Thread: Only Allow Search in Administration Section

Hello,

I created a new customer and gave them admin privileges. It is for our sales associates in our stores. We want them to be able to view ALL product, even if it has a AvailableStopDate. Is there a way, based on their username/email to ONLY allow the search feature and "hide" everything else?

Thanks!

~D

Try looking at page 2 of this thread. It maybe what you need

http://forums.aspdotnetstorefront.co...ht=admin+level

Thank you VERY much, however, I think I am on a different version... perhaps 8 something? Can it be done in there?

Would it not be better to create a custom xmlpackage that lists all products regardless of start/stop dates - you could also optionally only make it visible to those of the correct customer level.

Seems better than granting admin access to those you don't really want to have it...


TTFN

BFG

They typically only need to get in there to look up one SKU. This is a back-of-the-house sort of thing in customer service. And I needed to make a correction... The if statement should go in the if statement where there is a check to see if you are in the AdminSite or not:

if (AppLogic.IsAdminSite)
{
if (Page.ThisCustomer.Notes.Trim().Length != 0 && Page.ThisCustomer.Notes.IndexOf(".xml", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) != -1)
{
MN = Page.ThisCustomer.Notes.Trim();
}
}

And change it to:

if (AppLogic.IsAdminSite)
{
if (Page.ThisCustomer.Notes.Trim().Length != 0 && Page.ThisCustomer.Notes.IndexOf(".xml", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) != -1)
{
MN = Page.ThisCustomer.Notes.Trim();
}

if (Page.ThisCustomer.Notes == "no-menu")
{
MN = "menuData2.xml";
}
}

As I understand it though - this doesn't prevent users from actually accessing pages - it just prevents them from seeing the link in the menu.

e.g. if you go to http://www.yoursite.com/admin/coupons.aspx (when logged in) you'll end up on the coupons page - without going through the menu.


TTFN

BFG

That is correct. They have no idea how the admin section is setup anyway. They have never been in there before.

As long as you are aware & willing to take the risk.
It wouldn't pass any audit though...


TTFN

BFG

Yes. Thank you. This will be fine for now... it is something that will rarely be used.