[support] Links Available "Conditionally" Within the Same Block

[John Callahan]

I'm not if it will solve your problem but Views can be restricted to 
roles.  When editing  a view, check the Access item under Basic Settings. 

- John

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John Callahan
Geospatial Application Developer
Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware
227 Academy St, Newark DE 19716-7501
Tel: (302) 831-3584  
Email: john.callahan at udel.edu
http://www.dgs.udel.edu
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Moses Elias wrote:
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> John said:
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> >> If these links went to actual pages (that contained more 
> information, integrated web forms, additional links), then you can set 
> >> access controls to those pages, such as through Content 
> Access/ACL.   I am not sure but I think the Drupal menu system will >> 
> take the page permissions into account before displaying the menu 
> links.  I could be wrong though.
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> Unfortunately Drupal isn't so straightforward as to provide a one to 
> one relationship between an accessible/inaccessible node and the 
> permissions page (which would have been great). One has to fiddle and 
> experiment for quite some time before the relationship is clear 
> sometimes.
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> Besides the path to the nodes in question are defined through a View 
> (and not a page) and so I believe Content Access/ACL will be 
> redundant. How do you grant access to a _/View/_ based on role? Is 
> there a way? Please correct me if I am wrong?
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> Moses
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> *From:* support-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces at drupal.org] 
> *On Behalf Of *John Callahan
> *Sent:* Friday, March 20, 2009 6:09 PM
> *To:* support at drupal.org
> *Subject:* Re: [support] Links Available "Conditionally" Within the 
> Same Block
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> If these links went to actual pages (that contained more information, 
> integrated web forms, additional links), then you can set access 
> controls to those pages, such as through Content Access/ACL.   I am 
> not sure but I think the Drupal menu system will take the page 
> permissions into account before displaying the menu links.  I could be 
> wrong though.
>
> - John
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> John Callahan
> Geospatial Application Developer
> Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware
> 227 Academy St, Newark DE 19716-7501
> Tel: (302) 831-3584  
> Email: john.callahan at udel.edu <mailto:john.callahan at udel.edu>
> http://www.dgs.udel.edu
> **************************************************
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> Moses Elias wrote:
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> I have a block in a sidebar with 3 menu items. Call them A, B, and C.
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> 1) A is available to authenticated users.  It allows them to create 
> new groups once they are authenticated. Creating a group automatically 
> promotes the creator to being a group member and a group admin.
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> 2) B is available to authenticated users, who are members of or have 
> created one group at least. It allows them to post to a group.
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> 3) C is available to authenticated users, who are members of or have 
> created one group at least. It allows them to invite users to the group.
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> How do I conditionally give authenticated users access to links on the 
> basis of their roles within the same block (and not separate blocks)?
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> What I have found so far is that either the entire block is visible or 
> invisible. What I want instead is that some of the links should be 
> present under certain conditions while at other times not.
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> Moses
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