Removing "Create" button for Author

Damon:  Actually, my requirements are twofold:

1.  Allow only Authors to edit specific fields in a record; and

2.  No one can create a new record except for Editors.

I can do 1. easily enough by restricting access to the specific field(s) only to Authors, but my issue is 2.  Not sure how to go about it.

Ragi

Hi Ragi, 

Here's a simple plugin that disables "Create" for authors:

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Disable Create for Authors
Description:
Version: 1.00
Requires at least: 2.60
*/

// register callbacks
addAction('section_init', 'disableCreateForAuthors', null, 2);

// disable Add/Create if user is an author
function disableCreateForAuthors($tableName, $action) {

  if ($GLOBALS['hasAuthorAccess'] && !$GLOBALS['hasEditorAccess']) { 
    $GLOBALS['schema']['_disableAdd'] = 1; 
  }

}

//eof

Let me know if that works for you!

Thanks Dave!

Works great.

ragi