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Very Impressive. My thnx to webmasters.

Thanks for this plugin
It would be nice to be able to limit the number of news items that is displayed rather than having only the option to remove the entire section(s).

Hi!

First of all: great work! This plugin is indeed very useful!

But I have a question: how can I create a different dashboard for different user levels? e.g. I have links and stuff which should only be read by the admin, how can i prevent a “normal” user from seeing this content?

thanks for your help!
sorcerer

1. Aaron posted the following on August 20, 2007 at 11:07 am.

   This can be done using the user roles and capabilities built into WordPress.

   Basically to determine a user’s level you are going to pick a skill and check if they have it. EG The author level is the lowest level that can upload content.

   The code for this is:

   2. <?php if(current_user_can('edit_users')){ ?>
   4. //
   5. // Place code only users who are able to edit_users here.
   6. //
   8. <?php } ?>
   9. Use the following to copy and paste the code.
      <?php if(current_user_can('edit_users')){ ?> // // Place code only users who are able to edit_users here. // <?php } ?>
   Reply to Aaron
   1. Jay posted the following on April 10, 2008 at 2:48 pm.

      First, thank you for your great plug-in!
      But I have a question.
      So, to make all my subscribers to NOT see “devnews”, “planetnews” and “incoming”, what do I have to add in the php code block?

      Could you tell me the exact code to block them?

      TIA!

      -jay-

      Reply to Jay
      1. Aaron posted the following on April 10, 2008 at 2:55 pm.

         That can all be done with the checkboxes.

         Reply to Aaron
      2. Jay posted the following on April 11, 2008 at 3:03 pm.

         I know the options; but selecting them also affects to admin view. How can I avoid the situation, blocking only non-admins?

         TIA,

         Reply to Jay
      3. Aaron posted the following on April 11, 2008 at 5:10 pm.

         You would have to directly edit the dashboard.php file. Unfortunately, I don’t have a copy of the code at hand, so I can’t say for sure, but you will have to add global $current_user; inside the “dasboard_wipe” function and edit each if/else statement and change most of the lines that look like: $dashboard['dashboard_secondary'] || $all == 1 to (!current_user_can('edit_posts') && $dashboard['dashboard_secondary']) || $all == 1

         Reply to Aaron
      4. Saff Sam posted the following on April 23, 2008 at 8:04 am.

         Okay I have been following your thread to try and achieve the following:

         I would like to use the plugin creat a different simple dashboard for my contributors.

         So to do so I need to:

         Add

         //
         // Place code only users who are able to edit_users here.
         //

         But what code do I add here? Also it seems strange to use what a current user can do, surely it should be something they cant do?

         Then I need to add:

         global $current_user;

         to dashboard…but where exactly or does it not matter?

         Then replace:

         $dashboard['dashboard_secondary'] || $all == 1

         with

         (!current_user_can(‘edit_posts’) && $dashboard['dashboard_secondary'] || $all == 1

         Should this then give me what I am looking for in the scenario above?

         Thanks for your time

         Reply to Saff Sam
      5. Aaron posted the following on April 24, 2008 at 11:12 pm.

         The current_user_can was for adding content for the admin user. You can prefix this as !current_user_can to check the reverse.

         You can add whatever code you want in that block. It is only an example of how to check user permissions.

         I’m not sure what the scenario you are looking for is, but yes, it would show a different dashboard to non-admin users.

         Reply to Aaron

Excellent plug-in, but I somehow managed to break it after adding ‘admin3′, ’2′ additional sidebars and then put the RSS sidebar widget into the ‘admin’ sidebar with the following error:

Warning: preg_split() expects parameter 3 to be long, string given in wp-content/plugins/wordpress-dashboard-editor/dashboard.php on line 109

Thought it best to tell you…

1. Martin Teley posted the following on April 3, 2008 at 4:29 am.

   Same happened to me when upgrading from v2.3.3 to v2.5.

   Reply to Martin Teley

Hi Mike,

Thanks for that. It did clear the error, but it removed *everything* on the Dashboard *except* my customized menu. No top or bottom menu bars, no nothing. I’ve now replaced version 1.01 with version 0.2 and all is fine again. As I clear the dashboard and only use my own customised menu, 0.2 works fine for me. Must remember not to upgrade!

