Turn off "news" page views for non admins

Does anyone know where this is in the admin zone? I have tried every possible search string and can not find a toggle for it. Simply want to disable page views on a news article for all roles aside from admin.

Thanks in advance!

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Hi,

Admin Zone > Setup > Configuration > Site options has an option called "Reveal usage figures". This is probably what you are seeking but the effect is global and not just for news.

Thanks Adam, i tried it and while it does allow forum views to still be seen, the article page views are not seen by an admin. I just don't want other roles to see them, so it won't meet the requirements. Thank you though for the feedback!

Hi again,

To achieve what you require, create a fresh copy of NEWS_ENTRY_SCREEN.tpl in your templates_custom directory (to avoid core updates undoing your edit) then make the following change:-

Find

Replace
You may need to do make this edit to any other news templates you are displaying/using (blocks, etc) if they also show the view count (not sure if any do but worth checking).
 

That's awesome, thank you so much! Works like a champ