CB Gallery

Hey guys,

is there a way to realize the following situation in cb gallery:

Moderators should be able to upload files to the cb gallery of a user. But the user should not be able to do the same, or at least, the user should not be able to delete the uploaded files.. ?!?


Thanks a lot

Tobias

Just change the create access parameter globally or for individual media types. This is done on a global scale within CB Gallery plugin parameters or on an individual gallery scale within the profile gallery tab for example. For delete and edit permissions there's no parameter for that as you're uploading on their behalf so they can still manage their own gallery entries. The only way to stop that is to upload from backend with their asset, but with your user id as the owner.

An alternative is to use a gallery fieldtype and specify a custom asset, which might work for your needs to prevent allowing them to have ownership rights to whatever is uploaded. More specifically the asset could be something like "files.[user_id]", but I haven't tested that scenario to see if the profile owner is still made the media owner (it's likely they are).

Thanks for your fast reply.

In the plugin should be a code like "if the owner himself is watching then show menu to edit or delete file"...

Isn't it possible to comment that out? Where can i find this?

Or is it possible to change the owner for all uploaded files to some special user?


Thanks

Tobias

Edit and delete permissions are strictly based off the person being the owner of the media entry. In this case, even when creating on the users behalf on frontend, the profile owner is always the owner of the media entry. Using a custom gallery via the gallery fieldtype maybe able to workaround that check.

Yes, there is if checks for this permission, but it's all throughout CB Gallery and this is no simple means of taking away edit or delete permissions from the media owner.

The only way to have what you're wanting is for the gallery entries to display on their profile, but ensure they're not the owner of those gallery entries. This maybe doable by having the gallery asset specific to their profile, but with the owner being the moderator. As explained above this might work fine using the gallery fieldtype with asset set to something like files.[user_id].

Hey, thanks, This works quite good so far...

Would it be possible to set always the same user id as default instead of the user id of the profile owner? Or to set the user id of the user who is uploading a file or watching the profile?

What i mean is, we use [user_id].. Is there a value possible like "always user id xx" or "user id of the user who is uploading the file or wachting the profile" ?


Thanks a lot.

Tobias

Don't understand what you're asking. The [user_id] substitution should be of the user you're viewing otherwise try [cb:userdata field="user_id" user="#displayed" /]. The purpose is to make the gallery unique to the profile you're viewing, but it doesn't have to be and you can specify whatever asset you want. The asset simply determines the location of the gallery basically.