How to hide viewall site contetn from site action menu in sharepoint 2010

In the default master page (v4.master) the Quicklaunch All Site Content link can be found around line 573 and is included in the PlaceHolderQuickLaunchBottomV4 UIVersionedContent control. Here’s what it looks like by default:

 

 

573	<SharePoint:ClusteredSPLinkButton

574	id="idNavLinkViewAllV4"

575	runat="server"

576	PermissionsString="ViewFormPages"

577	NavigateUrl="~site/_layouts/viewlsts.aspx"

578	ImageClass="s4-specialNavIcon"

579	ImageUrl="/_layouts/images/fgimg.png"

580	ImageWidth=16

581	ImageHeight=16

582

OffsetX=0

583

OffsetY=0

584	Text="<%$Resources:wss,quiklnch_allcontent_short%>"

585	accesskey="<%$Resources:wss,quiklnch_allcontent_AK%>"/>

So all we have to do is change line 576 to read PermissionsString=”ManageWeb” and save.

Hiding the Site Actions Link

The Site Actions menu is just as easy to edit. The View All Site Content link can be found around line 137 inside the SiteActions FeatureMenuTemplate control. Here’s what it looks like by default:

 

 

137	<SharePoint:MenuItemTemplate runat="server" id="MenuItem_ViewAllSiteContents"

138	Text="<%$Resources:wss,quiklnch_allcontent%>"

139	Description="<%$Resources:wss,siteactions_allcontentdescription%>"

140	ImageUrl="/_layouts/images/allcontent32.png"

141	MenuGroupId="300"

142	Sequence="302"

143	UseShortId="true"

144	ClientOnClickNavigateUrl="~site/_layouts/viewlsts.aspx"

145	PermissionsString="ViewFormPages"

146	PermissionMode="Any" />

Again, just change line 145 to PermissionsString=”ManageWeb” and save.
That’s it! Here’s what the same Team Site now looks like to a user with Read permission: