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Answered Can manager_theme be set as different per user?

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    Dustin Reply #1, 12 years, 8 months ago
    Hi,

    I'm working to wrap my mind around the best way to present a custom Manager interface to a single trusted user.

    Reading through how and why to create CMPs seems like it may be a little bit of overkill for what I need to do, so I'm wondering if there is a way to just strip out most all of the buttons, links, tabs, and doodads until there are only the handful I'm aiming for.

    So, I can create a new manager_theme, and assign it via the system settings... can I assign this new template to just this one user, but have it so that the main administrator account sees the default admin interface?


    Thanks in advance,
    -Dustin

    This question has been answered by Magnatron. See the first response.

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      Magnatron [Maarten Wolzak] Reply #2, 12 years, 8 months ago
      You should be able to do so by adding that particular setting to that particular user.

      In the manager, go to Security > Manage Users,
      Right click the user and choose Update User.
      Click the Settings tab.
      Click Create New and add the manager_theme key and the specific value of the stripped-down theme.
      Save and click Security > Flush Permissions.

      The setting will now override the system setting for that particular user.
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        Dustin Reply #3, 12 years, 8 months ago
        excellent! thank you much.