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Topics not allowed to access but shown on homepage

Posted 18 February 2012 - 10:58 AM

Hello,

The following recently occurred on the "Recent Forum Posts" box on the home page:
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Why are there threads appearing in the Recent Forum Posts box if we aren't allowed to access them?

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Re: Topics not allowed to access but shown on homepage

Posted 18 February 2012 - 11:43 AM

These are in private forums which members with certain badges have access to. That particular thread is in the Forum Leaders forum.
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Posted 18 February 2012 - 12:00 PM

Yes, but if they're private, then why are they visible to other members without those particular badges?

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Re: Topics not allowed to access but shown on homepage

Posted 19 February 2012 - 06:21 PM

Probably because the software isn't set up to filter based on the logged in user's permissions. It'd be a good thing to fix.
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