Hide info depending on user role (using divi)

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Tagged: Access plugin, Controlling access to front-end content

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Last updated by Christian Cox 5 years, 6 months ago.

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August 6, 2019 at 1:12 pm #1310489

louisW

I am trying to hide areas on the page depending on the user role is this possible?

Thanks

August 6, 2019 at 1:24 pm #1310503

Christian Cox

Hi, you can use Access Control shortcodes inside any text editor area to manage visibility of site contents based on User role. We have information about those shortcodes available here:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/access-control-texts-inside-page-content/

Unfortunately there is not a tight integration with the Divi builder, so it's not possible to manage the display of Divi blocks in the builder using Access Control. The shortcodes must be applied to content shown in a text editor for best results.

August 6, 2019 at 6:35 pm #1310669

louisW

That is really annoying. Can it be done by CSS at all?

August 6, 2019 at 7:32 pm #1310701

Christian Cox

In theory yes, but the same integration challenges exist for a CSS approach. You would probably have to apply different CSS classes to some content, based on a User's role. Again, there's no integration with the Divi Builder so you can't conditionally apply CSS classes to some block in the Divi builder. You would have to insert Access Control shortcodes in a text editor somewhere to moderate the classes applied to an HTML element.