Hi Brajesh,

Just bumping this topic… Is there a way I can stop members submitting content to a number of categories that I have linked to the group?

Hi Brajesh,

Let me tell you what I have done for now to get round the problem… not perfect… but I do get round the problem for now

I have a group called “catfish group”

I have 3 categories that I want to attach to a private group

Category 1 – I want catfish group members to be able to post content
Category 2 – I want catfish group members to be able to post content
Category 3 – I as the admin want to post to this section but I dont want catfish group members to be able to post here although they should have read access.

I want the members of the catfish group to be able to see and be able to read all the post from the 3 categories however I dont want any catfish group member to post to category 3.

** What I have done so far to achieve what I want **

I created a custom post type called “Blog” and set up the following BLOG categories

Category XX (I left “XX” unticked )
– subcategory 1 (I ticked “1” to enable members to post to)
– subcategory 2 (I ticked “2” to enable members to post to)
– subcategory 3 ( left “3” unticked – this is for Admin post)

I use the “Blog categories for Groups plugin” with the option to “Link to normal site blog post page.”

I use the menu to show CATEGORY XX as the Catfish Group Blog Page

Since Category XX is displayed using the menu… and because it is a main category all the post in sub category 1, 2 and 3 show up on the Category XX Page

** THE RESULTS **

Catfish Group Members can only post to category 1 and 2 but not category 3 or XX

Catfish Group Members can read all the post from category 1, 2 and 3

Group post in 1 and 2 post are both protected since they were ticked as the catfish group category to post to

****The problem****

Category XX and Category 3 are unprotected

This work around is too long and I have to do the same thing for the other 5 groups I have.

*** The Proposed Solution***

A code that we could enter into the bp-custom section that restrict an array of a group of blog category ids that the group members cannot post to … maybe something that restricts users that dont have admin rights

A better alternative will be in the admin panel section… where you can write in a list of categories that members cannot post to but maybe admins can post to.

Hope my explanation is understandable…. a little bit long winded ,,, but difficult to explain…haha

Kind regards