Allow users to create, edit, publish, delete articles only in one assigned category Topic is solved

[eestebanjjosue]

Hi there, I been using Joomla to build sites for quite a while, but most of the sites are managed by me or I give complete access to my client to use it. But I have a problem right know and I really need to assign a user to a specific category so they can only edit/create the articles in their assigned category. I know the ACL gives me permission to grant those privileges but I cannot make it work, the users MUST log through the back end only and whenever they try to publish an article the default category and no other option must be the assigned category.
Sorry if its a noob question but I have been trying lot of things but I have only granted or restricted full access to the article manager and any category in it.
I need to do this for like 15+ categories/users because they only publish articles this way.
Thanks in advance for your advice.

[sozzled]

See https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Access_Con ... t_Tutorial

[eestebanjjosue]

Sorry, but this documentation is not clear, because when I create a User group and assign permissions nothing happens, but when I assing it to some access level it grants every permission possible, so I dont know where do I have to grant premissions.
When I assign the access level to registered I cant do anything, but when I set it to special I can make anything in the site... it doesnt make any sense, I would like to know where to assign the access group so I can manually assign what the user can do in global configuration > permissions.

[leolam]

In other words you do not read properly (you do not know where to grant permissions) or do not try to understand since it is darn good documentation. Your perception that you have to assign permissions in global configuration shows that. Please go back to that and digest what is written down. It is a large piece of many many pages and we know by experience that people do not take it in but you will have to and especially look at the examples https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Access_Con ... s_Examples

Leo

[eestebanjjosue]

I have not been able to enable an specific category to be edited by a user group, I have tried everything but I enable the whole component (article manager).

[Per Yngve Berg]

Put the Permissions on the Category. Find the Category in Category Manager and open it. See the permissions tab.

[eestebanjjosue]

Thanks for your help, but I made this: Created a User group direct child of Public, gave it an "Especial" Access Level, and granted the Administrator Login permission.
But once I did this I have to give permission to Access Administration Interface of Articles which enables the user to create, edit, publish in any category it desires.

[sozzled]

The ACL group "Public" refers to anyone who has not logged into your website. Therefore, unless someone logs into your website, the ACL system is not used. Don't put users as children of Public. Put your user groups as children of "Registered". OK?

[eestebanjjosue]

The ACL group "Public" refers to anyone who has not logged into your website. Therefore, unless someone logs into your website, the ACL system is not used. Don't put users as children of Public. Put your user groups as children of "Registered". OK?

The whole site has only public content, what I am trying to do is limit only the back end users to modify/publish only in their respective categories.
What should I gain if I use the registered group instead?, since I want to manually give access to especific categories?

[sozzled]

There are three built-in user groups that have backend access.

1) Superusers
2) Administrators
3) Managers

By default, Managers (who have backend access to allow them to create, edit, publish, delete Joomla articles) can create, edit, publish and delete Joomla articles for all categories. If you want to limit their access to specific categories you can do one of two things: (a) don't allow them access to the backend by making them Publishers (or Authors, or Editors) or (b) modify the ACL permissions on the categories and create User Groups as children of Managers.

[Webdongle]

1. Create a user group wit 'Registered' as Parent
2. In Global config ... Allow 'Administrator login'
3. Users >>> Access Levels ... Special ... select the new user Group
4. Content >>> Articles ... Options ... Allow 'Access Administration Interface '
5. Content >>> Categories ... the required Category ... Allow the edit required Edit Permissions.

Users in that group will be able to see all 'Public' Articles etc but only be able to Create, Edit etc. tin the Category you gave the Permissions for. If you want them to see 'Registered' Content then select that user group in Users >>> Access Levels ... Registered.

[eestebanjjosue]

1. Create a user group wit 'Registered' as Parent
2. In Global config ... Allow 'Administrator login'
3. Users >>> Access Levels ... Special ... select the new user Group
4. Content >>> Articles ... Options ... Allow 'Access Administration Interface '
5. Content >>> Categories ... the required Category ... Allow the edit required Edit Permissions.

Users in that group will be able to see all 'Public' Articles etc but only be able to Create, Edit etc. tin the Category you gave the Permissions for. If you want them to see 'Registered' Content then select that user group in Users >>> Access Levels ... Registered.

I am really grateful... thank you so much!!! that's exactly what I was looking for. I been searching for so long for this... that did the trick.