Jeremy

i love this plugin, i have it running on several sites, but on one site (which is hosted on a different server) i’m getting the same line 109 error as jeremy, and the suggested fix doesn’t work for me either.

i’d be really chuffed if anyone knows how to resolve this!

thanks
simon

I was able to work around the problem by removing individual components. Wipe all still does not work, even with the code change in 109. Same error as before. At least it works. I am happy! Strangely, it works fine on other WP sites I have. Must be a theme compatibility issue.

1. Aaron posted the following on April 13, 2008 at 6:49 pm.

   I’ve uploaded the correct fixed version to the plugins database. Please try upgrading.

   Reply to Aaron

When I upgraded to 2.5, I no longer am able to see “Dashboard Management” under the Dashboard section. This is for an install where I had DM activated and updated it automatically. Now when I activate it all I see is my custom text, but there is no way to modify or configure anything.

I’ve tried deactivating, deleting, re-installing and re-activating but get the same problem

In an install where I didn’t have DM activated, and activated it after an install, it was OK.

Any ideas?

1. A.I. posted the following on April 14, 2008 at 3:55 pm.

   Workaround: Go directly to the link!

   http://your.url/wp-admin/index.php?page=wordpress-dashboard-editor/dashboard.php Reply to A.I.
   1. M.B. posted the following on May 1, 2008 at 11:53 am.

      With the plugin active I’m having the same issue mentioned earlier: I only see my custom menu, no header or footer, and the Warning: preg_split() expects parameter 3 to be long, string given in /home/firesnak/www/www/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-dashboard-editor/dashboard.php on line 109 error.

      I had the complete wipe enabled before I upgraded, and when I reactivated the plugin it restored the options. That seems to be where my problem came from.

      Reply to M.B.
2. Mike posted the following on April 14, 2008 at 5:01 pm.

   Also, make sure the dashboard.php file is inside the default “wordpress-dashboard-editor” folder.

   Reply to Mike
   1. A.I. posted the following on April 14, 2008 at 6:30 pm.

      Good point. In fact, when it was not in the default install folder, the automatic upgrade failed. So it’s not a good idea to move out into the root plugins folder. Excellent catch.

      Reply to A.I.

Code fix (latest) could not work on mine (WP 2.5.1). However, some WP site works without any modification. So I also guess this caused by theme compatibiliy??
This plugin is one of my favorite. Hoping I can get fix soon.

Yeah, unfortunately I’m getting the same problem with this plugin not working in my new install of WP 2.5.1 – When I click on the dashboard, I see all the new elements I have added to my dashboard, but all of the wordpress navigation links (I mean everything except the dashboard contents) dissapears!

This is a real nice plugin. I hope I can get it working on the new WP soon.

I think the preg_split() call on line 109 is broken. Looks to me like it should be:

Note the assignment to the variable $part and the omission of the troubling 2nd parameter.

cheers,
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WP 2.5.1 – Dashboard Editor 1.1 – Tip: Customize your custom widget’s title

Maybe there’s a more straightforward and obvious way to do so, but I haven’t found it, so here’s my tip:

1. Open the file “dashboard.php” located inside the “wordpress-dashboard-editor” folder in a text editor.

2. Go to line #155 and replace
<h3 class=”dashboard-widget-title”>
with
<h3 class=”dashboard-widget-title” style=”margin: -38px 0 0 0;”>

3. Save your change.

4. At the beginning of the custom widget text area in the Dashboard Management panel, write:
<h3 class=”dashboard-widget-title” style=”margin: 0 -15px 0 -15px;”><span>YOUR_CUSTOM_TITLE</span><br class=”clear”/></h3>

5. Save your change.

6. Enjoy!

I was pretty psyched about this plugin, but unfortunately the dynamic dashboard widgets aspect of it is unusable. It looks like the plugin is trying to do some “magic” reformatting, and it’s not turning out pretty. One thing it seems to be doing consistently is adding <p>…</p> around the php code for the dynamic sidebar, but this is not good either.
Also, it seems to ignore my custom “title” text, showing Dashboard Editor Widget 1 instead, always.
So then I disabled the “Use Sidebar Widgets” option, to turn it off… and the box labeled Dashboard Editor Widget 1 does not go away. It’s empty, but it should be gone! Even deactivating and re-activating the widget doesn’t clear this condition. My only choice (unless I want to dink around in the database to delete the stuff this plugin left there) is to deactivate this plugin and forget it forever. Srsly, you should have a “clean uninstall” action for this plugin. And you’re asking for donations for this? I’ve seen plenty of plugins that are a lot more robust than this one, and their authors aren’t asking for money.

