Hi
Our forum needs to be private.
So in Forum Accesses I unchecked all Read Only settings (because removing all the Guest group permissions had no effect).
I expected to be shown a login form on the forum when this happened. But it doesn't. It show the forum, but shows empty posts.
So my idea is do a redirect on the page, unless its Register, Login, Forgot Password process.
But I would like to know, if I add a redirect if the user is on page /forum/ for example, is there any other way forum data could be viewed and indexed by Google, maybe via some other plugin link?
Thanks
Hi @amityweb,
It's totally private. You should edit each forum of the forum tree and set no access to the usergroup you want. This is a result of wrong configuration.
Make sure all forums from the top parent category to the lowest sub-forum are edited and set No Access to the Guest and all usergroups you need to hide. Read this instruction as well: https://gvectors.com/how-to-set-up-private-forum/
thanks
If I have set Read Only access to remove all permissions, then should be OK?
Here is my redirect code for reference, seems to be working well:
function wp_foro_redirect()
{
if(!is_user_logged_in())
{
$postid = get_queried_object_id();
if($postid == '1234') // ID of page where WPForo shortcode is
{
if($_GET['foro'] != 'signin' && $_GET['foro'] != 'signup' && $_GET['foro'] != 'lostpassword' && $_GET['foro'] != 'resetpassword' )
{
wp_redirect( '/forum/?foro=signin&redirect_to=/forum' );
exit;
}
}
}
}
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'wp_foro_redirect' );
And remove sidebar on the register, login, forgotpassword pages. Needs classes added to <body> for logged in/logged out.
.user-loggedout .wpforo-content
{
width: 100%!important;
}
.user-loggedout .wpforo-right-sidebar,
.user-loggedout #wpforo-footer,
.user-loggedout li.wpforo-recent,
.user-loggedout li.wpforo-home,
.user-loggedout .wpf-search-form
{
display: none!important;
}
And added disallow to robots.txt for the forum URL.
