How do I get rid of "Activity" input box + comment button on member's profile pages?

adrial79

Hey all!

I keep having members mistakenly using the "Activity" function to post messages that are meant to be private messages. I'd like to just delete that altogether. How do I do this?

Specifically, here's what I want to delete:
http://screencast.com/t/yFyNRm3n

Thank you!

rasteron

hey @adrial79

you can just use CSS to hide the activity textbox and subheader by adding this to your custom stylesheet:

#dashboard_profile_index form.Activity, #dashboard_profile_index div.Profile h2.H {
 display:none;   
}

hope this helps.

vrijvlinder

It may be theme dependent but you can try this but it will remove the activity form from the profile as well. Maybe you can add a message that tells users the activity is a public broadcast not private.

.ActivityFormWrap{
display:none;
}

Adrian

You can also add the below to your /conf/config.php file

$Configuration['Garden']['Profile']['ShowActivities']= FALSE;

This will remove activities from profile pages completely.

Anonymoose

@adrial79 said:
I keep having members mistakenly using the "Activity" function to post messages that are meant to be private messages.

I've been having the same problem as well.

chanh

I added that line but the activity page is still there.

Anonymoose

@chanh said:
I added that line but the activity page is still there.

Delete your cache.

Adrian

Another option, could be adding a warning. You can place this in your template theme (as long as it ends with tpl). Add it above {asset name="Content"}

{if InSection("Profile")}
<div class="activityalert">
<b>Please note: all activity posts are public!</b>
</div>
{/if}

Then maybe add some nice CSS to your theme:

div.activityalert {
background-color: #ff0000 !important;
color: #fff !important;
padding:5px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}

adrial79

@Adrian said:
You can also add the below to your /conf/config.php file

$Configuration['Garden']['Profile']['ShowActivities']= FALSE;

This will remove activities from profile pages completely.

This worked perfectly! Thank you!

chanh

I just did and it is still shows. Thanks

vrijvlinder

Try using jquery and disable minify or similar if you use those.

jQuery(document).ready(function ($) {
$( "div.ActivityFormWrap" ).hide();
});

JasonBarnabe

In addition to $Configuration['Garden']['Profile']['ShowActivities']= FALSE;, if you remove the "View Activity" permission from accounts, they won't be able to access the general Activity page either.