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2012/5/29 David Roth <davidalanr...@gmail.com> > Thanks to both of you! Those articles were very helpful. I had not gotten > a chance to check out the ACL feature in Joomla until now. > > I was wondering while reading it, is there a way to replace the "help" tab > so it links to custom documentation for the user instead of the Joomla > documentation and links? Thanks! > > David Roth > > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 7:26 AM, Helvécio da Silva > <helvecio...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I found this from Jen Kramer (She's GREAT!) in Joomla Magazine. It can be >> a kickstart. >> >> >> http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/Issue-May-2012/item/761-Joomla-ACL-Configuring-back-end >> >> 2012/5/23 OSTraining <i...@ostraining.com> >> >>> Hi David >>> >>> Give this a try: >>> >>> http://www.ostraining.com/blog/joomla/joomla-acl-tutorial-for-allowing-one-person-to-modify-only-one-category/ >>> >>> That was written a while ago and there's an extra permission now. >>> >>> You'll also need to go to Site > Global Configuration > Permissions and >>> give the new user group permission to "Access Administration Interface" >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 6:40 AM, Helvécio da Silva wrote: >>> >>> > You can use Joomla 2.5.x ACL to acomplish that. A little bit tricky, >>> but I believe it can be done. >>> > >>> > G'luck! >>> > >>> > 2012/5/23 David Roth <davidalanr...@gmail.com (mailto: >>> davidalanr...@gmail.com)> >>> > > I've never bothered with any other template for Admin than what is >>> supplied with Joomla. But I want to be able to have a non-technical user be >>> able to edit the content for a category of Articles assigned to them, but >>> don't want anything else visible to them so they don't become confused or >>> start to mess around with things which could screw up the pages. Before >>> anyone tells me that the user should go through training and learn how to >>> manage things so this doesn't happen, while I would agree, that isn't the >>> case this time. >>> > > >>> > > Does such an admin template already exist? Or can Joomla 2.5.4 be >>> made restrictive enough so when this non-technical user logins in they only >>> see what they need to? Thanks! >>> > > >>> > > David Roth >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > _______________________________________________ >>> > > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List >>> > > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla >>> > > >>> > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online >>> > > http://www.nyphpcon.com >>> > > >>> > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP >>> > > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Helvecio "Elvis" da Silva >>> > Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - helvecio...@gmail.com (mailto: >>> helvecio...@gmail.com) >>> > http://www.helvecio.com - http://blog.helvecio.com >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > -- Helvecio "Elvis" da Silva Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - helvecio...@gmail.com http://www.helvecio.com - http://blog.helvecio.com
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