Editing code through announcement banner

David Mora2

I am trying to change some UI by using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in the announcement banner. For example, I will use firefox's firebug tool to look at specific tags and id's in objects and then adding my own code to manipulate it through the announcement banner.

I have a question regarding variable names. I am using javascript to hide some text (for example) from everyone else but system administrators. I can't figure out what the variable name is that stores the roles of the users. Does anyone here know what it is or where I may be able to find it?

<script>

if( variable != admin status) {

.....hide text...

}

</script>

 

Also, does anyone know if customer portal can be edited through the same method of adding code to the announcement banner?

Boris Berenberg

Editing the announcement banner does affect the customer portal. There is no variable that holds a user's roles. You may be able to work around this by looking for elements that exist only for users with Admin privileges. Take a look at the upper right portion of the UI and see if maybe you can get the Admin links id or something along those lines to act as a marker for yourself.