WSS Site, how to hide the Create and SiteSettings buttons

[DotNetNewbie]

Hi there,

I've made a series of WSS sites and would like to hide or even remove the Create and Site Settings buttons. I think ideally id like to create an Admin site and have all the links located there, however im interested to know the best way to do that as I have about 30+ subsites and each have a Create and Site Settings button.

Many thanks in advance

D.

 

[ChaserNL]

Hi D.,

I believe that once you made the site you have to remove the buttons manually from each page. And i recommend to replace the links with a webpart some where on the page.

Webpart example:

SiteCollection = new SPSite(<servername>);
SPWeb Web = SiteCollection.OpenWeb(*);
//* make a function that always looks up the current (sub)site

if (Web.Permissions.DoesUserHavePermissions(SPRights.ManageWeb) == true)
{	
   text += "<table border='0'><tr><td><hr></td></tr>"
   + "<tr><td><a href=\"_layouts/1043/settings.aspx\">Site-settings</a></td></tr>"
   + "<tr><td><a href=\"_layouts/1043/create.aspx\">Create</a></td></tr>"
   + "<tr><td><hr></td></tr></table>";

}

output.Write(text);

And for you new sites make site templates where the links are already removed and the webpart is already placed.


Greetings ChaserNL


BTW. this code does not require any more than readers rights to execute, so no impersonation needed!!