Create private topic

[reza_safaei]

I want to have a thread where only the thread admin can invite users to that thread and I don’t want it to be a private chat. Because I want the forum administrator to see that topic and even the forum administrator to invite someone to that topic

[ondrej]

Hey

By thread I assume that you mean topic? A private topic is really a personal message.

@reza_safaei

I don’t want it to be a private chat. Because I want the forum administrator to see that topic

Admins can see everything on a site even personal messages so they could add people to the PM if that is what you need?

I would suggest that you create a group which can communicate via group messaging in addition, the admin can see this group and can add people accordingly.

Create a group in Discourse

In this short how to guide, you will see a quick run through of the steps to take to create a group in Discourse. There are 2 ways to start the group creation process, you can either go to /g aka your-site.com/g or you select the hamburger menu from the top right part of your screen and click the Groups option: [image] From there you click the New Group button also at the top right part of your screen. Clicking this will open a new page with which you can use to create and…

Or alternatively, create a private category using group permissions

Create a private category with limited access for a certain group

This video explains how you can use group permissions to create private categories (or private “forums”). For a general overview of these features, see: Understanding groups and category permissions (security settings) [How to create a group and add permissions to a category]

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In this video we’ll go over how to create a group of users and then give that group that I’ve created permissions to a private category. In this Discourse install I have a ca…

[reza_safaei]

@ondrej

Or alternatively, create a private category using group permissions

My goal is to create an educational topic that I never want to take down. There may be 200,000 educational topics.

[codergautam (gautam)]

Maybe you should make a private category?