I just completed the tutorial. How to limit access to the admin menu. I moved the Pages (Tabs) module to the new page/security role of SiteAdmin.  Once I did that, the icon located on the upper left hand corner of the Pages (Tabs) module has disappeared and now the image box with an "x" appears.  How do I fix that?

 

Can you confirm which version of dotnetnuke you are using and which tutorial it was, there have been 2 versions of this one for DNN4 and one for DNN5, thanks,

This wont work with the FileManager as you will not be able to give the users correct access for the module to work correctly.

In DNN 5.x these features are now standard where you can move the modules out of the admin menu and give any user access. I would suggest you place the tabs page back in the admin menu and then upgrade to DNN 5.

To place the tabs page back, you need to access the database table "Tabs"
Look for the row of data with the TabName "Tabs"
Check the Parent id

Now look at the Parentid for a different item that is in the admin menu, such as "User Accounts", this will give you the parent id number for the admin menu, make a note of this value.

Now change the value of Parent id in the "Tabs" row to match the Parent id from the "User Accounts" row

The Tabs page should now display back in the admin menu

(You may need to go to the hoat menu / host settings, scroll to the bottom and click on Restart Application for the new settings to display)