UPDATED: news: set permission for user by category

[streever]

NOTE:
I want to test this but am not sure what variable to use for USER in my list below. Is it $user_group == 'name of group'?
NOTE THE SECOND:
I did figure out the group variable: it's $group

I am running into a syntax problem with the if statement: anyone have any help? What syntax should I use? look below the original message to see what my code is like.

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Hi all,

I know this isn't inside the news module.

But I think it'd be easy to modify it in the following way:

I want to set a line of code in the TEMPLATE file of the ADMIN--this line says, "{if user == x}css style to hide the category that they aren't allowed to see{endif}

Meanwhile each category has it's own CSS stlye (which I hard-code in the template)

Does this make sense? I think it does. I think it will work.

Please let me know if I'm reinventing the wheel & this already exists (and I'm just not finding it) or if there is a better way. I'll be doing the same thing with CALENDAR.

Thanks,

David

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WHERE I AM AT:
//Load the current articles
if ( $group != admin )
{
$entryarray = array();

$dbresult = '';

$query1 = "SELECT n.*, nc.long_name FROM ".cms_db_prefix()."module_news n LEFT OUTER JOIN ".cms_db_prefix()."module_news_categories nc ON n.news_category_id = nc.news_category_id ";
$query2 = "SELECT count(n.news_id) AS count FROM ".cms_db_prefix()."module_news n LEFT OUTER JOIN ".cms_db_prefix()."module_news_categories nc ON n.news_category_id = nc.news_category_id ";
$parms = array()
if ($curcategory != '')
  {
    $query1 .= " WHERE nc.long_name LIKE ?";
    $query2 .= " WHERE nc.long_name LIKE ?";
    if( $allcategories == 'yes' )
      {
$parms[] = $curcategory.'%';
      }
    else
      {
$parms[] = $curcategory;
      }
  }
$query1 .= ' ORDER by '.$sortby;
$query1 .= " LIMIT $startelement,$pagelimit";


this is my code right now

see it says if you aren't admin, then it does the standard article spit-out
I want to set several: one for each group that I have--that spits out only the category which is appropriate.

I feel close but need a little help. Please get back to me!

[streever]

also:
I know this may seem weird
it has to be hard-coded into the template

but it's the only solution I can think of unless CMSMS adds more complex controls for groups/etc. I don't mind adding it manually, it's a one-time (or at most once a year time...) thing.

I know this won't be an ideal solution for everyone, but it will help me, and 2 of my clients. I am sure it will help a lot of other users!

[streever]

Does anyone have any feedback on this?

i'm very, very close, but just am having a hard time telling the script to pull only x category: I need to figure out how to say,

"if %group == groupname
display from rows when category=x
else
if %group == groupname
display from rows when category=x
else

etc etc.... this is all it has to say, it seems so simple, but of course I don't know everything about the original page.

I'm running into an error with my syntax on the articles php page--that's where the issue is--so if anyone has any info, let me know.

Thanks!!

[streever]

Hey all,

for anyone following this, this is what I've gotten to now:
I tried to nest the call to categories in an if statement, and that returns an error: the page loads nothing, and labels one of the OTHER if statements as incorrect.

So, I'm revising the way that I write the if statement--I hope to have that part working later today, and will post the code when I get it working.

Then I'll be on to figuring out how to just pull one category.

[Dr.CSS]

You might have wanted to put this under Modules/Add-Ons...

[streever]

hmmm can i move it now? or should i just re-post?

[streever]

does anyone know where I can find an example of the proper syntax for if statements? I looked at the guts of the pages, but I can't reproduce it.

Should I read smarty documentation on if?

[alby]

does anyone know where I can find an example of the proper syntax for if statements? I looked at the guts of the pages, but I can't reproduce it.

Should I read smarty documentation on if?

If you use if statement in template/page you must use smarty sintax, if you use in php/udt you must use php sintax

Alby