great-great plugin!

I try it and when I created one user and save settings, the page has been empty, have not loaded any section..
Also, in the user settings, don't show the default language that I have configured in GS (Spanish).

repeat: great plugin!

I am aware of the language issue.

I do not know what function I can use to automatically populate the language select box with the languages a user has installed. If anyone can help me out with that it would be appreciated.

Works perfectly as promised and will be really benefitial for GS users with larger sites :)

Here are where some 'snags' may come in (depending on what a client might expect):

• If the 'Pages' page is disabled, a user basically can't access the back end (because this is the page they are directed to upon logging in). Now this may seem redundant because disabling that page for users may be a singular occurance, but if someone is tasked as the Web Developer or Web Designer but the client doesn't want that person to access/change what is on the pages? It would make sense in that instance is they could be redirected to the next tab available (either Files or Theme), but you could argue that it would be a mugs game to disable the 'Pages' page. So perhaps make an option for a 'Starting Page' redirection in the absense of access to the 'Pages' tab.

• For plugin developers like juliancc who've made their own tabs for specific plugins (like the GSGallery), there isn't a way to disable access to those tabs. Might be desireable to find a way around this.

• This is probably the biggest snag, and it is that the right side panel for links is gone for added users. So if you had someone registered as a Journalist for example, they can't actually access the 'Create New Page' page or any News plugin to be able to start producing content - they can only edit what is already there.

Otherwise, what you have at the moment works and it isn't a case of things bugging out - simply refining your plugin's functionality to the best it can achieve :) Awesome stuff indeed *two thumbs up*

Appreciate the feedback..

I will definitely add the ability to set an alternate starting page, and look into your other suggestions

Wow, i must say Mike - this is a great job. A few things that I noticed:

1. you hide the top nav links, but the bottom footer links do not hide. I am thinking of adding a class to each one as I have for the top nav links so when you hide ".theme" you hide both. However, this obviously wont be until 3.1 gets released.

2. if you do not have "all" the permissions, you shouldn't be allowed to edit your own permissions. i am assuming that if you have all permissions - you are an administrator.

3. i think to make the user.xml file cleaner - you should make the format like this:

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement('<item></item>');
    $xml->addChild('USR', $NUSR);
    $xml->addChild('PWD', $NPASSWD);
    $xml->addChild('EMAIL', $NEMAIL );
    $xml->addChild('HTMLEDITOR', $NHTMLEDITOR);
    $xml->addChild('TIMEZONE', $NTIMEZONE);
    $xml->addChild('LANG', $NLANG);
    $perm = $xml->addChild('PERMISSIONS');
    $perm->addChild('PAGES', $NPAGES);
    $perm->addChild('FILES', $NFILES);
    $perm->addChild('THEME', $NTHEME);
    $perm->addChild('PLUGINS', $NPLUGINS);
    $perm->addChild('BACKUPS', $NBACKUPS);
    $perm->addChild('SETTINGS', $NSETTINGS);
    $perm->addChild('SUPPORT', $NSUPPORT);
    $perm->addChild('EDIT', $NEDIT);

4. Why didnt you reuse the timezone <select> code from settings.php? Check out Line 222 in settings.php
5. To read the system's available languages, you can rip the code from settings.php as well: Line 153
6. .show("slow") and .hide("slow") make the page look sluggish when it really isnt. i would personally prefer just to use the default speed or change it to .slideDown() and .slideUp() respectively

overall - very very nice plugin Mike. I also think that you should add some type of disclaimer within the Extend section explaining that permissions only "hide functionality" not actually "disable functionality" from the end user.

Simple - great plugin. I'm sure will be one of the most used. Great thank you!

Oleg, you may have checked the wrong checkbox - "pages" for example.

Hello Chris,

Thanks for the feedback.

One thing I want to note is that permissions hide the functionality and kill the page if they try to access it directly. They do not only remove the menu items.

I will definitely make the changes you mentioned in #2,3,4,5,6. I will try and use jQuery to hide the bottom links as well.

Yes, I already knew, and I welcome the development of language files

I have successfully removed the links in the footer and the 'create new page' in the sidebar (without removing the entire sidebar).

Now I will add the field for a alternate starting page.
Does anyone have suggestions for which pages should be allowed as a starting page?
Or should I take Angryboy's suggestion and redirect to the next available nav tab?

What version getsimple are you using?

I have uploaded version 1.1 to extend:

Changes Include:

- Links in Admin Panel footer will now be hidden based on permissions set
- Added 'Disable Admin Access' Checkbox:
    - If Checked, the user will not be able to manage users or access the 'user management' screen.
- Added 'Custom Landing Page' dropdown:
    - The ability to select an alternate landing page the user will land on after login (useful if 'pages' is disabled)
- Language files installed will automatically show up in the 'Language' dropdown
- Cleaned up jquery using Chris's suggestion

Important Change To Note:
I have rearranged the xml file (Taking Chris's Suggestion) by putting all of the permissions in <permissions></permissions>
This means that if you have already used the multi user plugin, and you upgrade to v1.1, you will need to reset the permissions by editing the users.