Removing "Submit News" From Certain Groups?

**Rai** · August 26th, 2004, 4:56 PM

I've tried this using multiple hacks from the official Xoops forum, but I always manage to kill my page, so I thought I'd try my hand here..

I want to kill the link to "submit news" on the menu for certain groups.. mainly the anonymous group, and the basic users. Is it possible to do that?

If not.. is it possible to remove the link period?

I currently do have it set that only certain user groups can submit news, but the site that I'm using Xoops for is going to be frequented by.. dare I say... idiots, who will flood my email account about the link.

In conclusion.. HELP?

**David** · August 27th, 2004, 2:02 AM

The easiest way to do it is to make a block for your navigational menu. Make one for users you want to see that link, and one that you don't want to see it. Just include the link in the one you want to see it, and not include it in the one for those you don't want to see it, then set group permissions accordingly for each block. That's the easiest way to do it that I can think of.

**Beldin** · August 27th, 2004, 2:22 AM

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Originally Posted by djsckizo

The easiest way to do it is to make a block for your navigational menu. Make one for users you want to see that link, and one that you don't want to see it. Just include the link in the one you want to see it, and not include it in the one for those you don't want to see it, then set group permissions accordingly for each block. That's the easiest way to do it that I can think of.

That's about what I could think of and it wouldn't be too hard either. I did this for my main menu as I didn't like how it worked and I wanted to add buttons as the links.

**Rai** · August 27th, 2004, 3:12 AM

Haha... It took me way to long to understand what you were talking about... shows how much web work I should do at 2am... I'll try that tomorrow and report back if it works.

Thanks!

**Beldin** · August 27th, 2004, 10:56 AM

Hopefully you got it. But basically what we are saying is go to your Blocks section and at the bottom you can create a new block. Just create one using html and add the link to it you want. The go to groups and change the permissions as you see fit.

So create another block without the link and then let the emembers and anonymous people see it and let the admins see the one with links.

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Rai Senior Member Super #1 Joined in Nov 2003 Lives in Canada Hosted on Pass14 3,770 posts Gave thanks: 4 Thanked 20 times	Removing "Submit News" From Certain Groups? I've tried this using multiple hacks from the official Xoops forum, but I always manage to kill my page, so I thought I'd try my hand here.. I want to kill the link to "submit news" on the menu for certain groups.. mainly the anonymous group, and the basic users. Is it possible to do that? If not.. is it possible to remove the link period? I currently do have it set that only certain user groups can submit news, but the site that I'm using Xoops for is going to be frequented by.. dare I say... idiots, who will flood my email account about the link. In conclusion.. HELP? __________________

August 27th, 2004, 3:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
Rai Senior Member Super #1 Joined in Nov 2003 Lives in Canada Hosted on Pass14 3,770 posts Gave thanks: 4 Thanked 20 times	Haha... It took me way to long to understand what you were talking about... shows how much web work I should do at 2am... I'll try that tomorrow and report back if it works. Thanks! __________________

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Beldin Surpass Fan On a golden path... Joined in Apr 2004 Lives in Utah Hosted on Nifty 338 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Hopefully you got it. But basically what we are saying is go to your Blocks section and at the bottom you can create a new block. Just create one using html and add the link to it you want. The go to groups and change the permissions as you see fit. So create another block without the link and then let the emembers and anonymous people see it and let the admins see the one with links.

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