Added ability to disable the alert icon in the top menu

app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php

@@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
         $setting->alert_threshold = $request->input('alert_threshold');
         $setting->audit_interval = $request->input('audit_interval');
         $setting->audit_warning_days = $request->input('audit_warning_days');
+        $setting->show_alerts_in_menu = $request->input('show_alerts_in_menu', '0');
 
         if ($setting->save()) {
             return redirect()->route('settings.index')

database/migrations/2017_11_08_025918_add_alert_menu_setting.php

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+
+class AddAlertMenuSetting extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function up()
+    {
+        Schema::table('settings', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->boolean('show_alerts_in_menu')->default(1);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function down()
+    {
+        Schema::table('settings', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn('show_alerts_in_menu');
+        });
+    }
+}

resources/lang/en/admin/settings/general.php

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ return array(
     'ad_domain_help'			=> 'This is sometimes the same as your email domain, but not always.',
     'is_ad'				        => 'This is an Active Directory server',
 	'alert_email'				=> 'Send alerts to',
-	'alerts_enabled'			=> 'Alerts Enabled',
+	'alerts_enabled'			=> 'Email Alerts Enabled',
 	'alert_interval'			=> 'Expiring Alerts Threshold (in days)',
 	'alert_inv_threshold'		=> 'Inventory Alert Threshold',
 	'asset_ids'					=> 'Asset IDs',
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ return array(
     'custom_forgot_pass_url_help'	=> 'This replaces the built-in forgotten password URL on the login screen, useful to direct people to internal or hosted LDAP password reset functionality. It will effectively disable local user forgotten password functionality.',
 	'default_currency'  		=> 'Default Currency',
 	'default_eula_text'			=> 'Default EULA',
-  'default_language'					=> 'Default Language',
+  'default_language'			=> 'Default Language',
 	'default_eula_help_text'	=> 'You can also associate custom EULAs to specific asset categories.',
     'display_asset_name'        => 'Display Asset Name',
     'display_checkout_date'     => 'Display Checkout Date',
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ return array(
     'qr_text'                   => 'QR Code Text',
     'setting'                   => 'Setting',
     'settings'                  => 'Settings',
+    'show_alerts_in_menu'       => 'Show alerts in top menu',
     'site_name'                 => 'Site Name',
     'slack_botname'             => 'Slack Botname',
     'slack_channel'             => 'Slack Channel',

resources/views/layouts/default.blade.php

@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@
                @endcan
 
                @can('admin')
+               @if ($snipeSettings->show_alerts_in_menu=='1')
                <!-- Tasks: style can be found in dropdown.less -->
                <?php $alert_items = \App\Helpers\Helper::checkLowInventory(); ?>
 
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@
                  </ul>
                </li>
                @endcan
+               @endif
 
 
                <!-- User Account: style can be found in dropdown.less -->

resources/views/settings/alerts.blade.php

@@ -47,7 +47,18 @@
                             </div>
                             <div class="col-md-5">
                                 {{ Form::checkbox('alerts_enabled', '1', Input::old('alerts_enabled', $setting->alerts_enabled),array('class' => 'minimal')) }}
-                                {{ trans('admin/settings/general.alerts_enabled') }}
+                                {{ trans('general.yes') }}
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+
+                        <!-- Menu Alerts Enabled -->
+                        <div class="form-group {{ $errors->has('show_alerts_in_menu') ? 'error' : '' }}">
+                            <div class="col-md-3">
+                                {{ Form::label('show_alerts_in_menu', trans('admin/settings/general.show_alerts_in_menu')) }}
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="col-md-5">
+                                {{ Form::checkbox('show_alerts_in_menu', '1', Input::old('show_alerts_in_menu', $setting->show_alerts_in_menu),array('class' => 'minimal')) }}
+                                {{ trans('general.yes') }}
                             </div>
                         </div>