[TYPO3-hci] Roles2 extension...

[Stig Nørgaard Færch]

Patrick Gaumond skrev:
> Stig Nørgaard Færch wrote:
>> Philipp Gampe skrev:
> 
>>> so what I understand from watching the video: it is just based on BE 
>>> groups, so the user really chooses to use a specific be group ?
>>
>> Yes - that would be the short and precise description.
> 
> Suggestion for the Roles2 manual:
> 
> ---
> What does it do?
> This extension makes it possible to mark BE Groups as roles. Roles can 
> be bound to responsibilities or activities such as "News editor" or HR 
> editor". Hereafter BE Users can, through a new menu item at the left of 
> Search(magnify icon), select which Role they need to accomplish something.
> 
> As a positive side effect, BE Users will only have access to things 
> which are allowed in the currently activated BE Groups (or Roles). So 
> while editing news, they will not see the whole Pagetree (if the Role is 
> set to do so).
> 
> Technically BE User changes groups on-the-fly the same way TYPO3 Admins 
> can do a Switch-user in Admin Tools-> User Admin.
> 
> Conscious planning with Roles2 can really makes your Editors' life 
> easier by hiding and showing elements related to single tasks.
> 
> Roles2 is a rewrite of my original Roles extension. Roles2 has been 
> tested under TYPO3 4.2 and 4.3.
> 
> ---

Thanks - well written :-)
I will put it in the next release.

> Correct the "Technically" part if not true! :)

Sounds fine - you could put it that way.

> With few examples in the Tutorial section this can become as popular as 
> tt_news I think.

Wow - really think so? Maybe... :-)
I think that it depends from site to site if this is needed or not. 
Though you could always find a use for it, some might think it's not 
that important. The more complex a site is, the more you gain from it - 
I think.

/Stig