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Ok,

I am running the following:

Joomla 1.5
CiviCRM 1.8.11248

The install has went fine, I have root on my server and just changed my php settings to allow for the long install to take place using the automated method.

I can log into the backend and create contacts etc..

1) I have selected :Synchronize Users to Contacts to create "Contacts" for all my users.
2) I went to "Manage Groups" and created a group "Group 1"
3) Visibility: User and User Admin Only
4) Added Members To The Group :: Manage Groups >> Selected "Members" for "Group 1" >> selected a user that was created from the "Synchronize Users to Contacts" "Test User".
5) Created a Roll called "Test Roll"
6) Created an ACL "Test ACL" assigned "View" for "A Group Of Contacts" Group: "Group 1" Roll: "Test Roll"
7) Assign Users to CiviCRM ACL Roles: "Test ACL" to "Group 1".

Every time I log into joomla as "Test User" and go to CiviCRM I get the message stating
"You are not currently subscribed to any Groups."

I am obviously missing something? I have tripple checked that "Test User" is assigned to the "Group 1" when I edit "Test User" and go to the group tab I see its assigned to "Group 1" but still when I log in I am told that I am not assigned to any groups. It seems that the relationship between the contact in CiviCRM and Joomla aren't working right together.. that or I am missing a step in linking them?

Is there another way to check the relationship between the Joomla users and CiviCRM "Contacts"?

So, I created a CiviCRM Profile and that allows me to search EVERY profile, unless I restrict which groups that profile searches, the problem with this for me is that I need to have user joe login and see all the "contacts" for the group "Joes Group" then bob logs in and sees all the "contacts" for "Bobs Group".

I'm sure this is possible, but I think I'm not understanding something somewhere.

I could make separate profiles one to search "Bobs Group" and the other to search "Joes Group" but then joomla would have to decide which link to show for which user.. that won't work either..

Any suggestions?

Basically all I want to do is this:

Have the admin create users in joomla, assign users to a group in CiviCRM, assign that group rights over which "Groups" they can "VIEW", from the admin, from the admin we can add "contacts" to the group so when they log in they can see them.

Is that something I can do?

You cannot do this in Joomla, but you can do it in Drupal. Alternatively you can help us make permissioning independent of the CMS. We are pretty close but it still needs some work

lobo

Thanks for the speedy replies, i really like this software and I might just have to make a small module that will display the right profile based upon the user that logged into the system, that should't be too hard with an if / then system..

Thanks for the help and a great product. Actually if you would like to contact me about doing this for me for pay, I'd be interested in having that completed and maybe a few other modifications I think of. Not sure what you charge per hour or what not..