Rich:

 

For that case , you could write a method for that while the forum-list is databinding .

 

(Oh,sorry , I copy the wrong code for the blog)

 <td class="CommonListCell ForumGroupTotalThreadsColumn" align="center">
  <asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" Target="_blank" NavigateUrl='<%# ResolveUrl("~/RedirectForumToChat.Aspx?ForumId="+((Forum) Container.DataItem).SectionID) %>' runat="server"

 

Visible='<%# YouCodeToDetermineIsTheForumVisible( (Forum)Container.DataItem )  %>'

 

>Chat</asp:HyperLink>
 </td>

 

you code :

static public bool YouCodeToDetermineIsTheForumVisible(Forum forum)

{

    if(forum.Name=="Hello") return true;

 

    if ( forum Some Property Is OK ) return true;

 

    return false;
}

 

Hope this helps