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Joomla! 1.6 First Look

By : Eric Tiggeler
Book Image

Joomla! 1.6 First Look

By: Eric Tiggeler

Overview of this book

Release of the much awaited Joomla! 1.6 is just round the corner. There is a lot of hype and curiosity about the new features Joomla! 1.6 will provide and how it will affect existing users.Joomla! 1.6 First Look is a concise guide to the new features of Joomla! 1.6, targeted at existing Joomla! users and developers. If you want to see what's new in Joomla 1.6 and how it's going to affect you, this is the book for you. This book will give readers an insight into the new features of Joomla! 1.6, showing them what has changed, how the changes will affect them, and how to upgrade to Joomla! 1.6 from existing Joomla! versions. It begins with general changes in interface and basic articles, and then takes you through the changes in menus, control levels, templates, extensions, and SEO features. It explains the new features and how to use them, drawing attention to significant differences from how things used to behave. By the end of this book, you will be well-versed with the consequences these changes will bring to you as a Joomla! user or developer.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Joomla! 1.6 First Look
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Viewing Access Levels: what users can see


We've now covered two main parts of the ACL system: User Groups and action permissions (the specific things users can be allowed to do). A third important ACL concept is Viewing Access Levels. These access levels don't determine what users can do, but what users can see: can users only see the public site, can they access the frontend or maybe access the backend? What articles, menus, modules, or components can the user group actually view?

By default, three Viewing Access Levels are available: Public, Registered, and Special. Go to Users | User Manager and click on the Viewing Access Levels tab to see these levels:

This is what the three default Viewing Access Levels mean:

  • Public means that there are no special viewing permissions involved. It's the set of permissions for the Public user group, who are only allowed access to the public site.

  • Registered is the set of permissions for Registered Users. These by default are allowed to log in to the site...