Any way to lock a category so that only Mods/Admins can post there?

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Any way to lock a category so that only Mods/Admins can post there?

6.11K viewsSeptember 11, 2015General

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[email protected]2 Posted July 28, 2015

We would love to have a category where only Mods or Admins could post to. Our main use would be to have something like a “Known Issues” area where people could still subscribe and comment but it wouldn’t be muddied up by everyone posting something there.

Thanks!

[email protected] (Buyer) commented September 10, 2015

As a followup: We solved this by just using some JS to manually remove the category from the dropdown on the Ask page. Not the best solution, but it works.

Rahul Aryan commented September 11, 2015

Cool, thanks for letting us know.

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As a followup: We solved this by just using some JS to manually remove the category from the dropdown on the Ask page. Not the best solution, but it works.

score 0 · Answer 1 · 2015-08-12T06:25:56+00:00

Sounds like you want roles? I’ll need this too at some point.

Something like a ‘Moderator’ and only that person can post to the category, everyone else can only participate.

score 0 · Answer 2 · 2015-07-29T19:55:45+00:00

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Azman 2 Posted July 28, 2015 1 Comment

Maybe this could help you :

Lock a post to only admin and moderators then active comments on post.

So they will be able to respond as comments and only your group will see it.

I didn’t tried it it’s just an idea.

[email protected] (Buyer) commented July 29, 2015

That is an interesting idea, but I don’t think it solves our need. Regular users would still be able to post a question in the “Known Issues” category. We also still want everyone to be able to see the questions, just not create new ones in that area.

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