I'm currently using a combination of community builder and easy social. My site is a magazine site along with a profile directory of models, photographers, etc.

The problem that I am having with easy social is that when anyone (and everyone) logs into the site with JFBConnect (facebook login), they all show up as a member when I click the Browse Members button. However, the way I need the site to work is that when a model or photographer registers I changed their user access group to one I made called "Industry", and that group is the only one that I want members listed in. I do not want general registered users to show up in the list, only "industry" models and photographers.

community builder does allow me to only list those in the Industry group but their profiles look horrible, which is why I was using easy social on top of it.

So, I want to know, before I pay for it, will I be able to NOT list or search for Registered users but rather limit my searches to Industry users? Furthermore, will I be able to do filtered searches where someone can look for only models or only those in New York?

Thank you.

Can someone please answer this? Since the return policy won't allow me a refund if it won't do what I need, I really have to know before I can purchase and I need to get it set up very quickly.

I just need to know whether I can display or not display profiles based on their user group.

Hi Bob,

It is the weekend here and support is limited during this time so sorry for the dely in my answer.

If users are in a group and you click on the group's members then it will only show the list of group members only.

If you have a profile field that the user has selected new York for then when you search it will find those people.

I'm not 100% sure that i have understood your question correctly though, i am on shift for the next 4 hours so if you reply i can answer you promptly during this time. Maybe let me know some specific steps IE: setep 1 step 2 type scenario and i can answer it in more detail

Thanks Paul.

There's mainly one thing I want to be sure that works before I purchase.

Anyone may register for the site as a normal registered user. However, I want models to be able to, not only register, but be in a separate group. So let's say I create a joomla user group called Models along with the current group Registered. When a model registers for the site she would fill out her profile and I would then manually change her so that she's in the Models user group.

When someone goes to view all the members of the site, I want to ONLY display Models, not the normal registered users.

If I were able to test and get a refund if it doesn't work, I'd be fine with trying it out if you don't understand what I mean.

Hi Bob,

Jomsocial doesn't follow any joomla ACL. This something we are adding in Jomsocial 3..4 (2 versions away)

To be honest i don't think it will be possible, If you go to instant.jomsocial.com you can sign up for a free trial and see if it will do what you want. This service is not the latest version of Jomsocial but the functionality for what you are trying to do has not been changed in the latest version. If you cant do what you want in that then it wont be possible.

Let me know how you get on

I'm trying that right now. From what I can see it appears to work well with groups. I like that.

On the right sidebar there is a Members section that shows all registered members, whether assigned to a group or not. Is there a way to hide this area?

Nevermind, I see that's just a module called Members. I turned it off and it does what I want. Looks like it'll work! Thanks for the help :)

I think I only have one small issue left. Is there a way to remove the Join Group button? I don't want just anyone to be able to join a group. I want to have models to have to fill out a form/application and if I approve them I would add them into a group.

Paul, if you can answer this question with a "yes it can be hidden" then I'm ready to purchase. Thanks

Hi Bob,

Sorry for the slow reply , Yes this can be hidden, it would be a small code hack it isnt a user option but can be done as an overide/components/com_community//templates/default/groups.viewgroups.php

on line 42 you can comment out this code

<div class="btn btn-primary" onclick="joms.invitation.showForm(null,'groups,inviteUsers','<?php echo $group->id;?>',1,1)"><i class="js-icon-user-add"></i><?php echo JText::_('COM_COMMUNITY_INVITE_FRIENDS'); ?></div>
              <?php } else { ?>
                <div class="btn btn-primary" onclick="joms.groups.join(<?php echo $group->id;?>)"><i class="js-icon-user-add"></i><?php echo JText::_('COM_COMMUNITY_GROUPS_JOIN'); ?></div>
              <?php }?>
            </div>