Remove Category Drop Down Box

akapope

I need to remove the category Drop Down Box in the 'Start a New Discussion' page. I've been looking at the /applications/vanilla/views/post/discussion.php file but I can't figure out how to alter the little code that handles this drop down box.

I'm trying to allow anonymous posting in a certain category, with users actually being able to view the contents of the category. I am embeded in WP, and trying to remove any link back traces of other categories, as well as cleaning up the "new discussion page" in order to make it look like more of a 'fill in the form' sort of page. But, with the drop box removed, I am either not selecting a category at all, or the discussions just get posted in 'General'

Thoughts?

peregrine

Essentially you are saying you want guests only to view one ccategory and only post in one category.

Have you tried

e.g.

1) create a category in dashboard called Guest Posting with custom permissions give permissions for guests to post.

2) change all the other categories to custom permissions not allowing guests to post or view.

akapope

You cant give guests permission to post not in 2.0 or 2.1

peregrine

right you are.

From your first comment it seems that you have got a way for anonymous user to post. You just haven't figured out out to prevent them from posting in certain categories. In that case change all the other categories to custom permissions so they require a certain role to post or view.

if my reading of what you have is wrong - maybe a combination of anonymouse plugin and custom permissions in categories.

akapope

That would work to deter posting where its unwanted. The next problem though is that my boss wants that drop down gone because of the way it looks.

If you only have permission to post in a single category, does the drop box disappear?

peregrine

Best I can say is try it. Sorry I don't know off hand. You could always try to hide it via jquery - if the page is on the particular category where only one category is available, assuming the category option select default is that category.

akapope

Alright, thanks. When I get home I will post the code I'm looking at in order to delve deeper into this

akapope

echo $this->Form->CategoryDropDown('CategoryID', array('Value' => GetValue('CategoryID', $this->Category)));

if I remove 'echo', it doesn't. Actually, the only change I can make is to write it as
echo $this->Form->CategoryDropDown('CategoryID')

so....how do I remove it, and the form still "automagically" select the proper discussion?

I have the form embed in wordpress using 'window.location.hash = "/post/discussion/2";'

peregrine

final answer....

Once again hide it (commenting out echo is not the same as hiding).

write yourself a plugin that calls the .css

div.Category {
           display:none
          }

or use jquery to hide div.Category based on the CATEGORY you are viewing and/or permissions

download a few plugins and study them and then write one.

Find someone to write the plugin for you, if you want to sponsor it.

akapope

Sorry, I didn't see your edited post.

Hiding it makes sense. I will study up on jquery and see what I can work out.

Thanks for all your help peregrine, when the site is up and running, I will send you the link.

-Ben

peregrine

Glad it wan insightful.