Turning off Likes

Question

Hello all! Does anyone know if it's possible to turn off likes and ratings on the Blog and Forum applications? Many thanks

Former Member · Accepted Answer

Hi Parker, 
 Liking cannot be disabled on these types; modifying the related widgets to remove the link to like the content is the way to prevent this. 
 Rating is controlled by permissions for the Blog and Forum applications ("Rate Posts" and "Rate Discussions, Questions and Replies", respectively). These are controllable at the individual group and application levels.

Michael Monteleone · Answer

While it is possible to edit all these widgets, a simpler approach would be to override the like UI Component . UI components are platform defined bits of common UI functionality shared across multiple widgets and implemented by JavaScript, designed to be overridden globally. 
 For example, you can override the like UI component to essentially do nothing by adding the following to your theme's theme.js, or anywhere else that runs client-side script (widget, etc). 
 $.telligent.evolution.ui.components.like = {
 setup: function() { },
 add: function(elm, options) {}
}; 
 Hope this helps!