Making dashboard available to non-admins

jaymmer

I have a non-admin role that allows for removal and adding of users, but the dashboard link doesn't actually come up. It works if I manually enter 'p=/dashboard/user' in the address bar, but I'd like the dashboard link to come up just like it would on my admin account... is there a way to do this?

Linc

In your theme in your default.master.php file (copy it to your theme if you haven't yet), change this:
// $this->Menu->AddLink('Dashboard', T('Users'), '/user/browse', array('Garden.Users.Add', 'Garden.Users.Edit', 'Garden.Users.Delete'));
To this:
$this->Menu->AddLink('Users', T('Users'), '/dashboard/user', array('Garden.Users.Add', 'Garden.Users.Edit', 'Garden.Users.Delete'));

jaymmer

I'm not sure what you mean by copying it to my theme... do I just copy the file across to the root folder of the theme and then edit it, or is there something else I need to do?

Linc

Theming Quick Start: http://vanillaforums.org/page/ThemeQuickStart

Short answer: copy it to the 'views' folder of your theme and edit it.

jaymmer

Ahh cool thanks, got it working

Another question, not very important, but I thought I'd ask now that I'm at it: is there a way to make the link not appear for admin (since admin has got the dashboard link, a separate link to user settings is kinda redundant)?

Linc

Place this right before that line:
if(!$Session->CheckPermission('Garden.Settings.Manage'))