JUGA 
Version
2.4.1 (last update on Aug 26, 2011)
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GPLv2 or later
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Date Added
30 June 2007
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JUGA is NOT A HACK and it is NOT ENCODED.
JUGA installs and uninstalls *easily* as a component. To activate/de-activate it, just install and publish/unpublish the JUGA Plugin/Mambot. And we believe in leaving our source code open, so you can modify JUGA as you wish.
With JUGA, you can assign users to multiple groups. In fact, you can create an infinite number of new groups, so you could assign a single user to a unique group, thereby achieving customized individual access rights for each user.
After installing JUGA, merely synchronize it with your site's components and content. Then tell JUGA which variables it should restrict for each component (in the case of Fireboard, for example, you would tell JUGA: "func", "catid", "task", "id", etc). Then, define which items each group has access to. After assigning users to JUGA groups, activate the Plugin/Mambot and voila! It works the exact same way for your back-end.
We have released a modified version of the Joomla! Main Menu Module. It has been modified to work with JUGA>>Groups and hides menu items from view when a user doesn't have access to them.
We also have a JUGA Content Plugin/Mambot. Now you can show certain portions of a content item to any/none/some/all JUGA>>Groups. It works like JHide and RokAccess.
We also have an admin-side template for Joomla! 1.0 that extends JUGA's controls over your J!1.0 Admin Control Panel. This template isn't necessary for J!1.5 as the JUGA System Plugin will already control the admin-side for you.
Finally, we also have mod_hiddenbyjuga, a JUGA Module that allows you to HIDE MODULES based on the user's JUGA Group!
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I experienced a few humps after installing JUGA, but I am now very impressed with the component and their support exceeded expectations.
This is perhaps the most expensive extension I am using (v1.51a on Joomla 1.5.8). It's also quite complex, and careful reading of the online manual is definitely repaid - the advice to set it up on a development site, and to carefully think what user groups you need is very good.
I had a minor issue, that was quickly solved after filing a support query. I was worried about it working with MyBlog after reading cryptic comments on some forums, but all seems fine.
The online documentation is comprehensive, if slightly disorganised. You can return to your previous settings by uninstalling, if necessary.
I had a minor issue, that was quickly solved after filing a support query. I was worried about it working with MyBlog after reading cryptic comments on some forums, but all seems fine.
The online documentation is comprehensive, if slightly disorganised. You can return to your previous settings by uninstalling, if necessary.
We have installed this on a clients website and were initially impressed by it. Everyone know that user groups is not a joomla strong point and it seems to fit the bill. There are some issues we found.
1. Hiding/Showing menu links does not always work well depending on your template menu system. (e.g. if you are using/modifying templates from joomlart or yootheme, you may find things not as straightforward as juga suggest.
2. Search - we found that you could hide/show content easily enough based on user groups, but that content can still be found if you search for it. Which kind of defeats the purpose.
3. Links to Sections/Categories - If you are displaying a list of links e.g with a section list those articles that you have set to be hidden will still show.
4. It is recommended that you only 'synchronize' your content with JUGA when you first install, but we found that site items did not always show up.
Overall we like this component and feel the developers have done a good job and addressing something that we will all find useful.
We are sticking with it and will use it again. We recommend it.
1. Hiding/Showing menu links does not always work well depending on your template menu system. (e.g. if you are using/modifying templates from joomlart or yootheme, you may find things not as straightforward as juga suggest.
2. Search - we found that you could hide/show content easily enough based on user groups, but that content can still be found if you search for it. Which kind of defeats the purpose.
3. Links to Sections/Categories - If you are displaying a list of links e.g with a section list those articles that you have set to be hidden will still show.
4. It is recommended that you only 'synchronize' your content with JUGA when you first install, but we found that site items did not always show up.
Overall we like this component and feel the developers have done a good job and addressing something that we will all find useful.
We are sticking with it and will use it again. We recommend it.
At first, JUGA was very confusing. I tried several different things to get it going. I finally reverted to contacting the developers through their web site and was pleasantly surprised! The folks there were/are very responsive and helpful. Questions were answered quickly, and they even wrote a beginners guide for newbies (like me!)
At first, I thought I'd wasted my precious money, but now feel that it's worth it.
At first, I thought I'd wasted my precious money, but now feel that it's worth it.
