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Allow Joomla Users to Manage Their Own Articles

September 6, 2010 | Written by Steve Burge

It's really useful for writers on a website to be able to easily find and manage their articles. With Joomla, there's no central control panel for writers to do that. Fortunately there's an outstanding, free extension called Frontend User Article List which solves that problem. Here's how to use it:

Download Frontend User Article List

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Go to the Joomla Extensions site and the Frontend User Article List page. Click the "Download" button.

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Click to download the component. The current version is com_frontenduserarticlelist_v2.0b.zip.

Install Frontend User Article List

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In your Joomla site administrator, go to Extensions >> Install/Uninstall and upload the file that you just downloaded. Then go to Components >> Extensions >> Frontend User Article List. There's almost nothing to control here except "Parameters" in the top-right corner.

Create a Menu Link

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Go to Menus >> Main Menu >> click "New". Click "Frontend User Article List" and then choose "Default Layout".

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Give your menu link a name. Also, set "Access Level" to "Registered". This is important because this component will only be useful to people who have accounts on your site. Click "Save".

View Frontend User Article List in Action

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Visit the front of your site and login. Click your new "My Articles" link and you'll see a page like the one above. People will be able to manage their articles including clicking "New Article" to submit new ones.


 

 


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Comments 

 
# Mpho 2011-08-23 09:52
Hi I cant get it working for registered users only the Administrator can access it ,herewith my link www.sdaconnecty.co.za
If I login as a registered user the page directs me to the home page please assist me :)
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# iowawebco 2011-08-23 16:44
Hi Mpho,

Make sure that the access level is set to registered and not special.

Kind regards,
Nick
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# RichardKL 2011-09-04 23:26
with joomla 1.5.23 it shows everybody's not just the logged in users. any Ideas how to change this? I thought it is for just the logged in user
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# iowawebco 2011-09-05 23:19
Hi Richard,

Did you set "Access Level" to "Registered"?

Kind regards,
Nick
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