hide category from everyone except admin: WSN Support

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hai
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Posted 09/13/07 - 08:51 PM:	#1
I have a category that I would like to have hidden from all guests and members, but still be viewable by the admin. I have edited the category and set "Can view category?" for Guests & Members to No and for Admin Yes. Unfortunately, the category, although not accessible without logging in is still listed in the site map and category drop-down list for guests. If instead I change "Hide this category from listing?" to Yes it is not listed anywhere, not even for the admin. The only way I can access it is if I do a search for the category directly. Is there anyway I can do what I want? Keep the category completely hidden from all guests and members yet still be available to admins? Thanks for your help. Marilyn
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babrees
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Posted 09/13/07 - 09:07 PM:	#2
Go to Admin > Settings > Categories Show categories in list even when user doesn't have permission to view their content? Select No

hai
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Posted 09/13/07 - 09:15 PM:	#3
Thansk for the quick response. The setting was already set to no. Right now the category doesn't appear in the regular list, but shows up in the site map and drop-down list.
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Posted 09/14/07 - 06:11 PM:	#4
The sitemap and category selector aren't usergroup-specific, categories are either shown or not in them. I'll look into it but I don't think there's a practical way to change that.
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hai
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Posted 09/14/07 - 08:52 PM:	#5
If there is no easy way for you to implement this I figured out a way around the problem that is good enough for me. For anyone else who's interested this is what I did. I changed the "Hide this category" option to yes and then added the following code to my main.tpl - <IF {THISMEMBERGROUPCANSUBMITCATEGORIES}> <p> <a href="http://www.webmastersite.net/forums/{DIRURL}/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=175" class="categoryname">Category Name</a><br>Click to view shows from the private category.</p> </IF> It's not perfect and may not work for everyone, but it does the job I need it to do. Thanks.
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Posted 09/15/07 - 11:57 PM:	#6
If it's only for admins wouldn't you use <IF {THISMEMBERISADMIN}>?
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hai
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Posted 09/16/07 - 10:32 AM:	#7
Yes, you're correct. Didn't see that one. Copied the coding from another section of the page and got it to work so I left it at that. I will change it. Thanks for the correction!
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