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Setting up ACL

ACL (Access Control Level) in EasyBlog allows you to set application specific permission for either native Joomla Groups or specific bloggers on the site.

Please take note that the ACL in EasyBlog is different than the ACL in Joomla!

ACL for Joomla Groups

When you access the ACL in EasyBlog's back end, you will be presented to the ACL for Joomla groups by default. To edit specific rules for the group, just click on any of them. The rules are explained below.

ACL for Assigned users

On top of having group ACL's, you can also override this behavior by explicitly setting an ACL rule for a specific user. Any rules defined for the specific user will override the group's ACL. To access the user specific rules, you will need to click on the "Assigned" filter.

ACL Rules

Each of the rules are broken down into the following:-

• Write Entry - If enabled, user or group is allowed to write new blog posts.
• Publish Entry - If enabled, user or group is allowed to publish their own blog posts.
• Update Feedburner URL - If enabled, user or group is allowed to set their blogs to use their own Feedburner URL.
• Upload Avatar - If enabled, user or group is allowed to upload an avatar for their account. (Only applicable to built in avatars)
• Manage Comments - If enabled, user or group is allowed to manage comments on their blogs. (Only applicable to built in comments)
• Update Twitter - If enabled, user or group is allowed to configure their own auto postings with Twitter.
• Delete own blog entry - If enabled, user or group is allowed to delete their own blog post.
• Post Trackbacks - If enabled, user or group is allowed to pingback to another site when writing a new blog post.
• Contribute on frontpage - If enabled, user or group is allowed to set their blog posts to appear on the front page.
• Create categories - If enabled, user or group is allowed to create new categories.
• Create tags - If enabled, user or group is allowed to create new tags.
• Update Google Adsense - If enabled, user or group is allowed to enter their own adsense codes into their blogs.
• Enable Privacy - If enabled, user or group is allowed to configure privacy settings for each of their blog posts.
• Post Comments - If enabled, user or group is allowed to submit new comments. (Only applicable to built in comments)
• Blog Subscriptions - If enabled, user or group is allowed to subscribe to the blogs
• Moderate pending entries - If enabled, user or group is allowed to moderate pending entries. This is useful when you need to apply certain workflows.
• Upload Images - If enabled, user or group is allowed to upload images through the media manager.
• Add Images Into Editor - If enabled, user or group is allowed to insert images into the editor.
• Upload Category Avatar - If enabled, user or group is allowed to upload avatars for the category.
• Update LinkedIn - If enabled, user or group is allowed to configure their own auto postings with LinkedIn.
• Change blog comment settings - If enabled, user or group is allowed to alter the comment settings for each post. They can enable or disable comments for specific blog entries.
• Change blog subscription settings - If enabled, user or group is allowed to configure blog specific subscription settings.
• Update Facebook - If enabled, user or group is allowed to configure their own auto postings with Facebook.
• Delete Categories - If enabled, user or group is allowed to delete categories.
• Moderate All Entries In Dashboard - If enabled, user or group is allowed to manage all site entries. (This access is pretty similar to an admin)