Add-On Releases - CMS Disabler

Reason why I wrote this mod

When vB4 gold comes out, I'd like to switch to it, get my forums working first and foremost. While that work is going on, I have content authors that need to create content, but I don't want this done on a live site where my users can see them working. I also need to skin the CMS, etc.

Once things are skinned, content is written, all of that. I want to simply "turn it on" and everything is live and ready to go.

What this mod does

• Allows you to set usergroups that can access your CMS.
• If a user is not of this usergroup, they are forwarded to the forums.php page.
• It will not display the "Home" button on the tabnav if the user is not in the allowed usergroups list as well.

Notes

Thanks


BirdOPrey5, for updating the mod to work with vb 4.2 as well as fixing some other issues. I'm no longer supporting the mod and the code is reusable and I've updated the download to reflect his code/changes.

To Lynne for telling me what I needed to do when I asked the question, but not specifically telling me how to do it (doing it for me). Learning is fun, sometimes.


Installation:

Install the XML as you would any other vB mod.

[Old-Git]

Trek this is exactly what I'm looking for. I want my forums to load first when my Vb4 is accessed, I want only the admins to see the CMS and I want the Home button removed from the Navbar so that non-admins don't / can't find their way to the CMS until I'm ready to let them.

This is a great mod and I shall be installing it forthwith! Thanks Man for working this out and thanks for posting it. Saved me from having to re-invent the wheel or even teach myself to code VB... I have enough to do right now without learning something new!

Rgds

Pete

[cooltechie]

Sounds like just what we need to test. Thanks for providing this.

[utahraves]

I'm an admin on my server and I set up the groups allowed and it told me I didn't have access to the content.php .... ?

[Trek]

Originally Posted by utahraves

I'm an admin on my server and I set up the groups allowed and it told me I didn't have access to the content.php .... ?

There might be a bug in multiple usergroups. Do you have more than one listed in the settings?

Try just changing it to usergroup 6 (assuming you're in that group as normal). See if it works then.

If so, there's a problem with the multiple group checking and I'll look into it.

[Alibass]

Originally Posted by utahraves

I'm an admin on my server and I set up the groups allowed and it told me I didn't have access to the content.php .... ?

I had the same problem until I logged out and back into my site.

[Alibass]

Trek

Your mod seems to being working as you say, but I had one issue with it. When I turn it off and turn privileges on for all my groups, the Home button will not appear back on the navbar for the user groups who have been approved to view the CMS page.

[Trek]

Originally Posted by Alibass

Trek

Your mod seems to being working as you say, but I had one issue with it. When I turn it off and turn privileges on for all my groups, the Home button will not appear back on the navbar for the user groups who have been approved to view the CMS page.

Ok, I'll look into that, thanks!

[linkasaur]

Thanks for this handy product! It works like a charm!

[UpFriends]

Excellent mod! Just what I needed.

[Verionia]

Great, thanks soooo much!