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pch
@pch
9 years ago
328 posts
Hello,

Is there a way to hide the public Admin Status? (Master Admin Only)

Sometimes I can be working on the site but I don't want users or public visitors to know that I am online (invisible mode). I would like the master Admin status to still show "offline" while I am online with the possibility to switch from Offline to Online at anytime (a kind of status switcher). Is it possible?

Thanks
updated by @pch: 09/12/16 09:27:35PM
paul
@paul
9 years ago
4,335 posts
Its possible.
I'd create a checkbox field in the user account form using the Form Designer. Call the field 'user_master_status' say and allocate it to just the master admin group.
Then, in the User module online_status_row template, test for the master admin and the value of this new custom field, outputting 'offline/online' as appropriate.
hth


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Strumelia
Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,605 posts
Another thought would be to simply create an additional Master Admin profile/user with a generic member name, and log in under that profile when working on the site while wanting to appear offline with your recognized ID. It's always good to have a spare Master Admin account anyway, in case you want someone to help you fix your site at some point but don't want them to have access to your private stuff and messages etc.


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pch
@pch
9 years ago
328 posts
paul:
Its possible.
I'd create a checkbox field in the user account form using the Form Designer. Call the field 'user_master_status' say and allocate it to just the master admin group.
Then, in the User module online_status_row template, test for the master admin and the value of this new custom field, outputting 'offline/online' as appropriate.
hth

Hi Paul. Thanks. Any plan to include it to the core feature and roll it out in the system update? Thanks.

strumelia:
Another thought would be to simply create an additional Master Admin profile/user with a generic member name, and log in under that profile when working on the site while wanting to appear offline with your recognized ID. It's always good to have a spare Master Admin account anyway, in case you want someone to help you fix your site at some point but don't want them to have access to your private stuff and messages etc.

Hi strumelia. Thanks for your reply. You are right I have thought of a spare Master Admin account too. It will be useful.

Thanks
Strumelia
Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,605 posts
And after you let someone work on your site using your spare Maste Admin profile, you can change its password to lock them out when they're done.


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pch
@pch
9 years ago
328 posts
Exactly ;)
paul
@paul
9 years ago
4,335 posts
Quote: Hi Paul. Thanks. Any plan to include it to the core feature and roll it out in the system update? Thanks.
No because that is what we have the Form Designer and the templating system for ;-)
Give me a while and I'll post a 'how to' here. What I described above is pretty simple to do and explain.


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist
pch
@pch
9 years ago
328 posts
lol, You got me :)
I was afraid to do it myself and I didn't want to bore you, asking about how to do it.

Thanks in advance for the tutorial. I will wait.

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