[TYPO3-project-4-3] BE Roles in TYPO3

[Philipp Gampe]

nice, I understand it now... this could be very nice for the editors... I  
actually tried to simulate that kind of thing with the task center and  
actions, but this is much better...

Thanks for doing it and keep up the good work

Cheers
Phil


Am 07.06.2009, 11:57 Uhr, schrieb Stig Nørgaard Færch <stig at 8620.dk>:

> Philipp Gampe skrev:
>> so, basically that is somewhat like the tast center, but easier to find  
>> and use for the editor?
>>  Im still puzzeld how much the roles will be able to archive and what  
>> they are really doing
>
> Actually, it's pretty simple.
> You can turn every be-group into a role. And then switch between your  
> roles. When you have activated role B, then role A, C and D are  
> "detached". It's like A,C and D are not assigned to the user.
>
> Because a role is essential a be-group, you can define webmounts,  
> filemounts, which modules and fields should be accessible and more.
>
> This means that if you separate all the things which are specific for a  
> section of your site, then your backend will become more simple.
>
> Why? Because when you have activated the news role, then you will only  
> see what is relevant when being a news editor.
> * You will _not_ see the link catalogue or forum modules. And maybe you  
> will even not see the page module (you decide if it's necessary for  
> being a news editor).
> * Also you will only see the part of the page tree which is relevant. In  
> this case maybe only the news sysfolder and the news list page are  
> important.
> * Just as important, you will only see the content elements and records  
> which are relevant. This means, if you have a sysfolder which is shared  
> between calendar, news and other stuff, then you will only see the news  
> records. This also means that if click at the create a new record  
> button, you will not get the complete list of irrelevant records to  
> create, but only the news and news catagory records.
>
> Soon I will try to record a video to show off the extension :-)
>
> /Stig