I don't want "guests" lurking - I want a private forum for a few selected friends, so how do I stop anyone else from seeing it?

Hi guys, This might be weird, asking to make a forum priviate, but how do you do it? I don't want people to be able to find our forums, or register on it without my consent. I'm working on a project and need to keep it for just a select few of us to

I am wanting to make my forum private so visitors/guests cannot read/see the topics/posts without registering and logging in........then only members can read what is posted. Ive seen it in the admin panel somewhere but cant seem to find it

Name: Lauren Berman Age: 18 Personality: A confident and enthusiastic actress, well known for staring in most of the high school's plays. While being considerably popular among her peers she makes it a point to be friends with everyone around her, givin

I was wondering if there is a way to maybe have a private chat box along with the main forum chat box that only admin or people you give privileges to can use?