[REQ] Hide links in header

[arvin]

G'day!

I have created a new template ...and would like to have my reps access it from a link in header.shtml ... my question is ....how can I hide this link? like how the reports link only shows up once you login .... is this possible? ... or is that only possible with a module ...TTXreports for example.


Thank you in advance 

[Alex]

As long as you need dynamic links (e.g. available to logged in operators only), you have to customize source code (the program).

[arvin]

Hmmm....

Do you mean customize ttx.cgi? .....

[Sparky]

Hi Arvin-

I'll post the location in a second...

[Sparky]

In ttx.cgi...

Find this...

$data{LOGINLOGOUT} .= "<a href=\"$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}?cmd=reports&sid=".
      $query->param('sid')."&style=".$query->param('style').'">[%Reports%]</a> | ';

Your new link in blue will show up to the right of the 'reports' link...

$data{LOGINLOGOUT} .= "<a href=\"$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}?cmd=reports&sid=".
      $query->param('sid')."&style=".$query->param('style').'">[%Reports%]</a> | <a href="MY CUSTOM LINK HTML">MY CUSTOM LINK TEXT</a> | ';

Edit:  It's critical here to be accurate with the single & double quote characters.

[Sparky]

URL for link to alternate template should look something like this...

/ttx.cgi?cmd=newticket&form=CUSTOM_FORM

http://www.troubleticketexpress.com/customer-service-form.html


If you need help getting that properly inserted into the Perl....

$data{LOGINLOGOUT} .= "<a href=\"$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}?cmd=reports&sid=".
      $query->param('sid')."&style=".$query->param('style').'">[%Reports%]</a> | <a href=\"$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}?cmd=newticket&form=CUSTOM_FORM&sid='.
$query->param('sid')."&style=".$query->param('style').'">MY CUSTOM LINK TEXT</a> | ';

[arvin]

Mmmm ... that kinda works .....

I followed you instructions .... it seems to work ... however ... a skiny blue rectangle appears instead of the link  .....

    $data{LOGINLOGOUT} .= "<a href=\"$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}?cmd=reports&sid=".
      $query->param('sid')."&style=".$query->param('style').'">[%Reports%]</a> | <a href=\"$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}?cmd=newticket&form=timetracker&sid='.
$query->param('sid')."&style=".$query->param('style').'">[%Time Tracker%]   </a> | ';

http://dev.csg.mts.net/cgi-bin/ttx.cgi?cmd=login&sid=&style=

 

[Sparky]

Mmmm ... that kinda works .....

I followed you instructions .... it seems to work ... however ... a skiny blue rectangle appears instead of the link  .....

    $data{LOGINLOGOUT} .= "<a href=\"$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}?cmd=reports&sid=".
      $query->param('sid')."&style=".$query->param('style').'">[%Reports%]</a> | <a href=\"$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}?cmd=newticket&form=timetracker&sid='.
$query->param('sid')."&style=".$query->param('style').'">[%Time Tracker%]   </a> | ';

http://dev.csg.mts.net/cgi-bin/ttx.cgi?cmd=login&sid=&style=

It looks fine in my browser but I think that stray tab-space in your link is your blue box problem.

[%Time Tracker%]     </a>

just remove it...

[%Time Tracker%]</a>

[arvin]

Strange ......

I did that ... and still the same thing happened... however ...when I can click on the blue bar ... the browser URL field displays ....

http://dev.csg.mts.net/"$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}?cmd=newticket&form=timetracker&sid=&style="

Those quotes don't seem right

[Sparky]

Let's try breaking out the script variable, forcing the Perl to properly replace it...

Just the SECOND line...

Note the extra single quotes too...

$query->param('sid')."&style=".$query->param('style').'">[%Reports%]</a> | <a href="'.$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}.'?cmd=newticket&form=timetracker&sid='.

As code...

Code:

$query->param('sid')."&style=".$query->param('style').'">[%Reports%]</a> | <a href="'.$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}.'?cmd=newticket&form=timetracker&sid='.

[Sparky]

You're also missing a plain space after your last </a> and before the last pipe... |

Just for aesthetics.

[arvin]

LOL .....

Internal Server Error I love this

[Sparky]

LOL .....

Internal Server Error I love this

Working perfectly on my test server....

Code:

$data{LOGINLOGOUT} .= "<a href=\"$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}?cmd=reports&sid=".
$query->param('sid')."&style=".$query->param('style').'">[%Reports%]</a> | <a href="'.$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}.'?cmd=newticket&form=timetracker&sid='.
$query->param('sid')."&style=".$query->param('style').'">[%Time Tracker%]</a> | ';

There must be something bungled along the way...  blow it all out and use this from above.

[arvin]

Cha Ching!

that did it ...and...the only thing different this time .... I cut and pasted into notepad 1st ...and then cust and pasted into ttx.cgi

[Sparky]

Cha Ching!

that did it ...and...the only thing different this time .... I cut and pasted into notepad 1st ...and then cust and pasted into ttx.cgi

If I said it once, I said it a hundred times, nothing beats a good text editor.   

When I cut I pasted from above, I got a bunch of invisible junk.

So I removed all leading spaces and posted as {code} so it may or may not not have been your Notepad trick.

I use BBEdit (Mac only) and it does everything.  Most importantly, I can see anything that doesn't belong after a cut 'n' paste from a web site.