I was just looking for this and found a few hints in other posts so I figured I’d give back a little and post directions. They might already be here but I couldn’t find them.
We have vendor support sub-forums where the vendors that serve our membership like to be able to take questions, post special announcements, etc. and they like to be able to moderate their own sub-forums. It’s a little confusing but it’s definitely possible with SimplePress.
Before you get started you should go to Permissions and review the Moderator (Group 6) permissions, I found that I needed to change many of the settings before I could use the group for our vendors to moderate their own sub-forums.
First you have to set up the sub-forum and place it where you’d like it to be.
- Forums>>Create New Forum
- Forums>>Order Groups and Forums (if you need to move it from where you originally created it)
Next you have to create a new Usergroup
- User Groups>>Create New User Group
- Assign User Group Name and click the “Is Moderator” button at the bottom left corner
Now, return to Forums>>Manage Groups and Forums, scroll down and click on Forum Permissions for the sub-forum where you want to assign a moderator. A window will open under the sub-forum, click on “Add Permission”
Another window will open just below the “Add Permission” button, use the “Select Usergroup” drop down menu to select the user group that you just created for your sub-forum moderator and then use the “Select permission set” drop down to assign Moderator status.
