Hiding fields of records for Editors and Authors

7 posts by 4 authors in: Forums > CMS Builder
Last Post: August 1, 2011   (RSS)

By Tim_cmsb - July 28, 2011

Hi,

I'm need to hide certain fields of records for the editors, because this option exsists for the Authors.
But I want all the other options to be available for the Editors, but with the possibility to hide certain fields.

Regards,

Tim

Re: [Tim_cmsb] Hiding fields of records for Editors and Authors

By Jason - July 29, 2011

Hi Tim,

There are a couple of options.

If you upgrade to the newest version of CMS Builder (http://www.interactivetools.com/upgrade) you can edit a field and under "Advanced Options" set a field to be viewable only to Editors.

Another options would be to use a free plugin that can hide fields based on certain user settings:
http://www.interactivetools.com/add-ons/detail.php?Show-Hide-Fields-For-Users-1036
This plugin does require some extra work to integrate, so the first option is probably the easiest.

Hope this helps
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Re: [Tim_cmsb] Hiding fields of records for Editors and Authors

By robin - August 1, 2011

Hey Tim,

Something that might be easier for you. If you have the latest CMS Builder, you can set a field to "Admin Only" and it will hide from editors in the view/edit screen.

Hope that helps,
Robin
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Re: [Tim_cmsb] Hiding fields of records for Editors and Authors

By Damon - August 1, 2011

Hi Tim,

Just wanted to add a couple of notes:

In version 2.08, this feature was added:
Editors: Fields can now be set to "Editor only" or "Admin only"

Admin > Section Editors > News (or whatever you section editor is called)
Then select the field you want to change access level on and click modify. Next in the popup, scroll to the bottom and set the Access Level.

If you are running an older version, you can download latest version of CMS Builder here:
http://www.interactivetools.com/upgrade/

The CMS Builder Cookbook is not created by us. You can modify admin files but I try to avoid that if possible as you will need to recreate those same edits if you upgrade the software in the future.

Hope that helps!
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Re: [Damon] Hiding fields of records for Editors and Authors

By Tim_cmsb - August 1, 2011

Hi Damon,

OK, but will all the settings and records stay OK?

Tim

Re: [Tim_cmsb] Hiding fields of records for Editors and Authors

By Damon - August 1, 2011

Hi,

>OK, but will all the settings and records stay OK?

Yes everything will stay the same, except only users that you have allowed access to that field will see it.

To test, open and login into CMS Builder using a different browser and with a user account that doesn't have access to that field. Then you can confirm the field is not available for that user level.
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