Hello, I was wondering if there is a way to restrict who can edit in a certain category? My sites plan was to have different teams (assuming a team would need to be a group) who each get their own category and make it so only they can edit what is in their category. They should be free to browse, p…

When you create groups you can then assign the group to create/reply/see for a category. The groups have fairly robust settings for deciding what it takes to join a group.

I only see those options though, is there no way to let a group edit a specific category? Or can you have moderators or staff that have power over only a specific category and not the whole site?

Regarding Category Moderators, take a look at [image] Moderator Extension Plugin This Plugin is no longer supported. If you’re looking to do category-specific moderation, please see: Category Group Review/Moderation This plugin allows you to create a categor…

What do you mean by “edit a specific category”? Only admins can change category settings. But you can assign different settings to a category for as many groups as you like. One group could read-only and other could read-reply, another could also create topics. [image]

I mean be able to manage a specific category not edit the category from higher level perspective. I am new to this system, so I don’t exactly know what all it can do as far as limiting or managing different types (or if there even are different types) of moderators. Each category would have a FAQ o…

Yes, I unfortunately found that out too late. : (

Permissions - Create / Reply / See. What about editing based on group and category?

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HAWK (Hawk) February 18, 2018, 9:00pm 7

You’re essentially asking for the ability to assign moderators to a category, which doesn’t yet exist.

See: Category-Specific Moderators, phase 1 RFC

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Permissions - Create / Reply / See. What about editing based on group and category?

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