Hello my website http://justmygenius.com I cannot post new topics with my forums, its not working, its not showing new topic anywhere.. someone please help, thanks.

It looks like you created the categories. Now you need to create the forums inside the categories and give permisssions.

thanks im a noob

I have CBB 3.05 installed and am experience the same thing. Nobody can create topics. I tried setting the permissions but that didn't work. Any ideas? The site is http://www.haitiheroes.com/homepage

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HI

New users should always checkout the following:
1. Documentation - linked on the left. Specifically the administration manual
2. The FAQ section - linked on the left - specifically the sections on gloassry, beginners first steps, modules, blocks and themes. There are links to visual tutorials here.
3. The search function on the top right.
Please check also the read B4U post link below if you have problems.

For Visual tutorials please go here


HTH

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You as webmsater need to create categories for users to put the news into...without categories or news topics there is nowehre to post the news. Try this:

Create a category aclled 'About Haiti'
Then go to post/edit news
Write an article, post it. Allocate it to the 'About Haiti' category.

Go to your blocks permsissions and make sure 'news' is readable for anonymous users. (that way we can see it without regietering) Make sure (the safest way) only registered users can submit news. hth

Thanks for the help but so far, it isn't working. I looked at the visual tutorial but it is for an earlier version of CBB and the menus are different (for example, the permissions has its own tab in the new version).

I may have misspoken before in my description but my problem is with the forums and not the news module. Thanks.

Hi Lionel - the concept is still very much the same...

Across the top tabs the first one is 'Categories' so create a category or two - to test mine I create one called catgeory test, another called gissip cafe.
Then click the 'forums' tab and within each category, creat your individual forums. You will see in the table after edit, delete, an 'add' with a +forum button. Press this to create a 'forum topic' within your category. A new form comes up for you to fill in the details. At the bottom it says:

Topic permissions for this Forum:
There is a tick box to use default permission set and next to that a link Set default permission template - no point in clicking default permissions if you haven't set the default permission template.

So click the default permission template and a new window will appear. This will allow you to set global permissions for your forums - Make sure registered users and webmasters can start 'new topics'. Note the difference in the use of the word 'topic' here - in the first instance you have to create broad forum topics - in the second users get to create if you like 'post' topics.

Save it and then you have permissions set for most of your 'forum topics'. Users with the correct permsission should now be able to 'post' a 'new topic' - a topic within your 'forum topic'.

Now lets say you want to have an internal topic - one the public don't see that is say between you and your moderators...in this case you would not click the tick box for global permssions. You would select from your list of users as selected moderators then save the 'forum topic' and go to the permissions management section, and select the level of access you wish to edit - eg 'can access' and make sure the only ones who can are the ones you wish to do so.

HTH

Thanks a lot but it didn't work for me. Anyway, I installed Herve Theroux's ForumEx module and it works fine. Thanks for the help. I appreciate it.