Moderator control panel, how to make my moderators see it, HELP

[southernlady]

I have some moderators who need access to my mod cp and I have made them moderators under the Usergroup Manager, made sure they had access to the forums concerned under the access masks. And yet I can't get the Mod control Panel to show up for any of them.

Their primary user group is Moderator not Registered User so I would have thought it would show.

HELP!!!

And yes, I have searched the manual, and the threads looking for the answer...if it's here, it's hiding from me.

Liz

[Alastor]

If you link to your page it might help.

Are they looking down at the bottom tool bar on the very bottom, right-hand side?

That's the only place I know of where the mod CP link is off-hand.

Edit: I just tried this with a test account on my boards. Making someone into a moderator doesn't give them a control panel apparently. Only super-mods get a control panel.

Unless I am missing something, normal mods appear not to get a CP to work in.

[southernlady]

Okay, that may explain it. I need them to have access to the panel but not the same powers as a super mod. Maybe I can edit that somehow.

Thanks. Liz

[Alastor]

To be honest, I never saw the point in moderators. Super-mods, yes. Moderators, no. They're too limited and one either does or doesn't trust them enough to make them a mod.

That's philosophy though.

Yes, you can change Super-Mod powers by going to the AdminCP and selecting Forums and Moderators.

From the drop down select Show All Moderators.From here you can select the super-mod to work with and adjust their options, but I believe these are all global settings for that particular super-mod.

[Sebastiano Vassellatti]

Okay, that may explain it. I need them to have access to the panel but not the same powers as a super mod. Maybe I can edit that somehow.

Thanks. Liz

Edit the footer template. Replace this:

<if condition="$show['modcplink']"><a href="$modcpdir/index.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[mod]</a> -</if> 

With this:

<if condition="can_moderate()"><a href="$modcpdir/index.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[mod]</a> -</if> 

However, they can access the modcp from the direct link.