{"id":3048,"date":"2013-12-27T15:04:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T15:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2013\/12\/27\/module-access-control\/"},"modified":"2023-06-08T09:24:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T13:24:46","slug":"module-access-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/module-access-control\/","title":{"rendered":"New in Joomla 3.2 &#8211; Access Control and Easy Editing for Modules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this tutorial, we will review two new <strong>module features<\/strong> released in Joomla 3.2: <a href=\"#access-control\">access control<\/a> and <a href=\"#easy-editing\">easy editing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"access-control\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Module Permissions<\/h2>\n<p>New in Joomla 3.2 is <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-2-5\/acl-core-permissions\/\">access control<\/a> for modules. In prior versions of Joomla, the <em>Module Manager<\/em> tool in the backend dashboard did not include a <em>Module Permissions<\/em> tab. In Joomla 3.2, you can now modify <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-2-5\/create-new-user-group\/\">user group permissions<\/a> for modules.<\/p>\n<div><button class=\"btn btn-primary\" style=\"float: left;\" type=\"button\">Joomla 3.0<\/button> <button class=\"btn btn-warning\" style=\"float: right;\" type=\"button\">Joomla 3.2<\/button><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/joomla-3\/module-access-control\/joomla-3.2-had-module-access-control.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"max-width: 669px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/joomla-3\/module-access-control\/joomla-3.2-had-module-access-control.jpg\" alt=\"Module Permissions in Joomla 3.2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p><a name=\"easy-editing\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Module editing from front end<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/joomla-3\/module-access-control\/easily-edit-a-module.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; max-width: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/joomla-3\/module-access-control\/easily-edit-a-module.jpg\" alt=\"Edit Module Link\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>In <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/drupal\/drupal-8-release\/\">Drupal 8<\/a>, you can <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/drupal\/inline-editing\/#many-edit-buttons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">edit a module from the frontend just by clicking it\u2019s edit button<\/a>. This feature joins the Joomla family, and is now available in Joomla 3.2! When you hover over a module in Joomla 3.2 on the front end of your website, you can quickly:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click a button to edit the module<\/li>\n<li>See what type of module it is<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/viewing-module-positions\/\">See the module\u2019s position<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/joomla-3\/module-access-control\/full-details-easy-edit.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"max-width: 669px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/joomla-3\/module-access-control\/full-details-easy-edit.jpg\" alt=\"How to Edit a Module\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this tutorial, we will review two new module features released in Joomla 3.2: access control and easy editing. Module Permissions New in Joomla 3.2 is access control for modules. In prior versions of Joomla, the Module Manager tool in the backend dashboard did not include a Module Permissions tab. In Joomla 3.2, you can<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/module-access-control\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4403,94],"tags":[4404],"class_list":["post-3048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-joomla","category-joomla-3","tag-joomla-v3"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New in Joomla 3.2 - Access Control and Easy Editing for Modules | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Joomla 3.2 now includes Access Control for modules, and an easier way to edit modules from the frontend of your website!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/module-access-control\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New in Joomla 3.2 - Access Control and Easy Editing for Modules | InMotion Hosting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Joomla 3.2 now includes Access Control for modules, and an easier way to edit modules from the frontend of your website!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/module-access-control\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"InMotion Hosting Support Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inmotionhosting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-12-27T15:04:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-08T13:24:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brad Markle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@InMotionHosting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@InMotionHosting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brad Markle\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/module-access-control\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/module-access-control\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Brad Markle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/5ae05d1210b0ef63c437ccedce2799bf\"},\"headline\":\"New in Joomla 3.2 &#8211; 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