create permissions over cathegories and user groups

Hello Giovanni,

If the user can post in two groups they will always be able to post into both categories.

If you allow creation of events to the standard user access level, but then deny to the other user groups only allowing the one associated with the category then they can only create the event.

Do you have sub categories?
Should users be able to post in more than 1 categories at any point?

Many thanks
Tony

Hello Tony

thanks very much for your reply, really appreciated;

> Do you have sub categories?

no, I don't;
I have many different categories, but the structure of categories is flat and not hierarchical;

> Should users be able to post in more than 1 categories at any point?

yes, I am failing in limiting the creation of new events on more than 1 category AND not all of them;

to give you the idea on what I did (a bit verbose and maybe redundant but hopefully complete)

I created User Groups (u.g.) under "Registered" such as:
Tennis Event Viewer u.g.
Soccer Event Viewer u.g.
and
Public Event Viewer u.g. under "Public"

I created User Groups under "Publisher" such as:
Tennis Event Manager u.g.
Soccer Event Manager u.g.
Public Event Manager u.g.

I created the following Access Level which have access to the following user groups
Tennis Event Access => Tennis Event Viewer u.g.
Soccer Event Access => Soccer Event Viewer u.g.
Public Event Access => Public Event Viewer u.g.
and an additional access level
Event Manager Access => Tennis Event Manager u.g., Soccer Event Manager u.g., Public Event Manager u.g.

The following categories refer to the following access levels:
Tennis => Tennis Event Access
Soccer => Soccer Event Access
Pub => Public Event Access

and under "menu", the "Create Jevents" entry refers to the Event Manager Access

the viewing is great:
the unregistered viewer sees events of Pub,
Tom is just a tennis player, is registered as Tennis Event Viewer u.g. and views only pub + tennis events, great;
then if I extend it to Soccer Event Viewer u.g., he views also soccer events;

problem comes to creation:
Pete is the tennis teacher and overall manager, belongs to Tennis Event Manager u.g. and Pub Event Manager u.g.:
when he reaches the create-event page, at the list "categories" I wish he would see: tennis and pub, but now he sees also soccer;

same for Carl, he is just soccer teacher, belongs to Soccer Event Manager u.g. but the list of categories in the create-event page contains all entries.

any suggestion is welcome,
thanks
Giovanni

Hello,

I see... This becomes complicated since it's not a hierarchy system.

What I would do at this point is change your JEvents system to use the Authorised user mode for event creation. Then in the authorized users you can configure who is authorised to create in x categories and what they are authorised to create.

Many thanks
Tony