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Making a block viewable for Admin only

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Greetings community. I have a button on my site that I'd only like the admin to see (it's the url to the post button for a new blog entry).

I've done some googling around, but struggle with finding the correct solution. Is there a way to make a block only viewable for an admin?

Right now I'm doing this:

<?php
      $a = new Area('Blog Button');
      $a->display($c);
   ?>


Can I add something to the php to make it only appear for an admin user?
 
grafoman replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply 1 Attachment
Hi,

You can do this without any code:

Enable advanced permissions for your site.
Then go to the block, click, choose block permissions.
Here you can change all the permissions for that block.

So you can prohibit any user or guest to view the block etc.

I added a screenshot of the block permissions screen.

Hope this helps

Grafoman
ghoststalker194 replied on at Permalink Reply
Hi there! Thanks for the quick reply. Some of the sources I've read warn me about turning on advanced permissions (although I have thought about doing it).

Are there any serious negative effects to turning on advanced settings?
grafoman replied on at Permalink Reply
You have more control with advanced permissions
http://legacy-documentation.concrete5.org/editors/dashboard/system-...
ghoststalker194 replied on at Permalink Reply
Edit: Never mind, it seems I had to call the jQuery from google before the header_required php.

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Hey there! I 'think' it's working, but I've stumbled upon another problem when testing it out.
When logging out, it no longer runs my jQuery.

However when loading jQuery via google
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.0/jquery.min.js"></script>

it no longer works in admin edit mode.

I tried looking for a way where it loads the jQuery in both cases, and found an extention. However this one is out of date and C5 can't install it.

I am working in localhost, if that is of any help.