Joomla member user groups

Question

I want to be able to create a members area in Joomla which would be split into 3 groups. People from each group would only be able to see content for their group, profiles for their group and also only participate in discussion forums for their group. Ideally, members would be able to choose what group they wanted to join when they first registered.

Does anyone know what the best solution, or combination of solutions, would be able to achieve this?

Thank you for your help.

Ben

Answer 1

You could use something like JUGA http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/access-a-security/backend-a-full-access-control/2587

Answer 2

You must get Joomla!'s latest major release, 1.6, to achieve user groups. In fact, it was just released Monday January 10th, 2011.

All versions prior to 1.6 can not achieve user groups without an extension.

Answer 3

Use K2. It's a content construction kit for Joomla and features users groups... You can define what each group see and more than that (editing, commenting, adding galleries, videos ... more)

It's open source and free... One of the most popular extensions in Joomla at the moment and it can import your Joomla content.