As per my summary, i am wondering how to disable the sub-forum "General Discussion" from being created when AS creates a forum for my newly created group. I do not want sub-forums automatically as each group will be essentially its' own topic and there is no need for the clutter of one group and a sub-group. And to be clear, i do want the main group forum created.

The default forum structure for group forums is configured that way for a reason. If you don't want to use the structure that is handled automatically, then you will need to manually create and configure each forum after a group is created.

Hi Will.. can we know this reason? I ask because if my plans workout, i might be servicing many many groups and this will be an unwanted admin task that will also irritate my clients. From our perspective, it would seem that there are two lines of code involved: one creates the main forum, and grabs that ID. The next line uses that ID and creates a sub-forum. A simple boolean in the control panel could wrap an If around this second line.. Now of course i might be way off on this, but it surely would make my effort easier. I didn't want to moderate the creation of groups, but would have to now in order to keep folks from posting in the General Discussion forum that will soon be removed.

Drew,
Keep in mind that the sub forum (General Discussions) is what does show within a group forum. The group forum above it does not show. So, when the group is created it creates a forum group called "My Group" with a forum within called "General Discussions".

It's only when viewing the forum that you would see this hierarchy. I typically recommend hiding the actual instance of the forum from users to prevent this type of confusion.

Additionally you can edit a config file within Active Solutions to name and even add more than that single forum when a group is created.

Does that help?

The current structure offers the most flexibility for managing large numbers of forums. It allows for proper isolation of security and settings.


Sorry, but it is much more complicated than this. As Steven mentioned, you have other options. I would suggest searching the forums for "group forums" and you will find several topics where various options have been discussed.

Thank you Steven. I appreciate the reply. I will spend more time with this and try to fall in line with current AF thinking.

You can further customize the templates for the group forums as well....I've completely hidden the group on my installations before.