Create a New User Group -December 2024

Introduction

This short article illustrates creating a new User Group and and its Access Level. This is entirely Joomla based and is not specific to jDownloads. The article illustrates creating a Private User Group and its Access Level. Because it is 'private' only one user group will see it, which is a little bit unusual.

Create User Group

First we create a new user group. In Joomla go to

then in the

section click on

. Next at top left click on

.

This opens up the User Groups creation form as shown opposite. So set the Group Title as appropriate, which in this example is 'PrivateUsersUG', and set the Group Parent as Registered.
V4 create users grroup01

Set Viewing Access Level

The next step is to create the Access Level. So again go to

then in the

section click on

. Ensure

is active and then click on the

button at the top.
Give a name such as 'PrivateView'.
V4 create access level01

Set Viewing Access

As above again go to

then in

click on

. Next click on

and 'tick' PrivateUG as shown opposite.

Note only one User Group, PrivateUG, will have viewing access. In a general situation more user groups may be selected.

For example a User Group called say UploaderUG would also be seen by Super Users.
V4 User Groups with Viewing access01