Hiding workflow-related GUI controls after upgrade

As of SDL Tridion 2013, by default, the Content Manager Explorer and Experience Manager GUIs show a Things To Do panel, used for workflow-related functionality. If you do not use, nor intend to use, workflow in your implementation of SDL Tridion Sites, you can hide this panel.

Procedure

  1. On your Content Manager server, navigate to the folder %TRIDION_HOME%\web\WebUI\Editors\CME\Configuration\.
  2. In this location, open CME.config for editing.
  3. At the bottom of this file, just above the </customconfiguration> closing tag, ensure the presence of an <enableworkflowinfo> element with its contents set to false.
  4. Save and close CME.config.
  5. Navigate to the folder %TRIDION_HOME%\web\WebUI\WebRoot\Configuration\.
  6. In this location, open System.config for editing.
  7. Find the server element with a version and a modification attribute, and increase the number value of modification value by one.
  8. Save and close System.config.
  9. Restart IIS.