Question Groups and permissions?

So that means that the "group function" (as I call it) on this site (-> www.kunena.com/groups ) is not part of the kunena system, but of.... what? Joomla?

I have the same problem as glennlindley ... I do not want specific users to see some parts of the forum, and others should not have access to other parts....
So it seems I'll have to wait....
So be it. The forum system as is is a great thing; I don't want to change it, with all the exporting/importing work )

Wait J1.6 and K1.6

Byos has something called JACLPLUS, google for it, and I think CB has something too called CBSubs but Im not familiar with that product.

machiavelli wrote:

So that means that the "group function" (as I call it) on this site (-> www.kunena.com/groups ) is not part of the kunena system, but of.... what? Joomla?

It's a feature of Jomsocial.

machiavelli wrote:

Byos has something called JACLPLUS, google for it, and I think CB has something too called CBSubs but Im not familiar with that product.

I had a look at various ACL offerings some time ago but, as I recall, I wasn't all that impressed with what I saw even though the user testimonials were generally positive. Most of these products are offered on a commercially-licensed basis, that is, you have to pay money before you can use them. Unless they are prepared to provide a money-back-if-not-satisfied guarantee, this means that people could be heading into rough territory and, let's face it, defining ACL granularity ain't like whipping up 2-minute noodles in the microwave oven!

This problem has been around ever since Joomla first burst on the scene. Unfortunately, Joomla isn't particularly well-suited to ACLs and the inbuilt registered/author/editor/publisher "security" model is probably ill-equipped to handle the purposes we're discussing. While it's possible to restrict certain parts of your website based on this Joomla security model, in granting your users those privileges (so that they can access specific areas) you may unintentionally be giving them access to other parts that you don't want them to have. This is because permissions given to authors, say, are inherited by editors and publishers. In other words, the security model is a hierarchy of permissions, not a discrete, mutually exclusive, set.

etusha wrote

Wait J1.6 and K1.6

This is probably the correct, long-term solution. In the meantime there are other approaches that could be considered. The simplest way is to construct separate websites for the disparate needs of your members. I realise this is undesirable from the point of "single sign-on" - if you go to forum.joomla.org/ you might find people discussing the ability to share the Joomla user profiles between sites - and, obviously, this means more work for the web developer and more administrative overheads but the solution is a relatively quick one (compared to learning all there is to know about defining and implementing ACLs).

Let's look again at the original premise under discussion: how to separate the needs (and permission rights) of full members, fans, players and coaches. This could be achieved by constructing separate sites for each group. It might also be possible to assign Joomla rights to, say, the playing and coaching staff.

Alternatively, JomSocial has "groups" and there's GroupJive (but I don't know whether this is still working or not). Maybe the solution isn't a forum-centric issue?

I argee, why pay for these hacks when you can do them your self... do a search for Joomla ACL Hack on google. I have used one of them and I have complete control over kunena user now, also if you want to see what it looks like see my post about Joomla ACL Hack in the hack section of this forum.

I compensated by not having author groups on any part of my site so jjst using them in K works perfect. I have a section that I only allow certain group to view and post so I set that group as authors. Hope that helps. If not, perhaps rearange the authors to something else or find another groupe like spammers to use.