CiviVolunteer

[davidb]

In CiviVolunteer it says "CiviVolunteer: register to volunteer permission" if you want to provide self-service signup for anonymous and / or authenticated users.

Then under known issues it says:

The installer will not create the "register to volunteer" permission automatically for Joomla installations.

Is there a work around to add this permission manually?

[karenann]

I'm using civivolunteer on joomla 3.2.3, so you can ask me questions. I have an event signup form where anonymous users can register. I have them directed to do the following; Once they register, then login and go to the event form. Click on the button "Volunteer". They can then select the volunteer role, etc. Hope this helps.

[paco]

Which is better CiviVolunteer or CiviHR for managing volunteers?

[joanne]

They have been designed for quite different purposes.  CiviHR needs to be run on as a separate CivCRM installation.  It is designed for employing staff and managing leave etc

CiviVolunteer was primarily designed to manage the task of rostering on volunteers to help at events such as conferences, fun runs etc.  It runs on your existing CiviCRM and  is effectively an extension to the events module. You define your volunteer requirements when you set up your event. 

[paco]

CiviHR is not an extension of CiviCRM?  Do you have to log into it separately?

[joanne]

CiviHR is not a stand alone product, you need to install it on top of civicrm - so it is a civicrm extension.

HOWEVER, it includes some significant changes to the nomal CiviCRM user-experience and as such needs to run on an install of civicrm all of it's own. You can't just add it to an existing install that has events and memberships and donations already configured on it.

So yes, you will need to "log into it separately".

[paco]

Do you know if CiviHR works well with Joomla?  You did mention it was a separate app with a separate login.

Is there a separate app you click to get into it in addition to CiviCRM?

[joanne]

I've reached the end of what I know about CiviHR.

How about you post your questions about it on the CiviHR board http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/board,87.0.html?