Chris, What if you were to use the new ability to extend core types and in the new cfc leave out the bUseIntree. I extended the dmNaviagation and forgot to add in the bUseinTree and sure enough it did not show.
-- Regards, Michael J. Sammut ____________________________________________________________________ F O U R E Y E S P R O D U C T I O N S think | plan | create :: web site design & development :: NYC E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | T: 718.254.9557 ext. 101 | F: 718.254.0399 W. http://www.foureyes.com "Chris Kent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Geoff, > > Let me first explain a little about the site. > It is an entertainment news, review, online store - providing news, > reviews etc. about films, videos, music, games, tv ... anything to do > with the entertainment industry. > It will be included in the list of sources for Google News. > It will have about 80 news contributors as well as the site > admin/editors/publishers. These news contributors will probably not be > able to authorise the content. > > The news contributors will be able to create news items, events and > links about whatever stories they like. What I need to provide is a > mechanism for them to link content items together, this could be > achieved by extending the dmNews and bringing in aRelatedObjectIDs > within the existing maintenance sections. But what i wish to do is > provide a hierarchical structure to the news. Then using the built in > getSiblings, getAncestors, getChildren etc i will be able to provide > related content links when a news story is displayed. This is why i > think it is best to let them add through the tree, it is using so much > of the in-built functionality of Farcry. > > I have created a new node of the root, called content - i really liked > the way that this automatically created a new sub-tab under the site tab > similar to files and images - very sweet. The news contributors will > have access to create content in this area only, this is achieved by > permissions. > > This all works, but what i would like to do is "hide" the links to > create html, css, flash, includes from these news contributors. I know a > bit of training and they "should not" create content of these types. > > Example of a simple news story hierarchy, this hierarchy will grow as > new "stories are added". > root > -Content > --News Item: A new James Bond film is announced > ---Event Item: Film production to start > ----News Item: more news about film production.... > ---Link to official film website > ---News Item: Actor list... > ----News Item: Story about one of the actors on the film > ----News Item: Story about another actor on the film > ---Event Item: Film premiere > ----News Item: covering the film premiere > > Hope this all makes sense. > > Chris. > > Geoff Bowers wrote: > > > > > Chris Kent wrote: > > ...snip...8<... > > > >> This works perfectly, but I would like to remove the options to > >> dmHTML, dmFalsh, dmCSS, dmInclude from a Group of contributor users, > >> just allowing them to create dmNavigation, dmNews, dmLinks, dmEvents, > >> dmImage and dmFile. These options will still remain for other users > >> who have access to the tree. > > > > ...snip...8<... > > > >> I have looked through all the policy group permissions, but can not > >> see one that will allow me to restrict these types by Policy Group. > >> > >> I do not wish to change core to archive this. Does anyone have any > >> suggestions. > > > > > > I don't think we ever envisaged this sort of use. The tree > > permissions work on a pretty clever inheritence model that is really > > designed to allow contributors with access the ability to add whatever > > content types. The point is to restrict where they can contribute and > > not what. You can of course require another group to approve that > > content. > > > > Your effectively saying you want a permission that allows different > > groups access to see certain content types in the tree, in addition to > > the permission to create/edit/approve. Can you explain from a "use > > case" point why you need this? > > > > Would one of your contributors potentially beable to add dmNews in one > > section of the tree but then not in another? Or is this an all or > > nothing permmisson on the content type? > > > > Can you clarify why you are getting contributors to add news through > > the tree and not through the use of standard News Admin and publishing > > rules? > > > > Apologies for all the questions -- it's important for our team to > > understand what motivates developers to change the way things were > > originally designed. We trying to work out if we're not communicating > > enough or if the code base needs to be changed. > > > > -- geoff > > http://www.daemon.com.au/ > > > > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004
