Custom user groups
From Joomla! Documentation
For displaying the groups correctly you will have to change the code of : /administrator/components/com_users/admin.users.php line 285:
if ( $userGroupName == $myGroupName && $myGroupName == 'administrator' )
{ // administrators can't change each other $lists['gid'] = '<input type="hidden" name="gid" value="'. $user->get('gid') .'" />'. JText::_( 'Administrator' ) .''; } else { $gtree = $acl->get_group_children_tree( null, 'USERS', false );into
if ( $userGroupName == $myGroupName && $myGroupName == 'administrator' )
{ // administrators can't change each other $lists['gid'] = '<input type="hidden" name="gid" value="'. $user->get('gid') .'" />'. JText::_( 'Administrator' ) .''; } else { $gtree = $acl->get_group_children_tree( null, 'USERS', true);
I use Joomla 1.5.7 and I don't have the /administrator/components/com_users/admin.users.php file. (at least in that address)
I am on my first try too, and I found the call in
../administrator/components/com_users/views/user/view.html.php
on Line 113 (in a J- 1.5.8 wich is patched to a 1.5.9)
Here is a more detailed explanation of my problem I’m running joomla 1.5.9 under windows(test) and linux(production). Using instructions provided here http://docs.joomla.org/Custom_user_groups (this same instruction has been repeated on countless other websites)
This is what I’ve done on my test windows box
1. edited line 113 of \administrator\components\com_users\views\user\view.html.php, changing from : $gtree = $acl->get_group_children_tree( null, 'USERS', false); to : $gtree = $acl->get_group_children_tree( null, 'USERS', true );
2. I added new group to jos_core_acl_aro_groups, say NGrp, parent_id=18 as Registered group’s id=18. I got NGrp’s id=31
3. I run rebuild.php and got lft=12, rgt=13 for NGrp group
4. I added NGrp to jos_groups, id=3, name=NGrp
5. I created new user, say NUser and assigned it to NGrp group. NGrp group which, based on the visual clues of the select , is at the same level as Author group?? - Users Public Front-end . - Registered . Author . . - Editor . . - Publisher . - NGrp - Public Back-end - Manager - Administrator - Super Administrator
6. The NGrp only appears as selectable under Menus ?? (can live with this unless anyone can suggest a solution?) Changed access an existing menu item, say Nmenu from Registered to NGrp
8. Logged in as NUser, I went to click on the Nmenu item- it's not visible to me (or any other type of user - not even publisher)
Well, something is wrong… The question is, what am I doing wrong? AND what is the function of lft and rgt in the jos_core_acl_aro_groups table?