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 06/17/09 10:45am (Read 2,720 times)  
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griffman

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Is there any way to prevent a user from disabling a block in their preferences? I have a couple of blocks that need to remain enabled, but I don't see any settings anywhere to mark them as permanent. Is the only solution to modify usersettings.php? If it is, what's the best way to get that done?

thx;
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 06/17/09 01:14pm  
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1000ideen

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That`s one of the most ticklish corners where users can misadjust things. This part is not even produced through a thtml but comes from the code.

http://project.geeklog.net/tracking/view.php?id=787
http://project.geeklog.net/tracking/view.php?id=786
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 06/17/09 01:24pm  
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griffman

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Thanks; looks like the answer, at least for now, is "no." I had done this in a prior release by modifying usersettings.php to add in the block IDs I didn't want to show on the list. I hate modifying the core, though, and was hoping there was a better solution.

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 06/17/09 01:26pm  
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1000ideen

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I`d have greyed out the check boxes but there is no thtml Cry

Can you do this in the core code and tell me the hack?
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 11/29/12 09:36am  
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1000ideen

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Is any developer looking at this bug?
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 11/29/12 10:01am  
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This would be a nice feature, but its not a bug.

You can do this strictly in the theme.
/layout/your theme/preferences/boxesblock.thtml add a class to the <div /> surrounding the block:
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    <div class="preferences-blocks">
        {boxes_checklist}
    </div>
 

then for each block you want to hide add a rule to your style.css
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.preferences-blocks input[value="10"], .preferences-blocks input[value="10"]+span {
    display: none;
}
 

Where the value is the block id. And you must target the <input /> and the <span />

-s
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 11/29/12 11:31am  
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1000ideen

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I`m trying to do this now. How do I see the block ID?

What is meant with "target the <input /> and the <span />" ? any tutorial online?
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 11/29/12 12:33pm  
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suprsidr

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I`m trying to do this now. How do I see the block ID?

Either view the page source of the preferences page, or simpler view the edit url of the block in the block editor.: /admin/block.php?mode=edit&bid=10

What is meant with "target the <input /> and the <span />" ?

In CSS we target selectors to add our styles to.
I've already supplied an example:
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.preferences-blocks input[value="10"], .preferences-blocks input[value="10"]+span {
    display: none;
}
 


any tutorial online?

http://css-tricks.com/category/beginner/

-s
FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with the E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2 - http://www.flashyourweb.com
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 12/01/12 12:50am  
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mystral-kk

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If you use GL-1.8 or newer, maybe this will work. Append the following code at the tail of "public_html/javascript/profile_editor.js".

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// Prevents users from checking certain topics
(function($) {
        var disables = ['Geeklog', 'General'];      // Topic IDs you don't want users to choose
       
        $('ul.checkboxes-list li input[type=checkbox]').each(function() {
                if ((this.name === 'topics[]') && ($.inArray(this.value, disables) >= 0)) {
                        this.disabled = true;
                }
        });
})(jQuery);

 
-- mystral-kk, "Every cloud has a silver lining."
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