2017-02-13, 08:15:17
Hi all,
It's been a while since I've started development of a new, more powerful and plugin-friendly user management plugin
(3 months to be exact). It is based on users, permissions, and user groups, and access can be restricted through plugin hooks. I'm nearing the end of a first testable version, although there's no admin dashboard at the moment (it all works by manually modifying XML files).
I'm going to post the plugin in GS Extend when it has a first more or less stable version, and will also create a proper forum thread. I'm looking for some feedback (see below for the type of feedback) before doing so, so it would be great if testers could give me any. At the moment you can download GS UserMgr from the Github repo or from the attachment in this post. Have a look at the documentation to get started, and if you don't understand something, feel free to ask.
At the moment, you need PHP 5.3+ installed on the (local) server.
Some features:
- 34 standard permissions (top navigation tabs, sidebar items, file or page permissions etc.)
- 5 standard user groups (admin, developer, webmaster, publisher, guest)
- an 'unauthorized' admin dashboard page
- a system for plugin permissions (included in the download is one for i18n_base)
Feedback:
It's been a while since I've started development of a new, more powerful and plugin-friendly user management plugin
(3 months to be exact). It is based on users, permissions, and user groups, and access can be restricted through plugin hooks. I'm nearing the end of a first testable version, although there's no admin dashboard at the moment (it all works by manually modifying XML files).
I'm going to post the plugin in GS Extend when it has a first more or less stable version, and will also create a proper forum thread. I'm looking for some feedback (see below for the type of feedback) before doing so, so it would be great if testers could give me any. At the moment you can download GS UserMgr from the Github repo or from the attachment in this post. Have a look at the documentation to get started, and if you don't understand something, feel free to ask.
At the moment, you need PHP 5.3+ installed on the (local) server.
Some features:
- 34 standard permissions (top navigation tabs, sidebar items, file or page permissions etc.)
- 5 standard user groups (admin, developer, webmaster, publisher, guest)
- an 'unauthorized' admin dashboard page
- a system for plugin permissions (included in the download is one for i18n_base)
Feedback:
- BUGS: if you find any, please report. This can be anything: .htaccess problems, a tab that shows when it should be hidden, a PHP warning when GSDEBUG is on.
- SUGGESTIONS: about which permissions the standard user groups should have, which should be added to/ removed from standard permissions, things that are not clear, which plugin permissions you would really like to have etc.
- MOTIVATION: a kind comment is always motivating for further development