I've been using JUGA for about 6 months. It did take me a little while to figure it out, but once I did, it is very intuitive. It takes Joomla a long way in enabling a more granular ACL. We all know how Joomla lacks in that currently. :)
I did run into a bug, where 11 particular site items were self-replicating themselves when a Joomla Administrator user was logged into the admin-side, and publishing content items. The folks at Dioscouri were very helpful. My paid support subscription was well worth it. Their responses were very open-minded, and quick. by listening to the problem, they were able to determine a small bug in the 1.0 version of JUGA, and immediate posted a patch to their site.
Great work! My sites wouldn't be the same without JUGA.
I did run into a bug, where 11 particular site items were self-replicating themselves when a Joomla Administrator user was logged into the admin-side, and publishing content items. The folks at Dioscouri were very helpful. My paid support subscription was well worth it. Their responses were very open-minded, and quick. by listening to the problem, they were able to determine a small bug in the 1.0 version of JUGA, and immediate posted a patch to their site.
Great work! My sites wouldn't be the same without JUGA.
Most of us here do this for a living so we all know the score on these things. Its great when free one works but if it doesn't and you are on a deadline then life gets sucky really quick.
These guys deliver like Pizza Hut when it comes to support. Their documentation is really good too and it doesn't mess with the core code. There is not much else you can expect for your 50 $ US.
They are Real Pros!
These guys deliver like Pizza Hut when it comes to support. Their documentation is really good too and it doesn't mess with the core code. There is not much else you can expect for your 50 $ US.
They are Real Pros!
JUGA is an excellent solution for adding access control to your content. It does exactly what it is supposed to do, and is easy to use.
No hacks of Joomla needed either, which makes it an easy solution to implement without handcuffing you to a particular release of Joomla.
Dioscouri's support is incredible as well. Very responsive. Even it it isn't their problem in the end, they never just "pass the buck".
This product just keeps getting better. It is worth every penny.
No hacks of Joomla needed either, which makes it an easy solution to implement without handcuffing you to a particular release of Joomla.
Dioscouri's support is incredible as well. Very responsive. Even it it isn't their problem in the end, they never just "pass the buck".
This product just keeps getting better. It is worth every penny.
I looked forward to getting this extension on my school site but fundamental to that was a need to restrict where users could post and edit articles. You can do it but ONLY if your prepared to put in restrictions on each and every article, unrealistic in a multi author environment.
So if you have a community type site with people creating content for their own sections,FORGET IT.
My kids now have $50 less paper and pencils and I'm still looking for a solution.
So if you have a community type site with people creating content for their own sections,FORGET IT.
My kids now have $50 less paper and pencils and I'm still looking for a solution.
This component was just what I was looking for, and after reading all the previous reviews decided to buy it. Installation was no problem, however for a relative novice in website development, I found the component complex and confusing in places.
The one thing I learned however , from reading the reviews and from the developers of JUGA themselves, was to make sure I read the manual and other instructions carefully before I started configuring the component. It was good advice, and it took me several hours to get to grips with it, and boy, it was worth the wait. I now have a 'member's site’ completely hidden within the main site, allowing paying members access to a wealth of information and services, the viewing public not only don't have access to, but can't see either.
But that’s not all, because if there is one thing that turns good software into great software, is the quality of customer service and support. In JUGA’s case it was exceptional. I had a couple of small problems, one of which was caused by my own ignorance, so I submitted a support ticket asking for help. A flurry of responses followed, and within a very short space of time, the problems were solved. The people at Dioscouri even adapted a configuration variable to accommodate another component I was using on the site and applied it themselves. Customer support doesn’t come much better than that.
I already use another of their components – Billets and have had similar experiences with them, in that prompt helpful support is always forthcoming.
JUGA is an excellent component, backed by excellent support , and I strongly recommend it to anyone thinking of restricting access to users on their site.
Well done guys and thanks again for all your help.
The one thing I learned however , from reading the reviews and from the developers of JUGA themselves, was to make sure I read the manual and other instructions carefully before I started configuring the component. It was good advice, and it took me several hours to get to grips with it, and boy, it was worth the wait. I now have a 'member's site’ completely hidden within the main site, allowing paying members access to a wealth of information and services, the viewing public not only don't have access to, but can't see either.
But that’s not all, because if there is one thing that turns good software into great software, is the quality of customer service and support. In JUGA’s case it was exceptional. I had a couple of small problems, one of which was caused by my own ignorance, so I submitted a support ticket asking for help. A flurry of responses followed, and within a very short space of time, the problems were solved. The people at Dioscouri even adapted a configuration variable to accommodate another component I was using on the site and applied it themselves. Customer support doesn’t come much better than that.
