Is it possible to disable Area Article?

[Alfa1]

My area pages are similar to Forum nodes: their only purpose is to display the content therein.
I dont need the Area article, comments on the area article, ratings, categories, tags.
Is there a way to disable this for the Area page, while keeping those functions active for the pages in the area?

[pegasus]

AdminCP > Setup > Options > VaultWiki: Aesthetics > Show placeholder text on wiki containers.

As for hiding those functions on the area, you should use permissions for that. Under the permissions heading "Area permissions". Basically, if the user has permission to do it, it will show the option to do it. So if you don't want the option, you should revoke the permission. Unless stated otherwise, the permissions in this heading only apply to the area's main landing page. Child pages are handled in other headings, like "Page permissions".

[Alfa1]

Thanks!

I have set the following permissions to Never, but it still displays.

Can see edit history for area main pages?
Can protect/unprotect area main pages?
This seems a bug.

Is it possible to hide for Area page:
* contributors
* edit
* synonyms
* watch
* report
* tags

Translate has been turned off, but the flag still displays. Can we hide it?

[pegasus]

- Can see edit history for area main pages?
Much like edit history generally, this is superseded by the Staff Permission Can moderate all wiki content. I think there's a bug, because it should also be superseded by Can undo edits to all wiki pages, and I don't think it is. In that case, it should only appear for staff. Logic: if a staff member is allowed to moderate wiki edits (included in ALL wiki content), then they must be able to see the edit history, in order to see that edit, in order to moderate it.

- Can protect/unprotect area main pages?
This is superseded by the Staff Permission Can protect/unprotect all wiki content. In that case, it should only appear for staff.

If your goal is to remove the tabs entirely, why not try using a tab-less layout for this area? That changes the tabs to a more condensed menu that uses icon buttons. Note that it does affect all content in the area too, but on most of my wikis I tend to use tab-less for everything because it helps me make the layout cleaner. example: https://www.vaultwiki.org/xf/index.p.../&title=system

* contributors/credits: this tab will disappear if you revoke permission to see the area main page's history.

* edit: if you revoke permission to edit the area main page, it should not appear. This is superseded by the Staff Permission Can edit all wiki content. In that case, it should only appear for staff.

* synonyms: same as edit tab

* watch: a user can watch wiki content if they're logged in and can view the wiki content. If you disable watching an area, then users wouldn't be able to be notified if there are new wiki pages in the area.

* report: the permissions don't distinguish between allowing users to report suspicious content with the area vs attached to the area itself.

* tags: if you revoke permission to tag the area main page, and it has no tags already, then it should not appear. This is superseded by the Staff Permission Can edit all wiki content. In that case, the link to edit tags should only appear for staff.

The flag will still display to show the language the area is in, even if the user cannot translate the area, because you have a multi-language wiki, where some content (even areas) might be set to a different language. Ideally this could be hidden with CSS, but I don't see a way to do it just for areas. You could modify the template vw_node_shell. For every:

<xf:if is="{$flags}">

Replace with:

<xf:if is="{$flags} AND !{$node.indexid} AND (!{$node.pageid} OR {$node.areaid} != {$node.pageid})">

If you switch to tab-less, you'll have to wrap that condition around:

<xf:include template="vw_translate_tabless" />