Allow only certain members to post in a space
Hello,
Is there a way to have a space where only certain members can post and have it not only be admin/moderator access to do that? I made the space public so everyone can see posts, but at the same time I don’t want to give access to all members to post. First, I thought maybe if I made it public and uncheck the “Allow users to request to join this Space” that would give me the ability to invite certain members to the space and make a post, but it seems like if it’s public, the option to join the space is still available to everyone.
Here’s my example: I have a space for job postings where I want the community employers to be able to post jobs, but only those who have been given access can do it. At the same time, I don’t want to make them an admin or moderator. Just give them access to make a post and have the space public so anyone can see the job postings.
Is there a setting option to do this? Hopefully this makes sense.
I don't think there is a built-in way to do this. However, you could create a form using FluentForms (or other forms builder) and use either custom code or an automation plugin to add the form submission data to the space. Obvious disadvantage to this having to set all that up and publish the form on a regular WordPress page. One advantage though is you would likely have more consistency with the formatting/data of job posts since the code/automation would control how the post is formatted, etc.
Thomas Oates Thank you! I'll have to try it with fluent forms and uncanny automator. Hopefully they add an option to do this natively with just Fluent Community.
I got around this by making the space public, but adding CSS to hide the Join button!
.fcom_join_space_auth {display:none!important;}Jonathan Gwyer Thank you! I'll give this a try as well.