Hello, I am in the process of erecting a new Discourse platform and I require your assistance in a particular matter. In the Discourse platform, I intend to develop, I seek to implement a configuration where only the topic creator and administrators can view the content within a specified category.…

hi @anilguven welcome to Meta :wave: you can create a group for bug reporters and then use the security settings in the category you wish to secure to allow only that group and admins to access (or staff if you want mods to have access). admin - groups - +new group in the category page for the ca…

Hello @Lillinator , I extend my gratitude for your response. When I test your suggestion, members of the group will be able to observe all posts. In fact, my goal here is for the topic to be visible only to the individual who created it. Other users should not be privy to the topics created by other …

aha i see. hmmm, i’m not actually sure if this is possible. perhaps someone else might know. i wonder if a plugin is possible. :thinking: my apologies, i misunderstood that you only wanted the bug report poster and not a bug reporter group to have access.

Hello and welcome @anilguven :slight_smile: I think a group inbox would probably be a good fit for this. User A would send a message to @bug-report and it would appear in the @bug-report group inbox where everyone in the group could see it, but only those who were participants of the message would …

Hello @JammyDodger , thank you :slight_smile: I understand your suggestion, yet it needs to be constructed as a subject similar to a forum platform. This topic possesses a specific template, and it is anticipated that users will report bugs in adherence to this template. Incoming bug notifications …

This is something I have been craving for for a long time, I described it here as #4 with the exact same use case. Offering "private support" as part of a public support community I believe group inboxes are inherently flawed in a number of ways (like this ) It should be doable with a plugin althou…

I’m becoming convinced. And it’s not topic-level permissions, it’s just another category permission. I can imagine how some pieces would work, but there are a bunch of little things that I’m not sure how to do. Seems like it could be an interesting project. I can’t help out right now, but if you h…

In truth, this feature, similar to its presence in other forum platforms, should be a component here too. As it addresses a common need, I find its absence rather perplexing. Consequently, I initiated some research, however, I’m afraid my endeavors didn’t yield the desired results. The requirement w…

[image] Anil Guven: The requirement will specifically pertain to the Create/Reply permission, although only the author of the topic and the administrators will possess the See permission. Right. There would be a create permission that did not include read, but would allow reading topics creat…

So I decided to sacrifice my Friday and finally implement this, it would be cool if you could give it a whirl. [image] Private Topics Plugin Plugin information_source Summary Private Topics Enables private topics in a regular category hammer_and_wrench Repos…

New category permission: can post/reply, but not read

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So I decided to sacrifice my Friday and finally implement this, it would be cool if you could give it a whirl.

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