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How to set up a better user experience for your clients — while enhancing usability — by using ACL on the back end of Joomla

Improve user experience by customizing login modules, menu items, and other content to provide a consistent, tailored experience for your users.

Now that you have a grasp on the terminology of ACL, let's implement a simple system where different users see different content on a website. To follow along with this example, you should be working with Joomla 1.7 or higher.

One of the most powerful new features in Joomla 1.6 and later versions is Access Control Lists (ACL). ACL stands for access control lists. It refers to who has permission to do what on the website, including read, create, edit, delete, or log in, among other permissions.

Joomla! turns 6 in September, and what a wild ride it's been! Milestones since Joomla's last birthday include:

*On August 9, the name for the January 2012 Joomla release changed from Joomla 1.8 to 2.5.

Joomla's release schedule has been described in its development strategy, and much analysis has been put forth as to whether one should upgrade websites or not to the next version of software.