Hi, Greg -
Thanks for your input. I apreciate your concerns but I would much rather have the flexibility - albeit with additional safety measures in place - than have no flexibility at all!
Given the option I would like to have an "Author" level - which would be someone who can access/edit their own categories or create new ones. They would be prevented from deleting any categories and would only be allowed to move their own. (All of the other categories would be greyed-out.)
It's perhaps worth noting that I've come to this approach because of the frustration of duplicating code! I have set-up several CMSB sites in which the composition of the category editor and record editor were almost identical. Of course you then need to create two (almost identical) templates to handle the output...
It occurred to me that all I needed to do was create a single editor - a hybrid category/record editor. A radio switch at the top of the page allows the user to select whether the page will be handled as a category or a record. All you need do then is call the pages in your code with either getCategories or getRecords as-and-where appropriate.
It's wonderfully simple - and avoids all the unecessary duplication!
The only problem, as hi-lighted in this thread, is that I cannot control who has access.
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Perch