Need some very basic assistance

[karossii]

Okay, the FAQ is pretty much useless, and I can't find any instructions on how to set this up. I figured it would be simple, but I am having some issues.

I want to define three groups; Guests (not logged in), Members, and VIPs.
I want to set up 3 versions of most menu items (which I have done) - so without the ACL it looks like this;

Home, Services, Services, Services, Gallery, Gallery, Gallery, Calendar, Calendar, Calendar, Contact Me

Now each of the tripled menu items have the access level set up with one as public, one as registered, and one as special. I then defined 3 groups in CommunityACL component; guests, memebrs, and vip members. I then set the "custom access" in communityacl configuration to have public (not logged) to 'Guests', registered to 'Members' and author to 'VIP Members'.

When I log in as a registered user or an author, I see all of the menu items... I only want to see the one appropriate to the group (so a 'VIP' member does NOT see three copies of each menu item, but only the one meant for them!)

How do I set this up?

[Andy]

You should just deny the group from those menu items.  If you have more specific questions, you can create a trouble ticket and I can log in and take a look at how it is set up.

Kindest Regards,
Andy

[karossii]

How do I deny access? Here is what I tried, and is not working...

• Log into backend
• Created 3 groups (guests, members, vip members)
• Created 1 role in each group (guest:guests, members:members, vip members:vip members)
• Went into 'list groups', clicked set access for 'members' group
• Clicked various sections, categories, or menu items and each time clicked 'add' - nothing happened.
• Went into 'list roles' and clicked set access for 'members' role
• Clicked various sections, categories, or menu items and each time clicked 'add' - nothing happened.
• Created dummy users, named Member and VIP and assigned to appropriate group/role
• duplicated the above steps for groups/roles access and still nothing happens

What am I doing wrong?