Site's Needs:

50 states with six groups. Each group needs to ONLY access the forum for that group. However at this point I would be happy with only access to that state. (Will use state abbreviations...)

#1 - Using GJ, 50 categories were created first. Six groups were setup for AL.

#2 - Using Kunena forum, categories for each state were setup under the category Main Forum. Six subcategories for each group were then setup under AL.
Kept the default settings for the state category aside from changing access to registered. (I noted that their state category will not connect with the GJ state category. OK)
For each of the six sub-categories, ACL type was set to Community Builder and linked with their GJ counterparts.

#3 - Back to GJ, the forum integration did not auto add that forum category to that group. OK. Linked each group to their forum counterpart displayed in the dropdown list.

Any time registered group member accesses the Forum, I cannot get this integration to work. I thought maybe it was which Forum screen it defaulted to like, Index, Main Forum, Profile, Recent topics, etc. But it never restricts to that group's forum.

WHAT am I missing? PLEASE!

Thanks for the response but it is still a no go. I must note that admin volunteers set up all the GJ categories and groups so that was 50 x 6 for 300 groups setup. Then on the Kuneau side the categories were setup for the 50 states and then subcats for 4 of the groups needing forum access so that was 200 of those setup. We then went thru all 500, 300-GJ and 200-Kuneau and they all connect with each other. Again noting the reason because Kunena forums were not created automatically when the GJ groups were setup. So they had to be setup manually.

This is an all volunteer organization TRYING to setup a system that would really help this great cause. I've been forwards and backwards on this all weekend and am totally exhausted and frustrated. If I've done everything you've suggested, then why isn't it still working? A group member in MO can access TN and post with no problems which shouldn't be allowed. Plus the fact that when accessing the forum, they are not in their state's forums but rather have the daunting task on scrolling through 200 choices. I'm trying to make this Idiot proof and easy for the users but I'm feeling like the idiot here.

Any more suggestions? Can you take a look at it yourself. If I can get just one state to work properly, I can assign them to again go through the 500 total cats/groups.

Again the reason it had to be done that way to begin with is because "Kunena forums were NOT created automatically when the GJ groups were setup. So they had to be setup manually. " as I said twice before.

So are you saying that if I go back and delete ALL the Kunena state categories and group sub-categories already created under category: Main Forum, that they will recreate themselves?, because the structure you have shown IS the one followed? OR will they only be created when each GJ category and group is created as long as parameters are set as you've indicated.

I also noted that you replied:

GroupJive
- Category 001
- - Group 001

Kunena
- GroupJive
- - Category 001
- - - Group 001

Are you saying that instead of Main Forum as the top category in Kunena, there should be a new top category that is called GroupJive or were you just using "example"?

Ok. I deleted the categories and subcats in Kunena for one state - Washington. I then went to GJ and saved each group again with the verbage" new category" under forum integration. You are correct, YES, the forum categories were created.

I had a user "join" one of these groups. Their profile now shows this group. OK

Now when I click on Forum menu, I still get the following:



Where is the restriction to the category Washington? When the user clicks on the state of Washington, it will show this:

Almost resolved, I'm getting estatic! Is it a menu setting for Forum that will allow her to only see Washington?