Poor man's admin ACL for Elefant CMS.

README.md

This will show/hide links in the Tools admin menu based on a custom user role field. Note that it doesn't prevent users from browsing to those links through other means.

To add it to your site:

1. Log into Elefant and go to Tools > Users > Custom Fields. Add a Role drop down field and list all admin roles here.
2. Save the tools.php file to apps/acl/handlers/tools.php.
3. Edit the tools.html file to add your own roles and the links they can see, then save it to apps/acl/views/tools.html.
4. Add this tag directly below the {! admin/head !} tag in each layout template, including layouts/admin.html:

{! acl/tools !}

Now when you assign your admin users to each role, they will see different options in the Tools menu depending on their role.

tools.html

<!-- apps/admin/views/tools.html -->
<script>
$(function () {
  var user_role = '{{role}}',
		tools_updated = false;

	function update_tools_list () {
		if (tools_updated) {
			return;
		}

		if ($('#admin-tools-list li').length === 0) {
			setTimeout (update_tools_list, 50);
			return;
		}

		switch (user_role) {
			case 'editor':
				$('#admin-tools-list').html (
					'<li><a href="/admin/pages">{"All Pages"}</a></li>' +
					'<li><a href="/blocks/admin">{"Blocks"}</a></li>' +
					'<li><a href="/blog/admin">{"Blog Posts"}</a></li>'
					// etc.
				);
				break;
			case 'manager':
				$('#admin-tools-list').html (
					'<li><a href="/admin/pages">{"All Pages"}</a></li>' +
					'<li><a href="/blocks/admin">{"Blocks"}</a></li>' +
					'<li><a href="/filemanager/index">{"Files"}</a></li>'
					// etc.
				);
				break;
			case 'all':
			default:
				break;
		}

		tools_updated = true;
	}

	setTimeout (update_tools_list, 50);
});
</script>

tools.php

<?php // apps/acl/handlers/tools.php

if (! User::is_valid ()) {
  return;
}

echo View::render (
	'acl/tools',
	array (
		'role' => User::$user->ext ('role')
	)
);

?>