The component is much easier to use than Juga... the downsides are that..

1. It doesn't allow you to restrict content items within sections/categories.. Sure, it lets you restrict the categories/sections themselves.. but you can't say that a person has access to edit only one specific item in a category. We needed that the most. Our menus are dynamically built based on section/category, so static content does not work for us in this case.

2. I knew it didn't do this before I downloaded it, but it doesn't restrict the front end at all ..

If both of those things were addressed, I think this would be the best interim ACL management system (until Joomla does it natively)

Owner's reply:
Thank you for your comment.



#1. Normally, one site has many articles, so assign an user to an article is hard work (i'm sorry that is what you need but maybe many others do not). If you really need it, you can order that function yourself with cheap cost by sending an email to contact@vntrade.info



#2. cACL can not restrict user from viewing article in frontend but it can restrict users from editing there.



Have a nice day.

vnTrade team.

Hey I just bought the cACL Access control. This tool fullfills every needs you ever have for granting special access to joomla. Easy installation and excellent support.

This guys responded fast and reliable to any support problem I had due to the very strict right settings of my provider.

It is great to have such guys out there working in such a way.

Dear Joomla People :)

Half year ago I need extend more than 3 levels access to the backend of my Joomla 1.0.x website. I'm looking for solutions. I try working with JACLPlus which was great when it worked, but easily broken by installing other extensions. Next I try use other components available in this category "Group Access". At the end of my research I look on this site.

It was on January 2008. After reading this short descriptions, official website, manual and e-mails from developer in April I buy it. I am glad. It worked exactly the way I needed it to work.

Now after more than month I didn't have any problems with this component so I can say that cACL is the best component for control backend group access for Joomla 1.0.x. Why?

1. Works good, easy to configure (manual available).

2. You can instal and uninstal it as a normal Joomla components (without any special code added to other Joomla file -> JACLPlus). Remember it's need ionCube but it's popular and available on all pay servers.

3. Excellent support. Developer answers very quickly for yours poroblems/wishlists/future requests.

4. If you use it you can allow/restrict all options available for user from joomla group "administrator". You can allow/restrict to all options available on top menu for this user.

5. You can restrict any sections/categories and static article (one article for this user another for next user).

6. You can allow/restric access to any installed components (no hack).

7. You can build yours own group of users with special rights.

8. You can hide all the parameter tabs available on new/edit article pages ("Publishing", "Images" etc).

9. You can make something like "workflow" (one user write news, next approval (publish) and from this time user who write is can't changes it). Oryginal Joomla 1.0.x can't do it with cACL you can make it. :)

10. In last version after my future requests developer add full control of "User Manager". Now you can allow user to changes password or other options for his profile (or others) and ... allow to add for e.g. only new users to Joomla group "Author". :)

11. And much more options in cACL 1.4.4... :)

Let's go to the official website and try trial version and buy it. :)

At the end. This is one of the components that make your Joomla site professional. Should be integrate into core of Joomla (Maybe it's also great way to ACL in Joomla 1.6.x. :D).


Thanks for a great extension.

I truly recommended it. Works very well, and easy to configure. If anyone need to give different level access to joomla 1.0.x backend cACL is the one great solution. :) Mark my words, cACL will be the number one ACL component for Joomla in a very short time. :)

i payed for the modification and 5 minutes later it was working perfect.

a very easy installation and easy to use.

if you need a group access modification, i can recommend this one !

I have multiple managers on my site and needed this product to basically keep mistakes from being made and not overwhelming other users with all the components and categories that would have been displayed to them otherwise. I had one glitch with the program which the author fixed in a few hours.

I have been hunting for a component to restrict access in the back-end of Joomla for months and was in a bund when JBAM has been closed to the public. I then was surfing around and found this great piece of software.

It has been a dream come true and worth every penny spent.

Their support is amazing and have been very helpful

A+ Guys, keep up the great work! :)

We had the needing to assign specific administration levels to different users for this large site, we asked vntrade.info for their advice, and they gave us this excelent component!

CACL provided us what we didn't find anywhere else in a very easy and simple way: give backend access to specific components and (the greatest functionality) specific static content items! to selected users.

If you need to give different level access to joomla backend this is the solution for you, CACL fills the empty space that existed for modular permissions assignment.

A great recommendation for this great component!