I am new to these Public forum programs so I have a couple of questions that may seem rather obvious to the experienced user.

First, is it possible to have "hidden" forums that are essentially activity logs? These forums could be updated via interfaces to other software (probably xxx.php members), and would only be visible to persons authorized to view them.

Second, is it possible to have some forums that are open to the public whereas other forums are restricted to members only?

Thank you for your input and assistance.

Answering all of your questions - yes, it's possible. Also, it's possible with miniBB.

For gaining a professional answer (how to do that... or this...) I think, you must first to get "into" that topic more deeply :-)

Thank you for your reply Paul. I have seen that you offer "fee for service" installation support. Can you give me some idea of what kind of charges that would entail?

I guess our Premium Support page lists all fees associated. They are approximate and still could be discussed.