I second

Well, this feature was requested [url=http://forums.b2evolution.net/viewtopic.php?t=14773]here[/url] before and I posted a hack/patch, but nobody seemed to be interested. If you want me to update the patch for 2.4.2, just say it. :)

Tblue

I would be very interested.
Never saw your original post... sorry
My mind thinks teh same as yours and I have the same concerns (me tech guy of the group blog and the others are technical netwits (but they can write like hell)

Great. :) So here it is:

diff -ur a/inc/widgets/model/_widget.class.php blogs/inc/widgets/model/_widget.class.php
--- a/inc/widgets/model/_widget.class.php	2008-04-27 22:09:28.000000000 +0200
+++ blogs/inc/widgets/model/_widget.class.php	2008-06-12 18:18:50.000000000 +0200
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
 	var $sco_name;
 	var $order;
 	/**
+	 * @var bool Whether to show the widget or not.
+	 */
+    var $show;
+	/**
 	 * @var string Type of the plugin ("core" or "plugin")
 	 */
 	var $type;
@@ -92,6 +96,7 @@
 			$this->code     = $db_row->wi_code;
 			$this->params   = $db_row->wi_params;
 			$this->order    = $db_row->wi_order;
+			$this->show     = $db_row->wi_show;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -723,4 +728,4 @@
 
 
 
-?>
\ Kein Zeilenumbruch am Dateiende.
+?>
diff -ur a/inc/widgets/views/_widget_list.view.php blogs/inc/widgets/views/_widget_list.view.php
--- a/inc/widgets/views/_widget_list.view.php	2008-04-27 22:09:28.000000000 +0200
+++ blogs/inc/widgets/views/_widget_list.view.php	2008-06-12 17:54:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@
 			{	// The name is customized and the short desc may be relevant additional info
 				$widget_name .= ' ('.$ComponentWidget->get_short_desc().')';
 			}
+			if (!$ComponentWidget->get('show')) // widget is hidden...
+			{
+                $widget_name .= ' ['.T_('Hidden').']'; // ...so let's show this in the widget title.
+            }
 			echo '<a href="'.regenerate_url( 'blog', 'action=edit&amp;wi_ID='.$ComponentWidget->ID).'">'.$widget_name.'</a>';
 			$Table->display_col_end();
 
@@ -135,6 +139,7 @@
 
 			// Actions
 			$Table->display_col_start();
+			echo $ComponentWidget->get('show') ? action_icon( T_('Hide this widget!'), 'deactivate', regenerate_url( 'blog', 'action=toggle&amp;wi_ID='.$ComponentWidget->ID )) : action_icon( T_('Show this widget!'), 'activate', regenerate_url( 'blog', 'action=toggle&amp;wi_ID='.$ComponentWidget->ID ));
 			echo action_icon( T_('Edit widget settings!'), 'edit', regenerate_url( 'blog', 'action=edit&amp;wi_ID='.$ComponentWidget->ID ) );
 			echo action_icon( T_('Remove this widget!'), 'delete', regenerate_url( 'blog', 'action=delete&amp;wi_ID='.$ComponentWidget->ID ) );
 			$Table->display_col_end();
@@ -173,4 +178,4 @@
 echo '<script type="text/javascript">addEvent( window, "load", Fat.fade_all, false);</script>';
 
 
-?>
\ Kein Zeilenumbruch am Dateiende.
+?>
diff -ur a/inc/widgets/widgets.ctrl.php blogs/inc/widgets/widgets.ctrl.php
--- a/inc/widgets/widgets.ctrl.php	2008-04-27 22:09:28.000000000 +0200
+++ blogs/inc/widgets/widgets.ctrl.php	2008-06-12 17:58:45.000000000 +0200
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 	case 'delete':
 	case 'move_up':
 	case 'move_down':
+	case 'toggle':
 		param( 'wi_ID', 'integer', true );
 		$WidgetCache = & get_Cache( 'WidgetCache' );
 		$edited_ComponentWidget = & $WidgetCache->get_by_ID( $wi_ID );
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@
 
 		$edited_ComponentWidget->set( 'coll_ID', $Blog->ID );
 		$edited_ComponentWidget->set( 'sco_name', $container );
+		$edited_ComponentWidget->set('show', 1);
 
 		// INSERT INTO DB:
 		$edited_ComponentWidget->dbinsert();
@@ -229,6 +231,21 @@
  	case 'list':
 		break;
 
+    case 'toggle':
+        if ($edited_ComponentWidget->get('show') == 1)
+        {
+            $Messages->add(T_('Widget has been hidden'), 'success');
+            $edited_ComponentWidget->set('show', 0);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            $Messages->add(T_('Widget has been shown'), 'success');
+            $edited_ComponentWidget->set('show', 1);
+        }
+        $edited_ComponentWidget->dbupdate();
+        $action = 'list';
+        break;
+
 	default:
 		debug_die( 'Action: unhandled action' );
 }
@@ -303,4 +320,4 @@
 
 
 
-?>
\ Kein Zeilenumbruch am Dateiende.
+?>
diff -ur a/inc/skins/model/_skin.class.php blogs/inc/skins/model/_skin.class.php
--- a/inc/skins/model/_skin.class.php	2008-04-27 22:09:28.000000000 +0200
+++ blogs/inc/skins/model/_skin.class.php	2008-06-12 17:49:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@
 		{
 			foreach( $Widget_array as $ComponentWidget )
 			{
+			    // skip this widget if it's hidden
+			    if (!$ComponentWidget->get('show')) continue;
 				// Let the Widget display itself (with contextual params):
 				$ComponentWidget->display( $params );
 			}
@@ -428,4 +430,4 @@
 
 
 
-?>
\ Kein Zeilenumbruch am Dateiende.
+?>

Simply patch in your b2evo root directory (the blogs folder) with: patch -p1 < path/to/patchfile
You will have to modify your database:

ALTER TABLE `evo_widget` ADD `wi_show` BOOL NOT NULL DEFAULT '1' AFTER `wi_order`;

Have fun. ;)

Tblue

ok, I must confess, I'm not that tech after all ;)
I have no clue what you are saying...

Ok then. ;) I zipped the modified files for you, simply replace your old ones (don't forget to back them up).
http://files.ax86.net/b2evo/b2evo-widgets.zip

If you've the phpMyAdmin tool installed, log in, select your b2evo database, click on the SQL tab and enter the SQL command from my previous post (if your table prefix is not 'evo' replace it with your prefix). That's it... If you've another MySQL administration tool, it should by similiar to use. :)

Thanks tblue, I will test it

Does it work for you?

wonderfull!
wonderfull!
wonderfull!

(btw it works ;))

Great. :)

awesome , thank you, worked out pretty well, very useful, i see no harm of suggesting this being included in the core next time :roll:

great :( another reason not to upgrade :/

tilqicom wrote:

awesome , thank you, worked out pretty well, very useful, i see no harm of suggesting this being included in the core next time :roll

I asked F. Planque about how to integrate bugs or features coming from the forum to the core. I guess the problem is to not create regression bug when doing this.