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Depends on what you're wanting. ACL will only take you so far. One of the biggest benefits of CBSubs is its ability to protect URLs. So for extensions that don't have very deep ACL usage (which is fine) you can use CBSubs to protect a URL in that extension instead.What I'm wondering is; is there any particular benefit to me adding CB Subs to the site, or if there are any precautions in how I should be integrating Joomla's ACL with either CB+GJ or CB+GJ+CB Subs?
CB and GJ control nothing. ACL and CBSubs are your only controlling factors here and they play well with one another. GJ has nothing to do with ACL, it simply provides community groups for users to interact with one another in; it does have access permissions based off ACL though so it's easy to set who can do what.Thinking about all the permutations of ACL, Users and Groups, it seems there may be some cross-over of interests between the various systems (CB+GJ/CBSubs/ACL), each one potentially able to control access at certain levels... it's all getting to be a bit of a muddle in my mind!
Maybe GroupJive can handle this entirely? Have 1 GJ category for Tutors, 1 for Students, and 1 for Guests? Then they can create groups as needed in the category they've access to. The groups allow communication and sharing between the members of that group.So, there will be a general shared Student and Tutors projects' area, a Tutors only projects' area, and a "guest/temporary tutors" area. I am also realising it would be useful to have an extra Sandbox/Demo area.
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Does that mean ACL can't protect a URL, i.e. if someone knows the URL to a resource then content can be seen?One of the biggest benefits of CBSubs is its ability to protect URLs.
Not sure how one would know if a [Joomla?] extension has deep ACL usage or not (if that's what you mean)? I've just started using the add on component "ACL Manger" which seems to enable more/easier control of ACL (and can fill-in any missing assets/permissions). Does that solve the problem, or is adding CBSubs still an overall advantage?So for extensions that don't have very deep ACL usage (which is fine) you can use CBSubs to protect a URL in that extension instead.
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An internal Joomla menu link can have specific access view levels. When trying to access a page with its Itemid the access will be denied. CBSubs can go much deeper then this in that it doesn't need a menu item and you simply provide it a URL path to protect. Example as followsDoes that mean ACL can't protect a URL, i.e. if someone knows the URL to a resource then content can be seen?
CBSubs is independent of ACL. It protects content using Plans, like we do with our Advanced, Professional, etc.. subscriptions. So you could combine both for all sorts of protection. It's really entirely up to you. I'd explore using strictly ACL and if it can't protect everything you're needing protected then you may need CBSubs to protect content further.Not sure how one would know if a [Joomla?] extension has deep ACL usage or not (if that's what you mean)? I've just started using the add on component "ACL Manger" which seems to enable more/easier control of ACL (and can fill-in any missing assets/permissions). Does that solve the problem, or is adding CBSubs still an overall advantage?
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