1a) crack open conf/_basic.config.php and add this near the top ( after the <?php tag )

$login_required = true;

1b) Meander over to inc/view/login/ where you'll find a bunch of files to play with ;)

2) When you're logged in there's usually an admin link in the sidebar that will take you to "new post"

3) crack open your skins/<skin name>/_main.php and wander through the code, all of the sidebar stuff is in there.

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"¥åßßå" wrote:

1a) crack open conf/_basic.config.php and add this near the top ( after the <?php tag )

$login_required = true;

Thanks this worked like a charm. I don't know why I couldn't find this, guess I need training on how to do searches.

1b) Meander over to inc/view/login/ where you'll find a bunch of files to play with ;)

Have not had a chance yet, but will thanks again

2) When you're logged in there's usually an admin link in the sidebar that will take you to "new post"

This is not exactly what I was looking for, but could work if I could hide all the tabs, but the write tab. Is there a way to do this. I just went through all settings (I think) but didn't see anyway. I started looking through the files but have not had any luck yet.

3) crack open your skins/<skin name>/_main.php and wander through the code, all of the sidebar stuff is in there.

Ok, I am going through the all the skins to make the modifications. I am tempted to not allow skins to be changed, would be less work on my part.

I would like to change Admin description to Admin/Post, since this would be clearer to the user who is only going write and read messages. Any idea where this is? I have done some looking with out success so far

thanks again this was a great help

plnnightsky wrote:

This is not exactly what I was looking for, but could work if I could hide all the tabs, but the write tab. Is there a way to do this. I just went through all settings (I think) but didn't see anyway. I started looking through the files but have not had any luck yet.

You'd need to hack the core to remove the tabs as there's no easy way to do it. You're probably better off just leaving them there ;)

plnnightsky wrote:

I would like to change Admin description to Admin/Post, since this would be clearer to the user who is only going write and read messages. Any idea where this is? I have done some looking with out success so far

Change the link in your skin to look something like this :

<?php
user_admin_link( '<li>', '</li>', '', 'Hello world' );
?>

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