I already use another of their components – Billets and have had similar experiences with them, in that prompt helpful support is always forthcoming.
JUGA is an excellent component, backed by excellent support , and I strongly recommend it to anyone thinking of restricting access to users on their site.
Well done guys and thanks again for all your help.
An excellent product from a great company! Worth every dollar and unlike most of the sites listed here these guys actually provide customer support.
Discouri have set a high benchmark for all the other providers of Joomla extensions to match up to in my opinion and they are well worth a visit.
Discouri have set a high benchmark for all the other providers of Joomla extensions to match up to in my opinion and they are well worth a visit.
We all know that the access control lacks in Joomla! 1.5.x. The admin interface of JUGA can be easily understood, so you can create new groups very easily, assign users to these groups, or even add your own components to JUGA. Well, the control of your site is in your hand.
This Extension really does not require much to get it working! Its quite simple to install and gives me a lot of features i wanted and which arent provided by j1.5! Together with its plugins und third party plugins (like auto add to group) it is very powerful! At first i thought it should be in joomla, and i do not wanna pay for, but after all i think it worth the money at all. the best thing is support, if you use this extension a lot in beginning of your membership, you get excellent and fast support for all your problems! after that starting period i think you know what to do and where problems arise.
So finally like this, it woks you have to pay for support and get an excellent and needed extention.
So finally like this, it woks you have to pay for support and get an excellent and needed extention.
Well, i'm not to sharp when it comes to PHP and Joomla is far beyond my understanding. JUGA is no exception and is very complex. i suggest reading all the manules and FAQs and forums before getting deep into JUGA. they do offer a free version for 1.0 only, but if your like me, its worth the paid support.They use a message board like system to help you which is somewhat slow. but in the end i got what i needed. they have good customer support and although this program is big and complex, it can do alot for you and i think its worth it. it works great with AEC, just make sure your not using JALC or your screwed, lol
Joomla is a good tool for creating large websites. But it lacks decent group support. JUGA takes Joomla from good to great!
JUGA provides us a way to allow our users to have access over specific sections of the website, specific articles, and only certain functions such as edit or view.
If you aren't sure on how to use something they provide excellent documentation. For those who need a little bit more instruction get very fast, very accurate help from their support system. It is real people helping you, not a robot repeating documentation you have already read.
JUGA is by far a necessity on any Joomla site needing ACL-like / Group support.
JUGA provides us a way to allow our users to have access over specific sections of the website, specific articles, and only certain functions such as edit or view.
If you aren't sure on how to use something they provide excellent documentation. For those who need a little bit more instruction get very fast, very accurate help from their support system. It is real people helping you, not a robot repeating documentation you have already read.
JUGA is by far a necessity on any Joomla site needing ACL-like / Group support.
Excellent support and a fantastic tool. Yes, I wish it was a bit easier to work with but I read the documentation and I actually love the way it works! - complicated that it may be. Well worth the money. Do it. Buy it now!
I have evaluated JUGA and am not going to use it because our needs for security are not that strong. The plugin itself is good (spend 10 minutes reading the instructions, it will save you hours) and offers extreme flexibility in group management.
The problem for us is it does not integrate with other modules we will be using such as sitemap, download manager. They do provide their own mainmenu component but the built-in Joomla search will find all documents, regardless of JUGA access level.
The problem for us is it does not integrate with other modules we will be using such as sitemap, download manager. They do provide their own mainmenu component but the built-in Joomla search will find all documents, regardless of JUGA access level.
Owner's reply
Thanks for the review! Yes, the built-in Joomla Search component will find all documents and list them in the search results. But, when the user clicks on a content article from the search results that he/she doesn't have access to, JUGA will not let them see the document.
To prevent restricted items from appearing in the search results at all would require a re-write of the search component. We're releasing our API so that this can be accomplished by any interested parties. We may also release one ourselves similar to the mod_mainmenu alternative we released. Thanks!
The extension is easy to install. It takes a little bit of effort to understand and configure but there are some really tutorials on the Dioscouri website. The extension will do what we need it to do which is good but I have to say that the support from Dioscouri is absolutely incredible. I had some issues in the beginning but they stayed with me and helped every step of the way. They went way beyond what I normally expect from companies today. My only wish is that they wrote more extensions.
I would highly recommend this component for anyone wanting to restrict access to content items, menu's or modules in their joomla website. Installation is quick and simple - there are getting started instructions on the authors website - which enable you to get up and running in no time at all. Support is also very quick if you run in to any hitches. Highly recommended
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