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user folder access?

Tuesday, February 28 2017

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Hi, I use google drive folders for students lesson audio, sheets etc. standalone, currently with no connection to joomla site. Each student can only see info in their own folder. I would ideally like to have them see these files from within joomla site rather than standalone.

is it possible to assign a particular GD folder to a joomla user. Im happy to keep uploading the audio and files direct to google D; I would just prefer them to log into Joomla and click on their 'folder' and keep it within the joomla environment.

Can this be achieved with dropfiles?

Many thanks, Ben

Assistance

7 years ago

#6062

Hi,

Thanks for contacting us here about this extension.

is it possible to assign a particular GD folder to a joomla user.

Yes, Dropfiles can sync data with Google drive, for more details: https://www.joomunited.com/documentation/dropfiles-documentation#toc-v-google-drive-integration
And certainly, you can set permission for your student to access those folders, for more details:https://www.joomunited.com/documentation/dropfiles-documentation#toc-3-3-acl-permission

Hope it helps!
Regards,

colathomas

7 years ago

#6204

If I may ask a more specific question on this topic. Your link describes group permissions very well. However, I would like to ask if I can use this system to grant permissions to certain users to certain folders in Dropbox or GDrive? For example:

User1 access only to Dropbox Folder1
User2 access only to Dropbox Folder2
Etc., etc.

Thank you.

Assistance

7 years ago

#6206

Hi,

Sure, you can restrict by using Single user access parametter.

Regards,

colathomas

7 years ago

#6219

So I've setup the Dropbox sync and it sees all my Dropbox folders. However, it looks like I have to restrict users by choosing a file rather than a directory. I really hope I'm missing something because with thousands of files in dozens of directories that would be impractical.
Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

Assistance

7 years ago

#6222

Hi,

First, you need to enable Single user restriction in Options > Main Parameters (see an attached file). Then, you will see Single user access on the right panel of Dropfiles inteface. You can see here:

https://www.joomunited.com/images/com_droppics/186/single-file-user.png

If you still dont find anything, please drop us a ticket (menu Support > Ticket support). The developer in charge will take a look at that.

Hope it helps!
Regards,

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