Widget permissions?

[Spillage]

How do you set viewing permissions for widgets?
I want to restrict certain widgets to members only.

TiA,

[Wayne Luke]

There is no inherit Widget permissions in the system. However you can assign custom templates to individual widgets. Within those custom templates, you can surround the HTML code in a conditional that checks the usergroup. For example:

<vb:if conditional="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, X,Y,Z)">
... widget code here...
</vb:if>

If they aren't in the usergroups that are represented by X, Y, and Z then the code will be empty and nothing will be shown.

[Spillage]

Thanks, Wayne.
That's what I thought, and had tried, but it doesn't seem to work.
With that code in place, I can log out, and the widget is still visible.

[Wayne Luke]

Thanks, Wayne.
That's what I thought, and had tried, but it doesn't seem to work.
With that code in place, I can log out, and the widget is still visible.

Would have to see the code you're using and the settings for your widget.

[Spillage]

I'm using a Static HTML widget.
It contains;

<vb:if conditional="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 2,5,6,7,12,13)">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ji.revolvermaps.com/r.js"></script><script type="text/javascript">rm_f1st('0','212','true','false','000000','8mg13fu8x4l','true','ff0000');</script><noscript><applet codebase="http://ri.revolvermaps.com/j" code="core.RE" width="212" height="212" archive="g.jar"><param name="cabbase" value="g.cab" /><param name="r" value="true" /><param name="n" value="false" /><param name="i" value="8mg13fu8x4l" /><param name="m" value="0" /><param name="s" value="212" /><param name="c" value="ff0000" /><param name="v" value="true" /><param name="b" value="000000" /><param name="rfc" value="true" /></applet></noscript>
</vb:if>

[Wayne Luke]

I'm using a Static HTML widget.
It contains;

<vb:if conditional="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 2,5,6,7,12,13)">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ji.revolvermaps.com/r.js"></script><script type="text/javascript">rm_f1st('0','212','true','false','000000','8mg13fu8x4l','true','ff0000');</script><noscript><applet codebase="http://ri.revolvermaps.com/j" code="core.RE" width="212" height="212" archive="g.jar"><param name="cabbase" value="g.cab" /><param name="r" value="true" /><param name="n" value="false" /><param name="i" value="8mg13fu8x4l" /><param name="m" value="0" /><param name="s" value="212" /><param name="c" value="ff0000" /><param name="v" value="true" /><param name="b" value="000000" /><param name="rfc" value="true" /></applet></noscript>
</vb:if>

You can't use conditionals in the content of the widget. You need to use a custom template.

So at the bottom of your widget it should say:
Template Name - vbcms_widget_static_page

So looking at that template in the style manager you get this code:

<div class="cms_widget">
    <div class="block">
        <div class="cms_widget_header">
        <h3><img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_siteicons}/html.png" alt="" /> {vb:raw widget_title}</h3>
        </div>
        <div class="cms_widget_content widget_content">
        {vb:raw static_html}
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

So you would copy this code and select "Add New Template" from the Style Manager dropdown.

In this new template you're going to give it a name. Say something like: vbcms_widget_static_page_custom1

Then your code would be:

<vb:if conditional="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 2,5,6,7,12,13)">
<div class="cms_widget">
     <div class="block">
        <div class="cms_widget_header">
        <h3><img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_siteicons}/html.png" alt="" /> {vb:raw widget_title}</h3>
        </div>
        <div class="cms_widget_content widget_content">
        {vb:raw static_html}
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
</vb:if>

So now in your widget, the code you would enter would be this:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ji.revolvermaps.com/r.js"></script><script type="text/javascript">rm_f1st('0','212','true','false','000000','8mg13fu8x4l','true','ff0000');</script><noscript><applet codebase="http://ri.revolvermaps.com/j" code="core.RE" width="212" height="212" archive="g.jar"><param name="cabbase" value="g.cab" /><param name="r" value="true" /><param name="n" value="false" /><param name="i" value="8mg13fu8x4l" /><param name="m" value="0" /><param name="s" value="212" /><param name="c" value="ff0000" /><param name="v" value="true" /><param name="b" value="000000" /><param name="rfc" value="true" /></applet></noscript>

And you would set the template name to: vbcms_widget_static_page_custom1

[Spillage]

Arrrh, I see.

When saving the template, I get the following error;

The following error occurred when attempting to evaluate this template: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')' in /var/www/vhosts/nscale.net/httpdocs/forums/includes/adminfunctions_template.php(5217) : eval()'d code on line 1 This is likely caused by a malformed conditional statement. It is highly recommended that you fix this error before continuing, but you may continue as-is if you wish.

Why would the ")" be unexpected on line #1?

[Wayne Luke]

Sorry.. Change conditional to condition.

<vb:if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 2,5,6,7,12,13)">
<div class="cms_widget">
     <div class="block">
        <div class="cms_widget_header">
        <h3><img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_siteicons}/html.png" alt="" /> {vb:raw widget_title}</h3>
        </div>
        <div class="cms_widget_content widget_content">
        {vb:raw static_html}
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
</vb:if>

[Spillage]

That did it.

Thank you for your assistance.
Your time is greatly appreciated.

All the best for the festive season.