Give Joomla backend managers access to any component!
One of the most common problems that developers face when finishing a project based on Joomla is user access management, or to be more exact, the lack of user access control! There are 2 known solutions on this issue: the commercial component from Joomla Solutions which is called JBAM (Joomla backend access management - $125) and the free component JACLPlus for Joomla! 1.0.x Stable from Byostech. Both are hacks to the core files of Joomla and each has its drawbacks, so many users/developers may be a little sceptical on using them.
Don’t get me wrong! JACL is version dependant and JBAM is way to complicated (and pricey) when all you want to do is give your managers access to the Polls component!!!
So what other options do we have? Well, hack one file a bit and give any user group access to any component yourself!
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