hiding actions menu in sharepoint list - sharepoint-2007

Question

i am using the following code to hide the Actions menu from Discussion Board list. The code is :
<script src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jQuery/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$('.ms-menutoolbar td:lt(4)').hide();
});
</script>
I found this from an article, but its not working. Can you please help me regarding hiding Actions menu from Discussion Board list.
Also tried this code with no luck:
<script>
function HideDiv(name) {
var div = document.getElementsByTagName('div');
for (var i = 0; i < div.length; i++) {
var str = div[i].id;
if (str.indexOf(name) >= 0) {
var viewInExplorer = div[i];
if (viewInExplorer != null) {
if (viewInExplorer.parentNode != null)
viewInExplorer.parentNode.removeChild(viewInExplorer);
}
}
}
}
HideDiv("ListActionsMenu");
</script>

Answer 1

You might want to think about using a Custom Action to hide the menu items:
See:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms414790.aspx
and
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms465980.aspx

Answer 2

You can use the below script but i would suggest to use custom master page in which you just remove site action or apply a sharepoint security trim control so that it is visible to administrator only
<script type="text/javascript" > this.document.getElementById("siteactiontd").style.display = 'none'; </script>

Answer 3

<script src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jQuery/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$('.ms-menutoolbar td:eq(2)').hide();
$('.ms-menutoolbar td:eq(3)').hide();
});
</script>

Answer 4

Without using JavaScript you can do this less complicated. Just find element <td> with id="siteactiontd" in masterpage and set style style="visibility:hidden" (using SharePoint Designer) like so: