[bszb1]

does only superuser-admin have right to post a messages to the main page (so not "news and newsletter", only messages) .../admin.php?op=messages

does anybody have any idea how to give right for simple admins to post messages?

tnx!

[Biggles]

Run this query in phpMyAdmin to add the "messages" option to the list of permissions in the admins section:

PHP:

ALTER TABLE `cms_admins` ADD `radminmessages` TINYINT( 4 ) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL ;

To allow users to modify the messages, open your admin/modules/messages.php file and change line 17 from:

PHP:

if (!can_admin()) { die('Access Denied'); }

to:

PHP:

if (!can_admin('messages')) { die('Access Denied'); }

And lastly, to show the messages link in the administrator menu, open admin/links/adlnk_main.php and cut lines 58 and 59 and paste them at the end of the file. Then put around them:

PHP:

if (can_admin('messages')) { }

So, the end of this file should look like:

PHP:

if (can_admin('messages')) {
	$menuitems['_AMENU3'][_MESSAGES]['URL'] = adminlink('messages');
	$menuitems['_AMENU3'][_MESSAGES]['IMG'] = 'messages';
}

[bszb1]

Thank U Mr. Biggles, my problem is solved

[alejgonz]

Hi Biggles and bszb1.

bszb1: you had exactly the same question as I have.

Biggles: thanks a lot for the precise instruction... it works just as I need it.

Thanks a lot!!

[stegran]

Hi all, this is my first post, so I hope its okay me replying in this thread. I have the exact same problem as bszb1 except I want my admins to have access to messages, news, surveys and topics.
I can follow the excellant advice of mr. biggles, and just wondered if any1 could help me with the extra stuff I need to do to allow access for the news, surveys and topics.

Any help much appreciated

[stegran]

Bump

[Phoenix]

Well, if you have assigned admins, you would also have seen the list of modules you can assign to them.
admin.php?op=admins

[layingback]

Does anyone have a current (9.2.1) version for this hack? TIA

[Dizfunkshunal]

Phoenix wrote:

Well, if you have assigned admins, you would also have seen the list of modules you can assign to them.
admin.php?op=admins

messages is not in the list of modules you can assign to admin

[layingback]

That I understand, thanks.

My question is: Does anyone have an update to Biggles original hack (here) to make it work in DF 9.2.1?

The code given by Biggles seems to be required but doesn't seem to be sufficient in my tests. It looks as if messages.php has been rewritten since 2005

[Dizfunkshunal]

it has but that part has not changed. I think and im no pro or even amature at php but I think adding

PHP:

if (can_admin('messages')) {
	$menuitems['_AMENU3'][_MESSAGES]['URL'] = adminlink('messages');
	$menuitems['_AMENU3'][_MESSAGES]['IMG'] = 'messages';
}

after line 100 in the admin/links/adlnk_main.php with the rest of the changed biggles listed should do the trick. i attached a screeny so you can what is above it.

[layingback]

Well thanks Diz, it does kind of work now.

I'd done the above already, and was expecting Messages to appear in the selection list in the Admins page, but it does not. Which led me to believe that it didn't work.

But I did manage to activate Messages access, by skipping that step, and editing the db directly (after applying the changes of course).

Would be nice if it appeared in the selection list though ...

[NanoCaiordo]

In 9.2.3 CVS.

Log out and log in after the upgrade to make all changes active.