gymrat wrote: users with author access can't submit articles. only registered users can. is there a way to only allow users with 'author' access to submit and not registered users?
You need to set the frontend permissions. With flexicontent, it doesn't matter whether you're an author, manager or registered etc. Flexicontent permissions set the rules for its users. I suggest the following steps:
1. Log in to backend as admin
2. Go to Components > FlexiAccess
3. Click on 'Groups'
4. Create groups (eg. group1) by clicking on the 'collective'
5. Choose the user/users you would like to be in group1, by double clicking on the name of the user/users (under available users list)
6. Set the level for this group ( say level 2 ) then save.
7. Go to 'frontend & contents' under flexiaccess.
8. Open the Articles main folder and click on a category that you would like group1 to send items to (from the frontend)
9. Now, click on the red circles to give them ticks. Ticks = yes.
That's it!
However, you still need to setup an upload page.
1. On joomla menus, create a new menu with Flexicontent > Single Item > Item Submission Form.
2. On the right side, make sure that it is on Articles type.
Now, to prevent others from accessing this page and the category (identified above) - Go back to the steps above and give permissions accordingly.
Hope that this will help you.
