Problem: I've noticed that the commonly used Blog List code respects the Blog Setting for Listing in Public Blog Listing set in the admin area of each Blog, the code which generates the Categories Listing on the 'All' blog does not respect this setting.

Question: Is there a way in which the categories listing for the all blog can be coded to check this permission for each blog before generating the listing.

Thanks

Blog listing code:

if( !defined('DB_USER') ) die( 'Please, do not access this page directly.' );

	
if( ! $display_blog_list )
	{	// We do *not* want the blog list to be displayed
		return;
	}

	


# this is what will start and end your blog links
	if(!isset($blog_list_start)) $blog_list_start = '<div class="menuBox">';				
	if(!isset($blog_list_end)) $blog_list_end = '</div>';				
	

# this is what will separate your blog links
	if(!isset($blog_item_start)) $blog_item_start = '';				
	if(!isset($blog_item_end)) $blog_item_end = "\n";
	

# This is the class of for the selected blog link:
	if(!isset($blog_selected_link_class)) $blog_selected_link_class = 'menuItem';
	

# This is the class of for the other blog links:
	if(!isset($blog_other_link_class)) $blog_other_link_class = 'menuItem';
	

# This is additionnal markup before and after the selected blog name
	if(!isset($blog_selected_name_before)) $blog_selected_name_before = '';				
	if(!isset($blog_selected_name_after)) $blog_selected_name_after = '';
	

# This is additionnal markup before and after the other blog names
	if(!isset($blog_other_name_before)) $blog_other_name_before = '';				
	if(!isset($blog_other_name_after)) $blog_other_name_after = '';
	
# This is the blogparam that will be displayed as the name:
	if(!isset($blog_name_param)) $blog_name_param = 'name';
	

# This is the blogparam that will be displayed as the link title:
	if(!isset($blog_title_param)) $blog_title_param = 'name';
	
	/**
	 * We now call the default bloglist handler...
	 * However you can replace this file with the full handler (in /blogs) and customize it!
	 */
	require get_path('skins').'/_bloglist.php';

?>

Categories code:

if( !defined('DB_USER') ) die( 'Please, do not access this page directly.' );

# You can customize the following as you wish:
if(!isset($cat_all)) $cat_all = 'All'; // Set to empty to hide
# global category list delimiters:
if(!isset($cat_main_start)) $cat_main_start = '';
if(!isset($cat_main_end)) $cat_main_end = '';
# Category delimiters:
if(!isset($cat_line_start)) $cat_line_start = '<li>';
if(!isset($cat_line_end)) $cat_line_end = '</li>';
if(!isset($cat_line_checkbox)) $cat_line_checkbox = false;
# Category group delimiters:
if(!isset($cat_group_start)) $cat_group_start = '<ul>';
if(!isset($cat_group_end)) $cat_group_end = '</ul>';
# When multiple blogs are listed on same page:
if(!isset($cat_blog_start)) $cat_blog_start = '<h4>';
if(!isset($cat_blog_end)) $cat_blog_end = '</h4>';

/**
 * We now call the default categories handler...
 * However you can replace this file with the full handler (in /blogs) and customize it!
 */
require get_path('skins').'/_categories.php';

?>