Hide Menu Item from Registered and Special

[easykey]

I know how to hide menu items and content from Public (by assigning them as Registered or Special)

However is there is a way to hide a menu item from Registered or Admin once logged in (i.e. it is only relevant for the public alone)

[dhuelsmann]

I know how to hide menu items and content from Public (by assigning them as Registered or Special)

However is there is a way to hide a menu item from Registered or Admin once logged in (i.e. it is only relevant for the public alone)

Can't simply hide an item but can a menu (of course the menu could have been created with just one item and no title and positioned at the bottom of another menu and would look like it was all part of one menu).

this cannot be done by joomla administration but can be done by template code
you can have a module position in the template that is set to only show when the visitor is not logged in e.g.

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<?php if ( !$my->id ) {?>
        <div id="topmod"><?php mosLoadModules ( 'top', -2 ); ?>
        </div><?php
        } ?>

in this example, only when a user is not logged in dose the module position "top" get shown on the site

[bulgin]

I have the same question and it's a difficult one to search for in this forum and google.  But I like the template answer.  Only thing is -- where exactly would one put that snippet of code?

I also tried as explained to create a new menu item but cannot figure out how to HIDE it from registered view.  The options are only allowing me to SHOW, not hide.

Thanks if you can help.

I'm relatively new but love Joomla.

[easykey]

I figured it out - Here are more detailed instructions:

1. Create a New Module Position called notreg (in administrator site/ Template Manager / Module Positions  in blank position i.e. 28)

2. Create a new Menu called notregmenu (in Menu / Menu Manager)

3. Go to Modules  / Site Modules and Publish notregmenu Module with option to not show title and in position notreg

4. Now open template index.php (in site / Template Manager / Site Templates - select and click Edit HTML button

5. Exactly where you insert the following code depends on your template but it needs to be positioned somewhere wher your menu appears - in my template I have placed it just after these three lines...

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<!-- BEGIN: LEFT COLUMN -->
		<div id="ja-col1">
		<div class="ja-innerpad">

and here is the code to insert...

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<?php if ( !$my->id ) {?>
        <div id="notregmenu"><?php mosLoadModules ( 'notreg', -2 ); ?>
        </div><?php
        } ?>

I hope this helps

[bulgin]

easykey thank you. It seems that this code will hide the menu once it is clicked and after bringing up the associated component link.  However, what I need to do is hide this menu button from the public frontend and have it appear after a user -- any user -- has logged in.

Thanks

[bulgin]

got it working

Thanks!

[SOAMJENA]

By this, we can hide a module position. But what about, if we are trying to hide a menu item inside a whole published menu

Any tricks or hacks for this ?

[gabechambers]

HIDING INDIVIDUAL MENU ITEMS FROM REGISTERED USERS:

However is there is a way to hide a menu item from Registered or Admin once logged in (i.e. it is only relevant for the public alone)

I'm an html guy, the php guys could probably pull this off a little better than me, but here is the solution to removing an individual menu item or list from registered user view. We use the css code visibility:hidden; to hide it and we use width:0px; to get rid of the space it keeps. We have to apply it to the menu items <LI> record, its <a> record, and its <span> record. Drop this code just above your </head> line in the index.php for your template. The number in the class is the menu item number.

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<?php if ( !$my->id ) {}
else {?>
        <style>
			li.item140,
			li.item140 a,
			li.item140 a span {
			visibility:hidden;
			width:0px;
			}
		</style>
<?php
        } ?>

I know the else is messy, like I said, i'm not a php guy, but effective none the less.
You can check out it's implementation at http://208.109.224.42/precision3.com/global. A pretty slick custom joomla skin and application also if I don't say so myself.

[Mod edit - removed self-promotional link]

[ericwade]

Someone needs to create a plugin to allow this function from within the Menu Item Edit functions.

[sh4n0n]

Someone needs to create a plugin to allow this function from within the Menu Item Edit functions.

Hi all.
Full ack on that one. It's a bit of a hassle to get it sorted out manually all the time.. I need to do it on any new site I deploy (quiet a lot!)