I'm running a website for my extended family: 8 blogs, 8 galleries, minimal forum usage, etc. Because we share family pictures and personal information and many of us have young kids, we decided a while ago to restrict access to the site to only authenticated users, and I'd control who could...

If the permissions prevent someone from seeing posts, media, etc. shouldn't they also prevent them from seeing the tags related to those private photos? I'm trying to find a way to prevent public users from seeing the tags from private photos. Thanks!

Now that I have upgraded to 2008, it seems as though the forum permissions that I had no longer apply. On the control panel everything looks ok, but now any registered user seems to have full access to the forums. Do permissioners created in 2007 carry over to 2008? How can I fix this>

Thanks. The problem is, it turns out that the "Modify" permission implicitly turns on everything except "Delete Subfolders and Files", "Change Permissions" and "Take Ownership". Most of them make sense (it's difficult to imagine CS not needing read/write...

We want to implement public blogs, as out of the box, but ideally want access to the forums to be integrated Windows Authentication. Is this possible/advisable with one Community Server, or should we be looking at two separate installs?

Is there a way of granting access to a limited number of items (Site Content, and Content/Site Security tabs only) within the Site Administration section of the Control Panel ? Acess to the other areas (Site Configuration, and Tools) must remain blocked.

Is there a way to enable any registered user who joins a group to post to the group blog?

I have a couple of customizations to the hub theme pages that should give you this functionality. These customizations will redirect all pages in the hub to the hub home page for non-members, and it will hide indexed content on the home page for non-members of the hub. 1) Add the following block of...

It seems that the permissions for what filetypes users are able to upload, let's say as an attachment to a forum post, is not controllable when the forum is under a group. Same with media and blog attachments. Where can I adjust this? Setting "files require moderation" is not an...

How do Roles work with the Admin functions? For example, the Editor role says , " Editing role; user has some manage responsibilities for site content." What responsibilities? Articles? Widgets? Themes? Site Files? There is a "Send Mass Email" function; what Roles have that right...

Marco Barra In that case, I'd like to nominate this as an improvement for future releases. As part of my role it is essential that I have access to the "page creation/editing" and "moderation triggers" elements of the control panel without compromising the "site set...

afscrome Article and widget editors do not get free run of the CS Control Panel. Did you mean something else? Well, from this thread (http://dev.communityserver.com/forums/t/500925.aspx) I understood the only way to give users the permissions to edit articles and widgets is to make them SystemAdministrators...

Community Server requires the Modify permission for either the Network Service account (Windows Server, Windows Vista) or the ASPNET account (Windows XP) on the following folders. blogs Forums\storage filestorage SiteFiles If the modify permission is not granted...

We have anonymous posting globally enabled but only selective allowed for forums. However, the site is permitting anonymous comments on public media galleries, resulting in spam postings. How do we disable comments on public galleries? These comments are coming from the Everyone permission. Our permission...

I tried for an hour yesterday to try to set up a power user of our site as a moderator for a specific forum. The idea was to allow her to edit/moderate that one particular forum, and have access to as-yet-unmoderated posts that were sitting in 'Control Panel' for that forum, but not to allow...

Global permissions define permissions that are inherited by a forum when the forum is created. You can specify default permissions for each user role that has access to your forum. Forum permissions are split into two groups: User Permissions Admin Permissions You can think of user...

You can set user permissions for a specific forum that will override the global forum user permissions . Refer to Understanding Permissions for additional information. Procedure 1. Navigate to Control Panel Dashboard > System Administration > Forum Administration > Forums and Groups >...

You can edit an existing blog group's name, description, and permissions. To edit a blog group, you must be signed in as an administrator (for example SystemAdministrator or BlogAdministrator). Procedure 1. Navigate to Control Panel Dashboard> System Administration > Blog Administration >...

Hi all, I have this document that I want to be shared by a group of users, with permissions for editing. Every single user from that group must be able to edit that one file. Simple as that. I have added the users I want to the "Trusted Users" role. Then I have this set of permissions...

We have a private community (restricted by Role 'Member') but would like to use Groups. Here are the Group options in CS2008.5: We want to have Groups which are Public, or Private variously, but only visible to Members in either case. In otherwords, a Public group is visible to all Members...

I have a requirements to base a company intranet off a forum system. I am thinking of using communityServer for this. Part of what the customer needs is an integrated login off an external database and external permissions for some of the forums. Is this possible? For the login, I think I can write...

The permissions function allows you to control the actions that each user can perform within your community. There are 3 concepts required for understanding how permissions work: Users - Users are members of your site. Roles - Roles organize users. For example, one user may belong to the...

To administer a blog, you must log on to Community Server with the administrative account. From the home page, navigate to Control Panel Dashboard> System Administration > Blog Administration. The Blogs Administration control page looks like this: Blog management provides you with two...

If you are not using auto creation for blogs, then you can create blogs manually through the New Blog page. Before you create your new blog post, you must have a blog group . If you have not created a blog group, Community Server displays the following message when you navigate to the Blog Groups...

You can set user permissions for a specific blog that will override the global blog user permissions. For additional information, see any of the following: Setting Global Blog Permissions Understanding user permissions Understanding user roles Procedure 1. Navigate to Control...