I have set the start node for some users to a specific folder in the media library. That is fine if they right click to create a new media item, or drag-and-drop a file.
However, the "Create..." button at the top left of the page allows you to select the root "Media" node, which should not be accessible. Is there a way to stop this happening?
Only Folders are allowed at the root level, but that doesn't stop them being created by users that should not have the ability to.
This sounds like a bug! Indeed it's on the bug tracker too, so you can vote for it to see that it's fixed in a forthcoming version: http://issues.umbraco.org/issue/U4-3150.
I've voted for it. unfortunately, I am only the second person to do so :-(
This has been causing big issues on a current site, built in v4.7 - I am working on a v6.1.6 site, for an International Group, and this is going to be a MAJOR issue :-(
Hmm, that's a shame. You could try emailing or tweeting HQ to see if it's possible to raise the profile of that bug? Or perhaps there'd be resources to fund a developer to fix and do a pull request? The only other thing I could think of as a temporary hack, would be to disable the 'create' button in the source, which I'm assuming would be much easier than fixing the bug, but is obviously both hacky and not truly solving the problem.
Anyhow, good luck with it - hopefully it gets resolved quickly.
I can only assume it isn't much of a problem because I know it has been a bug for a long time. User education helps, when you are involved enough after the site is live, but that isn't always / usually the case.
Maybe I'll take a look at the source today ... there might be a way to block / hide the button without hacking the Umbraco code.
Well, a quick fix is to duplicate the Media section with a different alias (e.g. medialibrary) because the code only shows the Create button if the section is "content" or "media".
So, I have created a new Media section for content editors and left the normal media section for site admins.
EDIT: the only issue (so far!) is that the sort function does not work on the duplicate media library :-(
Start Node in Media Library
I have set the start node for some users to a specific folder in the media library. That is fine if they right click to create a new media item, or drag-and-drop a file.
However, the "Create..." button at the top left of the page allows you to select the root "Media" node, which should not be accessible. Is there a way to stop this happening?
Only Folders are allowed at the root level, but that doesn't stop them being created by users that should not have the ability to.
I have tested this in V6.1.6
Hi Gordon,
This sounds like a bug! Indeed it's on the bug tracker too, so you can vote for it to see that it's fixed in a forthcoming version: http://issues.umbraco.org/issue/U4-3150.
Dan
I've voted for it. unfortunately, I am only the second person to do so :-(
This has been causing big issues on a current site, built in v4.7 - I am working on a v6.1.6 site, for an International Group, and this is going to be a MAJOR issue :-(
Hmm, that's a shame. You could try emailing or tweeting HQ to see if it's possible to raise the profile of that bug? Or perhaps there'd be resources to fund a developer to fix and do a pull request? The only other thing I could think of as a temporary hack, would be to disable the 'create' button in the source, which I'm assuming would be much easier than fixing the bug, but is obviously both hacky and not truly solving the problem.
Anyhow, good luck with it - hopefully it gets resolved quickly.
I can only assume it isn't much of a problem because I know it has been a bug for a long time. User education helps, when you are involved enough after the site is live, but that isn't always / usually the case.
Maybe I'll take a look at the source today ... there might be a way to block / hide the button without hacking the Umbraco code.
Well, a quick fix is to duplicate the Media section with a different alias (e.g. medialibrary) because the code only shows the Create button if the section is "content" or "media".
So, I have created a new Media section for content editors and left the normal media section for site admins.
EDIT: the only issue (so far!) is that the sort function does not work on the duplicate media library :-(
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