Is it possible to hide all questions for anonymous users?

Question

 

I recently installed question2answer and I am really happy with it. I would like the questions to be only visible to members of our organization. 

 

I tried to hide as much as possible for anonymous users. Unfortnately the list of questions is still visible. Is there a way to hide it? 

 

Furthermore I would like to know if it is possible to give only users access after they have received my approval? 

Answer 1

"Unfortnately the list of questions is still visible. Is there a way to hide it?"

Yes. Open \qa-theme\NAME OF SELECTED TEMPLATE\qa-theme.php

 

insert the following code directly after the line which contains <?php

 

if ((!qa_is_logged_in()) and !((strpos(qa_self_html(),'login') !== false )||(strpos(qa_self_html(),'forgot') !== false ))) {

qa_redirect('login');

}else{

 

and add the following codejust before the end of the file (but before ?> if it contains ?>)

}

"(...) is possible to give only users access after they have received my approval?"

No this is not possible. A workaround: manually create all users and after that tick "Temporarily suspend new user registrations", in that way you can prevent uninvited users from joining the platform.

Answer 2

Solutions using Administration panel:

• "Unfortnately the list of questions is still visible. Is there a way to hide it?"

I couldn't find any solution for this but you can limit access to the questions content at

"Permissions > View question page".

• "(...) is possible to give only users access after they have received my approval?"

Yes. You can set users with fewer than X points to have their content moderated before publishing.

"Spam > Use moderation for users with few points than X."

Comments

Thanks for the answer. On the permission page, I already set everything to registered users with email confirmed or higher. However I don't see the "View question page" in the list of permissions.
I think I will manually create all users and after that tick "Temporarily suspend new user registrations", in that way I can prevent uninvited users joining the platform.

Answer 3

I think you can do with custom / advance theme by wrapping questin list with qa_is_logged_in()

Something like this

if (qa_is_logged_in()){

$this->main(); // this you need to work it out

}

So with about code ti wll hide all content from no logged in user

Comments

Seems like same thing is discussed here: http://www.question2answer.org/qa/4316/how-to-require-login-to-view-any-content?show=18718#c18718

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I manage to solve it by adding the following code to qa-theme.php for the selected template:
if ((!qa_is_logged_in()) and !((strpos(qa_self_html(),'login') !== false ))) {   
    qa_redirect('login');
}else{
  CURRENT CODE OF THE TEMPLATE
}