J-BusinessDirectory - Different User Types

Using j_BusinessDirectory I want two types of user on my site

 - A business user who has access to the site's front end dashboard and can add business listings, events etc

 - A site user who can only add reviews and bookmarks (they don't have the option to add business listings, events etc)

Basically, I want both types of user to have to create an account on my site but the site user will not see all the business specific options in the dashboard

Is there a way to achieve this?

Thanks

Hi,

The only way to create 2 user groups on your site. When a user registers it has to be associated with the right user group.
On general settings of directory you can enable Front-end ACL and configure the user group permission.

Thanks. I'm a bit of a noob, particularly with ACL. Do you have any instructions that I can follow?

Hi,

You have to follow only Joomla ACL instructions. There are no other particular instructions.

Hi,

You can separate the users in 2 groups and provide different permissions for the grops through Joomla ACL.
On directory general settings in admin area you can set Front-end ACL to yes and then configure the permissions for each user group.

So I've created two user groups as follows:

- Registered

 - - Business

 - - Teacher

I've enabled Front-end ACL and selected the 'Business' user group. If I create a new user by selecting a package then creating the new user, he gets assigned to the Business Group which is correct.

However, when I log in as the new user and look at the Dashboard I get a message: You are not authorized to view this section

How do I fix this/enable the user to use the dashboard again?

Ah.... I've just worked it out.

For anyone else who has not done this before, you need to go into Global Configuration in the backend, select J-BusinessDirectory on the left hand side, select Permissions, then assign the permissions to the appropriate group.

Easy when you know how :)