Is it possible to create a custom group?

[tenzan (Askar)]

Is it possible to create custom groups?
When creating a category, we’re restricted to use predefined groups.

[ondrej]

You can indeed create custom groups

How to 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…

How to create private categories using category security settings

This video explains how you can use group permissions to create private categories (or private “forums”). Scroll down for written instructions. [How to create a group and add permissions to a category] The Security tab on the category edit page is used to control both the visibility of categories and what users can do in a category. This is done by defining an access list of groups that associate a group name with an access level. The default permission for a new category is that t…

[tenzan (Askar)]

This is awesome! Thanks for quick reply!