How to hide the item from other users

Hi there,

I was wondering if there is a builtin way to hide the items from other users except the creator(author) of that item.

I know I can create ACL for that particular user and assign it to that particular item but this rather gets complicated and tedious when you have 1000 authors and millions of items...

I was planing to automatically create ACL group for each user when they register on my site. But then how can I get the item type to detect users' acl group?

User1 registers and gets user1 acl group.
User1 creates an item only seen by user1 acl group(which is himself only).
User2 register and gets user2 acl group.
User2 creates and item only seen by user2 acl group. He will not be able to see user1's item.

Hope it makes sense.

Thank you.

Hello

hide item from others ?


if you do not publish the items, then the items will be listable in frontend only

-1- by their authors

-2- by user with ACL privelege:

Items (WorkFlow in Frontend): list items in any state

Thank you for your reply.

Is it then possible to show the item only for that particular user?
If a second user logs in, is he going to be able to view the items(that are created by other users) in frontend?

I want to only show the items per user. Restricting each others items - view & edit of their OWN item only. They cannot see other authors' items.

=> you need to create 1 groupe + 1 access level by user i think

Hello

yes,

what i have answered you above, applies,
it sounds like you are asking me the same question ?


i said listable, because they may not be editable, but in your case they will be listable/editable by their owner, because you will give your users the edit.own privilege

you can put all users to same usergroup A (users can belong to more than 1 group)
-- and give this usergroup A EDIT OWN items
-- do not -explicitely- deny "EDIT OWN" in any other usergroup
-- do not give EDIT (=ALL) privilege to any user group


also if you want the usergroups of your users can be children of the usergroup A, in any case check how the ACL heritage works in Joomla