"Now, there's just one thing I want on the new product. That is an admin and moderator cpanel links that appear (only) under a member account that is set up as an admin level rank or moderator ranks."
Ok. Done. That was easy.
" Also what's with not being able to hide the forums from guest"
Ok. Done.
You'll want to check out the .threads feature list. Remember this product is a merger of all that's good in both .classic and threads.
A lot of the stuff you're looking for is already acounted for.
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