I'm embarrassed to ask this question but I did a search on VB.org, VB.com, Google and here and can't seem to find an answer (Maybe using wrong terms). I want one of the forums on my Vbulletin Board to only allow an Admin or a Mod to start a thread or poll, I want registered user to be able to post a reply to a thread and answer a poll but not be able to start a thread. If any one can point me in the right direction that would be great. I'm using Vbulletin 3.6.8
AdminCP -> Forums & Moderators -> Forum Permissions Locate the sub-forum/category for which you want to apply these restrictions. Now click the [Edit] link beside the 'Registered Users' text. Select the radio button for : "Use Custom Permissions" Then select the "No" option for the "Can Post Threads" setting. Now finally [Save] the settings. Do the same for any other usergroup that you want to restrict. Hope this helps.
Shadab is correct, in fact, gave a fantastic answer. If you follow through with this, then you may find that your member base is not happy. Sometimes I like to talk about what *I* want to talk about. Taking that away from me across the forum would certainly be a turn off, possibly to the point that I no longer want to play your reindeer games. (note, I'm talking about across the entire forum, not just a few 'special' boards) Though, for certain boards that does make perfect sense. I have it set up that way on my "Announcements" board, as it's for site related things and not to announce a member engagement or something... thats what my general discussion board is for
Thanks Shadab - I figured it was something easy but a search for it was fruitless... Hopefully this post will be found for anyone else having the problem in the future. Qryztufre - Yeah I'm just setting it up for information specific to the site, similar to what you did. Not the whole board but good advice.