Hiding fields of records for Editors and Authors

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

Hi Jason,

I need to hide fields from the editors!!!!!
Where can I find information about the plugin?

I tried the following, but didin't go well....!!!!
I have hidden 2 fields from the Editors as follows, but I'am getting shifts and problems in the program.
See attachments.
Can you guys help me with this????

I made the changes according to the CMS Builder Cookbook!!!
This is explained under: "HIDING FIELDS FROM SECTION EDITORS BUT NOT FROM ADMINS".

Had to do the following:

Open /cmsAdmin/lib/menus/default/edit_functions.php
- Search for:

_____ code ________________________________________________

!$CURRENT_USER['isAdmin'] && !$GLOBALS['hasEditorAccess']

__________________________________________________________

and remove the && !$GLOBALS['hasEditorAccess'] code:
if (@$fieldHash['adminOnly'] && !$CURRENT_USER['isAdmin'] && !$GLOBALS['hasEditorAccess']) { continue; } // skip admin only fields

__________________________________________________________

- Open /cmsAdmin/lib/menus/default/save.php
- Search for:

_____ code ________________________________________________

!$CURRENT_USER['isAdmin'] && !$GLOBALS['hasEditorAccess']

__________________________________________________________

and remove the && !$GLOBALS['hasEditorAccess'] code (from two lines):

_____ code ________________________________________________

if (@$fieldSchema['adminOnly'] && !$CURRENT_USER['isAdmin'] && !$GLOBALS['hasEditorAccess']) { continue; } // skip admin only fields
if (@$fieldSchema['adminOnly'] && !$CURRENT_USER['isAdmin'] && !$GLOBALS['hasEditorAccess'] ) { continue; } // skip admin only fields

I'm using IE 9 and FireFox 3.

Regards,

Tim

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!

Hi Damon,

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

Tim

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.