That looks very useful, thanks! I can't help from wondering if someone has created an entire extension that is a replacement for the back-end that incorporates all these features without having to make changes in the code. If not, maybe there should be?
David Roth On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Helvécio da Silva <helvecio...@gmail.com>wrote: > Is this is what you are looking for? > > > http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/Issue-Apr-2012/item/721-Customizing-the-Admin-Menu > > 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 >>>> >>> >>
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