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Hey all,

I've just been trying a few strategies to set up genuinely public vs. group-only events. I got close by using different profiles for registration and applying ACLs, but not close enough (ugly error messages; anonymous users can still see the event). Is anyone working on such a thing under the hood?

Off the top of my head, I thought I might hack something in like this: whenever an event is displayed or a registration request is made:
- see if any profiles are invoked for the event registration
- apply the ACL rules relevant to the profile for the current operation
- present a meaningful "access denied" message on failure

Or is there another way to do this that I've just missed?

Hello SteveM,

I'm with Lobo. ACLs can do this pretty easily. For instance:

(With the appropraite CiviCRM permissions OFF in your CMS)
You could set up an ACL that allows Group A to view  and/or edit event A. You could set it up for group B to do the same with event B. if Group a = Public, and Group B = non Public.

Cheers,
Jason