The other aspect of the plugin – disabling parts of the dashboard – seems to be working OK.
I’m using WP 2.5.1.

hi,

i want to do another thing.

i want to make “You have…” section visible only to the administrators but not to users of other levels.

can u plz provide the code for doing this??

thnx.

Is is possible to remove a widget once it has been created? I was playing around with the plugin on a test site, but I seem to be unable to get rid “fake widget”.

I accidentally enabled the complete wipe feature. Now I can’t see anything, so I haven’t been able to restore to the normal dashboard.

How do I recover from a complete wipe? Thanks.

I don’t get how to do this at all. I just want to add a weight tracker to my blog. This says to upload the .zip file but it says the file isn’t found when I try to save it to my computer when downloading. Where am I supposed to save it TO before uploading? It seems like a pain. Isn’t there an easy way to get a weight tracker from tickerfactory.com onto my blog???
Thanks

1. I_hate_whiners posted the following on August 2, 2008 at 9:59 am.

   khooray
   Yes, khooray, there is an easy way.
   Now quit your effing whining. Maybe someone else will feel like answering you then.

   Reply to I_hate_whiners

Thanks for the great plugin!

I’m trying to ‘hack’ your plugin a bit, so that I can have different pages for different user-levels.

I have the user levels working, and they can have there own custom profile page, but my real problem is that I don’t know what action to associate a new form with.

ie. I wipe the dashboard page, and have a custom form placed on the page instead, so that I can process a users details directly. In the form, I can set an action (either as a form action, or as a hidden input type, as you use). If I use a form action, it’s looking for a page/permalink if I use a hidden input form, the POST variable isn’t getting set…. soooo ….

How do I redirect a form back to a function in the dashboard.php pluginfile (or any other file for that matter)?

Matt

I am missing something simple. I’m using WP 2.6.2. There are two editor windows on the dashboard, the top one says “The following code will be added before the wordpress widget section. (works in 2.3)” and the bottom one says “The following code will be added inside the wordpress widget section as a widget.” The top one doesn’t seem to do anything and when I use any of the editor buttons the code is inserted in the bottom editor.

So what is the top editor for or is it only for version 2.3?

Thanks

Great idea, just wish it worked with recent WP versions. :-/

Any news for a 2.7 compatible version? Or anybody have ideas on how to customize a 2.7 dash? This is important for all the reasons this article explains.

Thanks!

Hello, thanks for the plug-in … it’s very usefull, but i’ve enabled the complete wipe and now i can’t go back…
Please help !
I’ve desinstall, and reinstall the plugin, but i still can’t access to dashboard ..

PS: excuse my bad english, i hope someone understand my question …

I’m on 2.7.1 and have the same problem as the person above. I suppose it’s because of the version level. Hope it’s updated.

Is this going to be updated for 2.7?

Or does anyone have an alternative?

Cheers

It doesn’t work with WordPress 2.7.
Is this going to be updated?

Thanks!

Was looking for something like this but it does not appear to work for WP version 2.8.4 – installed fine but the ‘save’ button does not appear in the admin area so unable to use it. Hope there will be a fix/update soon!

Just wanted to let you know that the plugin doesn’t seem to work in the newer versions of wordpress. If ya have time maybe could ya update the plugin?

Hi – I am interested in next

I want to remove some features and statistics for all below status of administrator – Simply – I think that stuff can be annoying, and not only that – I don’t want anybody look at some things. Beside me and few others some data, features and similar will not be available to all – but by “status” of people on a blog

Is it possible with this by simple checking who will see what?

Thanks in advance

Spel

Great plugin !!! THANX A LOT !!

i installed your plug in and didnt realize it was outdated and now my dashboard is completely dysfunctional. i cant rearrange anything and “incoming links”, “plugins”, “quickpress”, “wordpress blog”, and “other wordpress news” never load in.