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Re: New user questions

Posted by Pedro on Dec 19, 2011; 6:13pm
URL: https://support.nabble.com/New-user-questions-tp7106200p7109166.html

GregChapman wrote
Hi Christina,

I'm sure one of the team will be along soon to give a definitive answer to these questions, but here's my stab at them.

Christina wrote
1. Is there a way on the blog to hide the "new post" icon if the user does not have posting rights?
This can be done by editing the NAML that generates the page. Visit the link at the bottom of the page and then drill down through these macros and you'll find the entry the macro that you need to delete:
| view_blog › view_blog_page › blog_page_layout › sidebar_widget › actions_widget
We suggest moving the "New Post" link into the dropdown menu and make it available only to users who have permission to post. This is possible to do with our NAML code. We can do that for you, but we need a link to your app(s).

GregChapman wrote
2. I saw some converstations about parent apps... I'm trying out both the forum and blog for my site - would the use of a parent app mean my users have one login for both?
No! the whole point of using a parent app is that it gives you access to all sub-apps with the same logon. So if you expect to have a number of areas within your forum for different topics, these would all be handled by different sub-forums. Each sub-forum can be assigned a different application type, so you could make one your blog.
If your apps have the same parent, then the single logon should work fine. Do you plan to have both apps in different pages of your site? Is a common parent an issue for you?

GregChapman wrote
3. are there any options to alter the heading format - I am embedding the apps in a template page
 and it would be neat to be able to hide the title as it is already displayed on the page
At the top level of your applications go to: OPTIONS > APPLICATION > CHANGE APPEARANCE. This opens the black formatting bar at the top of the screen. Under the PREFERENCES button there is a check box: SHOW APP TITLE. Clear the box. Note that changes made here are inherited by all sub-applications. There's many more customisations that can be made from the formatting bar.
Greg is right, the change appearance toolbar should solve your problem. Please try that and let us know if you still have issues.


GregChapman wrote
4. Can I hide the "people" section of the blog?
That can be done via user permissions. The default is to show PEOPLE to registered users. Remove that permission for that user group. See: OPTIONS > USERS > CHANGE PERMISSIONS. Note that sub-forums inherit any permissions set, unless you over-ride them at the sub-forum level.
At OPTIONS > USERS > CHANGE PERMISSIONS , you can uncheck the "Show_group_members" boxes.

GregChapman wrote
5. I'd also like to be able to hide the "show how NAML generates this page
That can be done in a similar way to hiding the "New Post" link. As a Premium Support customer, I'm sure the team will be able to make the changes for you if you are reluctant to dig in the code yourself.
Can we make that link smaller (e.g., "NAML") and still keep it there? The idea is to let people know about our technology. A small link shouldn't hurt your pages. Please let me know what you think.
My test forum.