Front end password protection
Hello!
I want to make a section of the site accessible to members only. I have set articles to "registered", but this results in a 404 page. I have also experimented with turning off all SEO urls, and this resulted in the page showing up but lacking the left hand column category menu.
Shouldn't this be easier?
Thanks!
-Matt
I want to make a section of the site accessible to members only. I have set articles to "registered", but this results in a 404 page. I have also experimented with turning off all SEO urls, and this resulted in the page showing up but lacking the left hand column category menu.
Shouldn't this be easier?
Thanks!
-Matt
Discussion started by Mattbeegee , on 29 April 06:27 PM
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Rita Lewis,
2009-11-23 14:33:37
If you want to password protect the front end of your site so that certain articles are readable only by members, the easiest way is not to use Joomla! 1.5's native ACL, but install a component such as JUGA by Discouri or one of the other components that allow you to set up permissions based on groups. You also can consider installing a subscription component such as Ambra by Discouri or RSSubs (check on JED for Membership) that allows you to set up access based on membership type.
Luckily, Joomla! 1.6 has corrected the extremely narrow roles, permissions, and groups (Public, Registered, and Special) issue by letting the Administrator set up new roles and permissions.
If you don't want to purchase an extension, you can set your users who registered to Special and go into the User Manager and make them Authors. Then, identify the Section as Special and you should be able to restrict access. Don't set up your restrictions at the article level because the menu item you set based on section blog or list will conflict with its contents' permissions and you'll get an error message as you describe.
Hope this helps.
Luckily, Joomla! 1.6 has corrected the extremely narrow roles, permissions, and groups (Public, Registered, and Special) issue by letting the Administrator set up new roles and permissions.
If you don't want to purchase an extension, you can set your users who registered to Special and go into the User Manager and make them Authors. Then, identify the Section as Special and you should be able to restrict access. Don't set up your restrictions at the article level because the menu item you set based on section blog or list will conflict with its contents' permissions and you'll get an error message as you describe.
Hope this helps.