Is it worth exploring Cobalt as a non-programmer?

Dave,

just give it a try.

You will be able to achieve almost everything without writing a single line of code. Just by setting the parameters for it, you can influence the functionality and layout of your web site/solution.

Spent a little time to get the idea, how section, types, fields and templates work together and you might get caught by the power of Cobalt.

Open 2 browser windows, 1 with the Joomla backend/Cobalt component and the other one with your front end. Play around with the settings, save them and refresh your frontend to see the changes and effects from your settings.

Post your questions here and i'm sure the MintJoomla team will assist you with your problems, even help you directly on your site to achieve what you want to achieve,

Welcome in the world of Cobalt, which enables non-programmers to deliver sophisticated web solutions.

This sounds REALLY exciting!! Thanks guys, I'll give it a try :D

P.S. Sergey - would you like some translation help?

Dave,

for a start, see http://www.mintjoomla.com/community/knowledge/item/43-sergey/109-cobalt-quick-start.html

That sounds great! Is all the ACL handled by Cobalt, or the native ACL?

Cobalt is a componet wich follows Joomla standards. You can use the Joomla ACL and as you can see in the parameters of Cobalt 7, it uses the standard like Public, Registered, Special.

But there is more. You can define "Moderators" and give them special permissions on a section by section basis.

See:

There are already enhancements done (based on a commnet from Sergey yesterday) to this and maybe in Cobalt 8, you might not go to the backend anymore to control your users. The beauty of Cobalt is, that it tries to give you as much as possible access to the records via the front end.

The JED! entry begins to bear fruit :-) Another review is around the corner... ;-)