I'm sorry to come back to this topic and open it up after realising the great advice from SharkyKZ was the way to manage the ordering but I'm really hoping there is another way or another approach I need to take.
While having a small number of ACL's would be easy to manage by dragging any new ones created into the correct order at the time that you then want people to see when they create an article would work.
Is there a quicker way when you have a lot of ACL's to manage?
We have really ramped up the number of ACL's due to the nature of our select educational content access for our students and we are finding it a real chore to then drag the ACL's around all the time to look good for our article creators.
Is there a way where you can choose a setting or apply a sort like you can in the Joomla Configuration for articles or categories?
Just like you can choose sort articles by ID Ascending, ID Descending, Title Alphabetical, Alphabetical Reverse etc.
And how you have options to sort categories through Global Configuration choices.
Is there anyway you can choose Alphabetical sorting for ACL lists in articles?
This is beginning to become a problem and a time consuming issue.
Alternatively, and i have no shame in being shown the light with a better approach to my ACL's, should i be reviewing the amount of ACL's I have? Like how many is too many for other experienced users of a large education site?
We love Joomla for its comprehensive approach and control to artcile and content restriction and it works for us to the finest detail. Because of this we are able to give access to articles to some members that other members should not see and have triggers setup that when certain things are achieved, new content is then made available.
Because of this we have a large number of ACL's and want to expand to more as we grow. Currently 120+ ACL's.
It works superbly other than the messy lists to find the ACL when creating a new article.
Please be blunt though as I won't be offended - is 120+ ACL's too many for Joomla and we should think of a different approach that can keep things so well controlled?
I might be missing an obvious way.
Or is there a sort I can make on the database tables to show ACL's in that article drop down box in a different way?
Or is someone smarter than me and can change some code on the article page itself that determines the ordering of that list?
Any help, advice, opinion on this would be really well received.
Thanks
While having a small number of ACL's would be easy to manage by dragging any new ones created into the correct order at the time that you then want people to see when they create an article would work.
Is there a quicker way when you have a lot of ACL's to manage?
We have really ramped up the number of ACL's due to the nature of our select educational content access for our students and we are finding it a real chore to then drag the ACL's around all the time to look good for our article creators.
Is there a way where you can choose a setting or apply a sort like you can in the Joomla Configuration for articles or categories?
Just like you can choose sort articles by ID Ascending, ID Descending, Title Alphabetical, Alphabetical Reverse etc.
And how you have options to sort categories through Global Configuration choices.
Is there anyway you can choose Alphabetical sorting for ACL lists in articles?
This is beginning to become a problem and a time consuming issue.
Alternatively, and i have no shame in being shown the light with a better approach to my ACL's, should i be reviewing the amount of ACL's I have? Like how many is too many for other experienced users of a large education site?
We love Joomla for its comprehensive approach and control to artcile and content restriction and it works for us to the finest detail. Because of this we are able to give access to articles to some members that other members should not see and have triggers setup that when certain things are achieved, new content is then made available.
Because of this we have a large number of ACL's and want to expand to more as we grow. Currently 120+ ACL's.
It works superbly other than the messy lists to find the ACL when creating a new article.
Please be blunt though as I won't be offended - is 120+ ACL's too many for Joomla and we should think of a different approach that can keep things so well controlled?
I might be missing an obvious way.
Or is there a sort I can make on the database tables to show ACL's in that article drop down box in a different way?
Or is someone smarter than me and can change some code on the article page itself that determines the ordering of that list?
Any help, advice, opinion on this would be really well received.
Thanks
Statistics: Posted by ChrisASCA — Thu May 23, 2024 12:16 am