all Categories on the home pages for visitors but they can’t see the Topics. When they click on a Category, the Sign Up page is shown.

Have you looked at

Category Previews

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 Cre…

[Heliosurge (Dan DeMontmorency)]

To have more context. You mean anonymous users? Folks visiting that do not have accounts.

If so Guest Gate Theme component may also be of interest.

Guest Gate Theme Component

Hello This theme component is created from Guest Gate (Sign Up Popup Plugin). It can lock topics for anon visitors with a modal and force them to Sign Up or Login. The component can be use for an alert modal, encouraging visitors to sign up but allowing them to close the modal (for this, leave the dismissable false setting unchecked). Options include changing the number of topics that can be viewed before the modal is displayed. [Screenshot 2022-04-23 at 22.05.29] Tip: If you use the …

[ppcole]

Thank you Moin & Dan for responding and pointing me to the components. I will check them out. I expect they, along with Gated Topic Category, will work to accomplish the objective of restricting visibility & access to Categories/Topics.

I think it would be simpler and cleaner to have a new Display Category permission and link it to the Signup page like what happens when an anonymous visitor or logged out member clicks on Reply for a Topic within a Category that only has the See permission. This functionality would then be in the Core so no issues with components.

Regards