Joomla custom user groups

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I have a Joomla website and there are two sections to the site. One section is for the public and the other is for retailers which have to be approved. What I need is to create a group of users which are the only ones who can access the retailer section of the site. These users don't get any editing/publishing/administrator roles; they're just registered users with special access. I've tried several extensions but had no luck with it. Does anyone know how this can be done?

What version of Joomla! are you using? – Craig Mar 05 '12 at 06:22 — Craig, Mar 05 '12 at 06:22

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 05 '12 at 08:39

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You don't need groups: you just have to make sure to disable the "self registration" option (from admin control panel: Global Configuration -> system -> Allow User Registration = No)

Global Configuration

Also, you'll have to configure each article/menu to have Access Level "public"/"registered".

article/menu permissions
You can register new users from the admin control panel and only they will be able to view "registered" content.

answered Mar 05 '12 at 08:39

Nir Alfasi

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Well the thing is that regular public users will still be able to register but I need to make it so some registered users can access certain parts of the site but others can't. – David Maksimov Mar 07 '12 at 05:18
for that you have a third option (access level) called "special". But I never used it so I can't provide more details in regards. – Nir Alfasi Mar 07 '12 at 06:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 05 '12 at 06:22

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Read this :- http://docs.joomla.org/Access_Control_List/1.6-2.5/Tutorial http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/access-a-security/site-access/backend-a-full-access-control/9040 Search about access control list.

answered Mar 05 '12 at 06:22

yogeshK

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