splish

Hi guys,

How do i create user access like on www.mamboportal.com ?

I am looking for the feature that block access ro unregistered users, but still shows the menu-entry ?
If an unregistered user tries to open this content i want to show the following text:

Can anyone help me ?

Thx,
Holger

Navstar

Well I believe that this is enabled as default on Mambo. If you want to make a link accessible by registered Users only, you can choose the preference of just making it for registered users only. Here is an example:

Say you wanted to create a link to your remository but make it only accessible for registered users via the Main Menu:

• Well first of all you will have to access the Admin Backend

• Go to the Site Menu ---> Menu Manager and choose Main menu

• Click on New Icon on the top and go through the process such as this:

• Select the component that you wish to add in this case you wish to add an MOS Component so you should click on MOS Component but there are others to choose from like Content Items or url links.

• After choosing MOS Component click on next

• Then you fill in the applicable fields and such as the Name to be displayed in the Main Menu, which component (In this case Docman or any other filebase component)

• Then in the drop down menu for Parent Item you can choose the option of having it as a Top Menu or a SubMenu nder a top menu. Basically it means that a sub menu will appear as a link only if you choose its parent link. So if I put my Component as a Sub Menu Under another lInk say for example Files bases. My Menu Item Docman won't appear as a link unless somebody clicks on the link file base.

• Now we come to what you are looking for. Access levels.. There are three options to access levels. You will want to put your link as registered for only your users to view.

• Parameters is for any customisation that you may want to do to its actual display.

• Click on Save when all is good and don't forget to publish it.

Now to change your actual display when visitors click on it, you can change it via your language file by clicking on language manager. Browse through to line 16 and change the text. Please make sure that your language.php file is writeable.

I hope that is of any help but basically to answer your question for any other component, you have to change the access level to them. Most components have the option of configuring it to be accessible only to registered users. Just click on any configuration menu item or any Component Settings Link.

Hope this small tut helps.