Recipe 47: Views UI permissions

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Ingredients

Views UI permissions module:

http://drupal.org/project/views_ui_perm

Masquerade module: http://drupal.org/project/masquerade

There is no doubt about it: The Views UI is powerful. Given its complexity, many site administrators will benefit from a pared down interface. The Views UI Permissions module restricts access by role to selected fields and fieldsets in the views interface. The Masquerade module will facilitate our work, as we switch (temporarily) from one user to another, while testing this functionality.

1. Install and enable the Views UI Permissions and Masquerade modules.

2. Go to admin/settings/views_ui_perm. For this example, leave the default settings intact and add the following:

   Section	Enable
   Page Permissions	Page nodes per page
   Block Permissions	Block nodes per block
   Other Permissions	Fields Sort Criteria

3. Note at the top of this page the direction to read the module's README.txt file (it is always a good idea to read the README...