Re: [Summary-Talk] feature badly needed

[Alex Pilson <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:30 AM -0500 12/13/05, John May wrote:
>  >John May wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   Use "Custom HTML header" on the Custom HTML configuration page
>>>>   to define a header that doesn't contain the configuration button.
>>>
>>>   Will this disable it too if the administrator is logged in?  Or will
>>>   it reappear then?
>>
>>Yes, this would disable it even when the administrator is logged in. The
>>administrator would generally know the direct URL for the configuration
>>page, and the configuration link will appear and disappear in the report
>>menu based on being logged in as administrator. The only thing that
>>isn't easy to do when you have removed the configuration button is
>>report layout configuration, where the URL changes for each report, but
>>that doesn't usually need to be accessed frequently.
>>
>>One thing some people do is to put a link to the configuration page on
>>one of the characters that appears in the footer anyway and style the
>>link so that it is the same color as the rest of the text and isn't
>>underlined. Then you can easily get to configuration but the presence of
>>the link isn't obvious.
>>
>>Jason
>
>
>So wouldn't Alex's original request to be able to disable the
>configure button for end-users be a good thing then, instead of this
>rather arcane work-around?

Agreed.
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      Alex Pilson
      FlagShip Interactive, Inc.
      alex@flagshipinteractive.com
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