How does the Private Area feature work?

[carin]

I did set the appropriate user group to have a private area but I cant figure out how to make that area available to the users?

Thanks

[Arno]

Hi,
have you not read the description when you move with the mouse over the column label?

Perhaps is this info a little bit hidden. 


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[carin]

Sorry, no I did not see that. Still some questions ...

"not yet completed" - ok, what does that mean? Can I use it as it is right now but not with all functinality or does it not work at all with the current release? When will the release with this feature completed be released, roughly? I read that there will be a folder for each user but how do the users access their folders? I could not find an appropriate menu item.

Is it possible to share the private documents with other users when the feature is completed?

Thanks

[Arno]

Hi,

"not yet completed" - ok, what does that mean?

a later release (maybe 3.3)It was planned to add a feature like 'private area' to the new release. But the work on the new release has required a very long time (more as a year).
So i must remove for the first release a few features. But this will be added again in a next release.

Is it possible to share the private documents with other users when the feature is completed?

I think so. But the really functionality for the 'private area' is in the moment not fixed.

In the moment have we enough to do to get a stable release 2.5/3.2.

[carin]

Thanks for the quick response.

Please give me a rough estimation when the "private area" featuer will be available. 6 weeks or 6 months or a year?

Thanks

[Arno]

Is not easy... but i hope within next three months. 

[m.iannozzi]

When private area will be available ...will be possible to move current categories tree to private area?
I haven't understand how it work.
Actually my users have categories and subcategories where they can upload files and in same categories others users can only download files.
When will be available can I move current categories/subcategories in private area and use ACL like now to grant download files by some user group?
Private area will be accessible only by owner? And also in private area will be stored category tree or only the files downloaded from users?

[Arno]

Hi,

When private area will be available ..

This feature is currently not complete implemented. But it should be ready in the next release 3.3.
When you move with the mouse over the title you will get a hint.

The feature list for this special functionality is currently not final fixed. We need at first a stable 3.2 version before we can work again on this.

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[m.iannozzi]

Hi Arno, yes I know. I have read previous post. Sorry for my bad english. I need to know how it will works when will be available in the future.
I haven't understand some things like if in private area will be possible to move current files/categories, use acl to grant upload perms or only download perms...etc...etc..
Thanks a lot for any feedback.

[Arno]

I think you have read only the first part of my question

I have read it and my answer was:

The feature list for this special functionality is currently not final fixed.

I can your in the moment not say more... only that every user shall have an own folder and the user can self define which other user can see (and download) his files from this folder.

[m.iannozzi]

Ok. Thanks a lot for your feedback/information and sorry for my english.
Please consider to allow user to create self categories.
Thanks a lot again.

[Arno]

Please consider to allow user to create self categories.

I am not sure that we can do this. Please note that the categories handling in Joomla is a very tricky part.
But we will seen ...