Not sure that I yet understand all the options and cannot really find any overview description outlining how best to configure a forum, so wanted to check that I wasn’t doing anything too stupid before my configuration got too large. Initially, I want to simplify the member groups to just 3 basic types, i.e. admin, moderators and member:

Modify Member Groups
Member Groups
  Administrator Group
  Board Moderator – can’t see anyway to delete this group???
  Moderator
Post Count Member Groups
Member

Couldn’t see how to add the team option to <board moderator> so created another, but then couldn't delete this member group. To be honest, I don’t yet understand what `teams` do. I have established my categories (9) and boards, typically 1-4 per category. I have initially established myself as administrator and 1 moderator per category. All appears OK, except that when I logoff, only 1 of the 9 category/boards is displayed to any guest entering the forum. As far as I can see, I have the same settings on all of them, e.g.

Edit Boards and Categories
1.0: My Website 1 boards, 0 base sub-cats    
   1.1: General Issues    

Edit Category: 1.0: MyWebsite  
Member Groups:
Administrator Group - selected
Member- selected
Moderator- selected
Non Groups
All Registered Members- selected
All Validating Members- selected
All Guests  - selected

Edit Board: 1.1: General Issues  
Moderators: <set specific moderator> + admin group
Member Groups
Administrator Group: All options selected          
Member: All options selected                    
Moderator: All options selected                  
Non-Groups
All Registered Members: All options selected                    
All Validating Members: Show board & read options selected                    
All Guests: Show board & read options selected                    

I was assuming that selecting the <show board> and <read> options under <All Guests> would allow any guest to look at all categories/boards & threads. Once logged in a <admin>, <moderator> or <member> displays all categories and boards.

Would appreciate any help on offer or pointers to documentation.
Thanks

Team mostly make group names bold, I think.  It's more of a legacy feature that has been carried down for some time.

You cannot delete the moderator group as it's only for when you specify moderators for specific boards. That's the only thing that is used for.

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I was assuming that selecting the <show board> and <read> options under <All Guests> would allow any guest to look at all categories/boards & threads.

Any thoughts as to why all the category/boards are not displaying to an unregistered guest?

Sorry, I've found the problem, my fault.
By default, when you create a category, the last 2 options below are not visible.
When I started to set the options for my own categories, these got turned off,
because I only selected the options visible.
Might be worth sizing the default box size to show all options.
Thanks


New Root Category  
Member Groups Allowed Access:
Press and hold the CTRL key to select more than one group.
Member Group
Administrator Group
Member
Moderator
Non-Group
All Registered Members
All Validating Members : not visible on these slide box by default
All Guests : not visible on these slide box by default