@blackraz I have read the permissions information and still do not understand if it is possible to set up a child forum with permissions that enable some people to "read and write" and others can only "read".  If that is not possible to do, then I still don't understand how to set up a second parent forum in which certain people can only "write" while others can "read and write".  I already have a parent forum and would like to add a child forum (aka a category) that allows only some members to read and write while the remaining members of the parent forum may only "read" this child forum/category.  I have already set up the new category ( https://www.jeannemayell.com/community/forum-for-students-of-jeannes-intuition-classes/)  but have not yet found a way create separate permissions for a select group within that parent.  As I said, if the wpforo rules do not allow separate permissions within the same parent, then I would like to know how to set up a second parent forum on the same website (https:www.jeannemayell.com) that limits the ability to "write" to certain users.

@francisokech,

Yes. You just need to read attentive the topic we suggested you. Please spend 10 min and read all. Without understanding the Usergroup and Forum Access system you can't manage your private forums. Here is another simple example, how to create a simple private forum: https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/limited-access-forums/#post-16376

• How to create private forum: https://gvectors.com/how-to-set-up-private-forum/
• Hot to enable guest posting: https://gvectors.com/how-to-enable-guest-posting-on-wpforo-wordpress-forum-plugin/

@robert and @mickeyb Correct. It took me a while to understand this because many of us come here hoping to use membership plugins to control access. So, you need to understand usergroups and forum access. 

One thing I want to mention though is to look into automation plugins like Uncanny Automator to make assigning a new user to usergroups automatic. So, if a person purchases a specific product such as a specific membership, the automation plugin can assign them to a specific usergroup. The usergroup the person is assigned to and the forum accesses assigned to that usergroup determines what forums the customer can access.

Using automation plugins, you can also automatically determine that when a person fills a particular form and submits, they be assigned to a specific usergroup. For instance, your affiliates can fill and submit a form and then be assigned to the affiliates usergroup which will give them privileged access to the private Affiliates forums. 

So, once again, please ask Robert to provide you with links to articles on Usergroups and Forum Accesses so you can understand them. Also look up Uncanny automator and how it works with WPForo for usergroup assignments. Also, look at WPFusion which also does usergroup assignments and forum access control. In face, WPFusion may be a better choice for this purpose as it does but usergroup assignments and forum access restrictions automatically. Cheers.