[#5277] Ho to customize the 'manage connections' tabs

I have to following environment: Joomla 3.4 / CB 2.0.8 / Coolness Template 3.0.1. I want to customize the 'manage connectons' tabs as follows:




1. the 'manage Actions' tab should be totally invisible
2. in the 'manage connections with me' tab the profile icons shall be visible but the 'delete button' (x) shall be removed

...I think this should be possible by modifying a css somehow....but I am not so experienced with it ....can anybody help me?

regards

1. the 'manage Actions' tab should be totally invisible

If this is removed then users won't be able to easily accept or deny connection requests. There's no feature available to disable it. So you'd have to either hide it with CSS (not secure, as it's still in the DOM) or edit its HTML output in comprofiler.html.php.

2. in the 'manage connections with me' tab the profile icons shall be visible but the 'delete button' (x) shall be removed

Same as #1, you'd need to use CSS or edit the HTML to remove its output. Regardless that only removes its display and does not remove the URLs functionality so if someone knows the URL they could still delete a connection.

What are you trying to do with connections that requires these changes? Maybe able to suggest a better solution based off your needs.

Hi Kyle

here are the reasons for both requirements:

1. the 'action' tab is only needed if you set up 'mutual consent' before setting up a connection between two users. But I want to let the user set up a connection without the consent of the other, so this tab makes no sense for me....for the 'old' coolness template you gave me the following css code to implement in the template.css:

put in at the end of the template.css file
#cbtabconnected,
#myCon .tab-row .tab:nth-child(1) {
display: none !important;
}

...the problem is - this code doesn't work anymore with coolness template 3.0.1


2. the 'manage connection with me' tab shows all the community members that established a connection to my profile....the problem is the following....if I let the user delete these connections....this has also an impact to the 'manage connection' tab of These users....and I don't want that a user is able to delete the 'buddies' of another user...

...so is it possible that you give me css code for both Problems ?

...the problem is - this code doesn't work anymore with coolness template 3.0.1

The tab structure has changed so you'd need to use the below, which will work with CB 2.x tabs.

2. the 'manage connection with me' tab shows all the community members that established a connection to my profile....the problem is the following....if I let the user delete these connections....this has also an impact to the 'manage connection' tab of These users....and I don't want that a user is able to delete the 'buddies' of another user...

If you turn off "Cross Connections" then this won't be an issue. It only deletes the connection from both users if "Cross Connections" is being used. In the usage you're using I recommend disabling this anyway.

Hi Kyle

Issue 1) your CSS-code solved the problem -> the action tab disappeared THANKS

Issue 2) the crossconnection setting was already switched off:



...even though the cross-connection is disabled it deletes the connection from BOTH users ...can you verify this ?

regards

There's an IF statement directly in the _deleteConnection function to test for Cross Connections. If it's turned off then it won't delete both connections. Where exactly are you deleting the connection from? Also adding a connection shouldn't add it for both users either Cross Connections is disabled.