Message Boards Permissions Reference

Permissions settings for the Message Boards app include Home Category, Widget, General Category, and Thread permissions. Manage these settings to control user access and actions within your message boards. See Understanding Roles and Permissions to learn more.

Home Category Permissions

The Message Boards permissions screen is for granting and revoking access to Message Boards functions. To access the Home Category Permissions,

  1. Open the Site Menu (Site Menu) for the host site, expand Content & Data, and go to Message Boards.

  2. Click Options (Options icon) in the top right corner → Home Category Permissions.

    Access permissions settings for the Home Category through the Message Boards application.

Grant permissions so users with specific roles can perform the following actions:

Permission NameDescription
PermissionsView and modify permissions.
Add FileAttach a file to a message.
Ban UserForbid a user from participating in the message board.
Add CategoryAdd a new category to the message board.
Reply to MessageRespond to existing messages.
Lock ThreadPrevent further additions or modifications to a thread.
SubscribeReceive notifications on new and updated posts.
ViewView all contents of message threads.
Add MessagePost a new thread.
Move ThreadMove a thread to a different category or subcategory.
Update Thread PriorityAdjust a thread’s priority.

Widget Permissions

After adding a Message Boards widget to a page, administrators can access that widget instance’s general permissions by selecting the widget’s Options menu (Options) and selecting Permissions.

View and modify permissions for the Message Boards widget.

Permission NameDescription
PermissionsView and modify the widget’s permissions.
PreferencesView and modify widget’s preferences.
ConfigurationView and modify the widget’s configurations.
ViewView the widget.
Add to PageAdd the widget to a site page.

General Category Permissions

This set of permissions determine what changes users can make to a category. They can be set while creating a new category (1) or by clicking Actions (Actions icon) next to the category and selecting Permissions (2).

Set or modify permissions while creating a new category or thread or through the actions menu.

Permission NameDescription
PermissionsView and modify permissions.
Add FileAttach a file to a message.
Reply to MessageRespond to existing messages.
Lock ThreadPrevent further additions or modifications to a thread.
SubscribeReceive notifications on new and updated posts.
ViewView the category.
Add MessagePost a new thread.
Add SubcategoryAdd a new category within this category.
DeleteDelete the category.
UpdateEdit the category.
Move ThreadMove a thread to a different category or subcategory.
Update Thread PriorityAdjust a thread’s priority.

Thread Permissions

This set of permissions determine what changes users can make to a thread. They can be set while creating a new thread or by clicking Actions (Actions icon) next to the thread and selecting Permissions.

Permission NameDescription
DeleteRemove the thread.
PermissionsGrant/revoke thread permissions.
UpdateEdit the thread.
SubscribeReceive notifications for thread activity.
ViewView the thread.

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