Binnen Mambo/Joomla kun je verschillende soorten groepen aanmaken, die elk hun eigen rechten hebben. Een uitleg in het Engels:

Administrator Login

A fresh installation of Mambo will have one user installed. This user is known as the Super Administrator. The Super Administrator has the login name of 'admin'. You will create a password during the Mambo installation for the Super Administrator. You can later rename the Super Administrator's login name.

In Mambo, each user is assigned to a group. There are currently three (3) groups of users that can login to the Administrator Backend: Manager, Administrator and Super Administrator. Each group is explained below:

Super Administrator: The Super Administrator Group has access to all of the Backend (Administrator) functions. Users in this group cannot be deleted and cannot be switched to another group.

Administator: The Adminstrator Group has slightly restricted access to the Backend (Administrator) functions. A user in this group cannot:

• Add or edit a user in the Super Administrator group
• Access the Global Configuration settings
• Access the Mass Mail function
• Manage/install Templates
• Manage/install Language files

Manager: The Manager Group is generally restricted to matters of content creation. A user in this group, in addition to the restrictions for an Administrator, cannot:

• Manage Users
• Install Modules
• Install Components
• Access some Components (as determined by the Super Administrator)

User Groups and Access Control

Mambo has two main hierarchies for User Groups: one for access to the Frontend (so users can log in to the web site and view designated sections and pages) and one for Backend Administration access.

The default groups provided are:

Public Frontend
| − Registered
| − − Author
| − − − Editor
| − − − − Publisher

Public Backend
| − Manager
| − − Administrator
| − − − Super Administrator

Registered Group: These Users are able to login to the Frontend web site. Additional information (sections and pages) may be available to a user once logged in. In general, access provided to a parent group (like Registered) is inherited by the child groups (like Author) unless
specifically denied by the Super Administrator.

Author Group: These Users are given access to submit new content and edit their own content items/pages by logging into the Frontend.

Editor Group: These Users are given access to submit and edit any content by logging into the Frontend.

Publishers Group: These Users are given access to submit, edit and publish any content by logging into the Frontend.

For information on the Administration user groups, see the section on Administrator Login. Content items, menu items, module and components can be assigned an access control parameter. At this stage there are only two available: Public and Registered. This means that anything assigned with Public access can be viewed or accessed by the anonymous web visitor. Anything assigned with Registered access can be view or accessed by anyone who has logged into the web site in the Frontend and is one of the following types of Registered users: Author, Editor or Publisher.