Anonymous Posting

Hi!

Thanks for reaching out!

You can choose if you want users to be able to post without creating an account. This can be done per forum or group in Simple:Press Admin, and it can be adjusted at any time. For example, you can have some forums that allow users to post without creating an user account. While other forums are only shown to registered users.

Best regards,
Joakim @ Simple:Press

Thank you! Can you please advise via a screen shot where these settings are in the admin panel? Your support is appreciated.

Hi!

I would start with creating a permission set with these settings:

And after that, you need to set the “Guest” to use “Anonymous” in the forums you want anonymous posting.

Best regards,
Joakim @ Simple:Press

Thank you for yuor help. I completed these steps as advised but the public can still not post: https://kmriskconsulting.com/discussion-boards/questions-comments/

Can you please take a look and confirm that you cannot post on your end?

Hi!

I logged in and updated your settings. From what I can see I can post as a guest. However the caching on the forum pages make things a bit tricky for the users. We often recommend that the forum url is never cached since it can mess up the forum experience.

If in doubt, contact your hosting provider and ask them to set up a rule that excludes discussion-boards from the cache.

Let us know how this goes!

Best regards,
Joakim @ Simple:Press

That worked thank you so much! Where does the moderator get notified if a post needs to be approved? IE how do they know that a guest has made a post that needs approval?

Sincerely appreciate your help!

It depends on your setup. The easiest way to see posts that need moderation is to click on the “New/Updated Topics” button in the forum. If there are any posts that need moderation they will have a small speech bubble indicating that there is a post in need of moderation.

Best regards,
Joakim @ Simple:Press

• This reply was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by joakimsimplepress.

Thank you. Is there a way to get notificaitons? Either in the WordPress dashboard or by email?

Hi!

There are no ways to get notifications about new posts or post in moderation in the free version.

Best regards,
Joakim @ Simple:Press