Forum Messages

coffeepostal

Hello-

Is there a way of hiding Forum Messages from non-signed-in viewers? Everything else seems to be hidden from the public, but the Messages show up on the login page as well. Thanks!

vrijvlinder

Use the plugin force redirect and edit the controller/page from the array you wish to keep private. If you only want the login page to show then remove all but the register controller.

peregrine

in the dashboard - go to the guest role (non-signed in users) and remove the view permissions for whatever you want to prevent viewing on.

coffeepostal

@vrijvlinder can you be a little more specific on which file I need to edit? I'm not sure where the "controller/page" is located to edit.

@peregrine I've done this, but the Messages still show on the login page, unless I place them below the sidebar. I'm wanting them "Above Main Content", but only when a user is logged in.

vrijvlinder

Yes download and install forceredirect plugin , then open the default.php find this part

// Get the controller name
 $Controller = $Sender->ControllerName;
$ShowOnController = array('discussioncontroller','discussionscontroller','categoriescontroller','plugincontroller','entrycontroller','activitycontroller');

those are the controllers aka pages remove all but the entry controller from the list that will force anyone to the login.

coffeepostal

@peregrine, in looking back over the settings, the Guest role does not have an option for Messages. Am I missing something?

vrijvlinder

The guest role should have no permissions except view discussions and profile .

But from what I have found this does not always work that is why the force redirect plugin is useful .

coffeepostal

@vrijvlinder thank you! I'll dig into it.

coffeepostal

@vrijvlinder, it doesn't seem to help. You can see the two messages here: http://www.theleadbox.com/

This is what those three lines of code you gave me look like in my plugin now:

// Get the controller name
 $Controller = $Sender->ControllerName;
$ShowOnController = array('entrycontroller');

vrijvlinder

ok you can hide those using css then , just stick this code in the custom.css of the theme

body.Dashboard.Entry .DismissMessage.Info,body.Dashboard.Entry .DismissMessage.Warning ,body.Dashboard.Entry .Info,body.Dashboard.Entry  .Warning{
display:none!important;
}

coffeepostal

@vrijvlinder OK, thanks I'll give that a shot.

coffeepostal

@vrijvlinder, thank you that worked perfectly!

toolsmythe

I'm running Vanilla 2.1.7 and am struggling with hiding the site messages on the login page. Any insight would be much appreciated.

R_J

You would have to either create a plugin or a custom theme with a themehooks file (if you are not already using a theme with a themehooks file.

There you would need something like:

public function base_render_before ($Sender) {
    if (!Gdn::Session()->IsValid()) {
        unset($Sender->Assets['Head']['MessageModule']);
    }
}