Ability to show topics in a category but not open?

[erlend_sh (Erlend Sogge Heggen)]

This can kind of be accomplished with a plugin, but read the whole description as there are some caveats:

Advertise activity in a private category (discourse-category-lockdown)

This plugin allows you to restrict access to topic pages in a category. Topic titles will still show up in topic lists, search, user activity & digest emails. This is a great way to advertise the activity in a “members-only” category, which may charge for access. It IS NOT designed to keep the contents of the category 100% private - if someone is determined enough they will be able to piece together the content from search results. Each category has a couple of new settings: [57] “Locked do…

A different strategy in a similar vein is “content lockers”:

Content Lockers - using pop-ups

Location: https://github.com/VinkasHQ/discourse-content_lockers Locker pop-ups to increase user engagement. [image] Social Locker [image] Guest Locker [image]