Question Multiple user groups using jx control

Hi guys,

I'm using Kunena for quite a while now but always missed a more complex and detailed option to control user permissions.

Then I discovered this thread:

www.kunena.com/forum/114-hacks/9208-rest...it=10&start=60#22824

Well, so far, control works just fine, but unfortunately Kunena just supports usergroups assigned directly in Joomla's user admin.

As you can assign users to multiple groups in control, I thought of a solution to implement this into Kunena. So, I started with a very basic script that:

1. matches joomla user id to control user id
2. collects group ids a user was assigned to in control
3. checks if a certain usergroup is assigned to a specific user and returns true or false

Basically this works pretty fine as a standalone script. I now tried to adapt this into the kunena permissions script which did not work out, yet. I assume the error is within the groupid and userid used in the permissions but I could not figure out how to solve this, yet.

Here is the Script:

Of course, the get values have been removed for using it in kunena but it was handy to check it standalone

Now I tried to implement it into kunena permissions, right before the usual group permission check. The idea is:

a. kunena checks the control assigned user groups
b. if there is no match, it checks the groups in joomla_user_db
c. if still there is no match, it continues checking for mod/admin access.

Now, I hope you got it and maybe some of you have an idea how to make this work within Kunena?!


Thanks a lot.

I wish you to be successful with this as for me the control component doesn't work with kunena, too.

Martin

Yeah, basically control works, but Kunena, as no other component, cannot access the database table for additional usergroups.

Lets wait for someone who is more experienced in Kunena, so we get the final hint

I don't know why you can't get it to work, I think you must have missed some steps... here's some pictures of my setup...

Hi JBHawaii,

nah, basically it works. Kunena accepts the usergroups and they can be used. However what does not work is assigning different usergroups to one account so a person with multiple usergroups can access all forums that are open for this groups.

Kunena just accepts the "main" usergroup that is stored in joomlas user table (assigned through joomla user management) All additional groups assigned to a person using jxcontrol are not working in Kunena...

So my intention was to add some code so kunena also searches the jxcontrol mapping table in the database for usergroups. The script itself works when I simply test it with basic webinterface but kunena wont use it. I assume I did not use the correct variables for the sql query.

I would really appreciate help in this area.

I have created a user group in jx control but it doesnt appear in the list as your groups do.

JBHawaii wrote:

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Incidentally, I don't see the purpose of the 'Manage Access Levels' in JX Control.