templates for custom category management
It would be a good idea to allow admins to save their settings for a category when they have a useful configuration for custom permissions. When you have dozens of categories it becomes really tedious setting (usually the same permissions) for each user-group. If you could save the setup (check-box values) as a template then apply them with one click to all categories it would be so much quicker.
When a category needs something more custom simply go in and change that one category and if you think you'll use that setup again save it as a custom permissions template too. These templates could be shared with other admins on the system and/or moderators at the discretion of the main admin.
The same could be said for the 'Roles & Permissions' menu - anytime your presented with more than a few check-boxes and a routine that needs to be carried out several times it becomes very, very tedious ==yaaawn==.
Come on!! this is what computers do best: repetition, so we don't have to - humans provide the real-world thinking -computer spare us from tedious, repetitive tasks.
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This sounds like a good idea for a plugin. My idea is to add a "copy from..., add from..., and remove from..." dropdown in the edit category page (only shown if the custom permissions box is checked, of course). Selecting an option would bring up a modal that lists all the current categories. Copying would replace all the current permissions with that of the category, adding would union them, and remove would difference them.
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For a better feel for what I am talking about, check out my Bulk Edit plugin which does some of the same thing on the users page.
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hey hgtonight - Bulk Edit looks exactly like my concept - its a little like the 'with' keyword used in PHPMyAdmin and programming languages, applying a command to multiple targets. If i had more knowledge of 'Garden' i would have a go - i'm picking up bits and pieces but i don't come from an MVC background so have to learn as i go which has served me well ... so far!!
Let me know if you incorporate anything like this into Bulk Edit - Vanilla needs more of this 'Bulk' admin - 5 categories fine - 500+ categories aaaargggh!! my head hurts.
It would be a separate plugin. I can't say I am motivated to make it right now since I wouldn't personally use it. Perhaps in the future.
P.S. Obligatory plug for Bulk Invite, which was sponsored by another community member and offers more 'bulk' functionality.
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