Prompt subscription to groups for non members

[Fausto_Dassenno]

Hi, I designed an integration between my WP blog and a Discourse installation. I then want to have multiple private categories. In order to do so I created private groups and used those to manage access to the categories.
Question:
what if I want Category “A” to be visible ( not reading the topics, just seeing that exists ) and when a non-member clicks on it he/she is prompted with a messagge that drives him/her to the “Request access” page for the group?

Hope this makes sense

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[ondrej]

@Fausto_Dassenno

what if I want Category “A” to be visible ( not reading the topics, just seeing that exists ) and when a non-member clicks on it he/she is prompted with a messagge that drives him/her to the “Request access”

Will this plugin work for you?

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 in the Security tab…

[Fausto_Dassenno]

thanks @ondrej.
I think it might work. The fact the plugin is broken should prevent me from trying?

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[ondrej]

Well… I didn’t notice that @davidkingham uses it. perhaps he could provide an insight.

[davidkingham]

I’ve been using it in production for over a year without any issues

[ondrej]

There you have it @Fausto_Dassenno

[Fausto_Dassenno]

Thx! I’ll give it a try!