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Stripped down admin section for clients
26 February 2009 at 11:56am
I'm thinking of using SilverStripe to create some very basic informational (brochure) web sites. The only thing my clients would want to do would be to update copy on the existing pages.
I would be the one to go in and create new pages, edit forms, fill out metadata, etc...
I'm worried that the myriad tabs and features in the admin section would be intimidating to my clients. Is there a module that lets one strip the admin interface down to the absolute basics for non-techy security groups?
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Re: Stripped down admin section for clients
26 February 2009 at 1:07pm Last edited: 26 February 2009 1:08pm
First thing to do would be to create a security group for them, and make it so they can only access the content section.
Then it depends on how much work you want to put in... you modify the CMS fields so that if they're not an admin, you remove the tabs the don't need, for example.
To stop them creating new pages I think you can override cancreate?
eg:
<?php
class Page extends SiteTree {public function canCreate($member = false) {
//logic to determine if they have permission;
parent::canCreate($member);
}public function getCMSFields() {
$fields = parent::getCMSFields();
// modify $fields as required
return $fields;
}}
...
?>
Would be interested to hear how you go.
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Re: Stripped down admin section for clients
17 July 2009 at 6:27pm
meekish, try out my new module Simplify - it can strip down the admin interface to the bare minimum
Check it out here:
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Re: Stripped down admin section for clients
18 July 2009 at 3:49am
This is great. Thanks for making it. I ended up going with WordPress with some plugins to simplify the admin section, but if I land a new client soon, I may give this a shot. Thanks again.
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