I no longer work for that company so don't have access to the code What version of farcry are you using?
I think category and navigation both use the same table (nested_tree_objects) to build the hierarchy, with a different type (dmNavigation or category) So in theory, you could build a category security model based on the navigation model. Added a categoty type to dmpermission?? Something to think about. I will have a quick look tomorrow when I am at work. On Nov 28, 2007 10:56 PM, Jaci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you would be willing to share how you did that I would be really > greatful. > > What if the user/group had access to post to more than one category? > > Do you think I could extend the events type to include a drop down of > categories that the user can post to? I have no idea how to go about > doing this, but if my category tree matches my nav tree then whatever > nav areas they have access to would equal whatever categories they > could post to. In theory it seems like it would work. I'm amazed that > there isn't already a way to more granularly secure event posting. > > I hope your willing to share what you've done...It could at least get > me moving in the right directions. > > Jaci > > > On Nov 28, 8:47 am, "AJ Mercer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have done something similar back in v3 days > > > > what I essentially did is at login set a variable that stored their > > department (which mapped to a category) > > and then used that to set category rather than use the category tree to > > select one > > > > On Nov 28, 2007 10:39 PM, Jaci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way in the permissions/policies to restrict user to only > > > post events to specificic categories based on their access? I don't > > > see this as an option "out of the box". It seems like you can only > > > restrict whether one can post events with our without approval. Can > > > anyone tell me how I can extend farcry to do this, if in fact it is > > > not available. We need to have many different departments posting > > > events without having to approve their content but we need it to be > > > associated with the right categories and only the categories they > > > should be allowed to post to. Our category tree mimics our site tree. > > > Thanks. I'm still not totally comfortable with how to utilize the > > > Farcry API so please keep that in mind. > > > > > I asked this questions as response to an earlier thread but thought > > > that it maybe should be posted as a seperate topic as my initial > > > question was already answered. > > > > -- > > > > AJ Mercer > > Web Log:http://webonix.net- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- AJ Mercer Web Log: http://webonix.net --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "farcry-dev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
