Non admin Usergroup can "administer" several users

[derfelix]

Ok.. to explain i give an example
I run an artist site.. where artists can register and show their portfolio. (usergroup=artists)
there is a second usergroup called Managers


A "manager" should be able to "Manage" several artists.. ie to be able to access their ucp and pm system as them (without changing his username).
(this has nothing to do with privacy.. as lots of artists have an agent/manger that does all their letters and stuff - they themselves dont even have a computer)

I am thinking of something like following:
If an artist enters the username in the field: "manager:" and saves it.. the username he entered can manage his profile.. (plus in the artists profile - so others know - there should be : Manager: managers-username AND in the managers profile their would be: managing following artists: artistusername1, artistusername2 etc..)

each artist should only be able to have 1 manager . each manager can have several artists.

if a manager has several artist.. he should have a list from where he can choose which artist he wants to manage.
Example: if a "Manager" is in his UCP he has a dropdown with the names of the users he manages. If he selects one, he gets the page AS the selected user...

The maximum amount of artists a manager can manage should be defined in usergroup permissions.. and usergroup managers can not be managed by another group (no managing inheritance etc... which is obvious)

I dont know if it is feasable.. but it would be verymuch needed..
any thoughts are also welcome..

Felix

[ZomgStuff]

You can create some custom profile fields via AdminCP that they can make on their own through their USER CP.

[derfelix]

thx for the reply
its not really what i want..
what I want is that for example:

IF you are my manager.. you can access my pms..

felix

[Chris M]

This wouldn't be easy as you would need to create an entire new interface for the "Manager" to be able to manage his clients/artists, which probably would be a back-end like system with appropriate permissions etc, and then you would have to make a couple of modifications to the profiles system and the pm system...

It's do-able but you are more likely to get success in the "Requests for Paid Services" forum as I can't see there being a big market in this...

I'm planning on releasing an update of an old vB 2 modification that would sort-of suit your purposes, but it won't be out for another couple of months as I have a 2 week holiday and a few intensive weeks of work afterwards before I will have the development time...

Chris

[derfelix]

Thx for the reply...
I would though want to keep it easy (for the "manager")

I'm planning on releasing an update of an old vB 2 modification that would sort-of suit your purposes, but it won't be out for another couple of months

... is there still an archive of your old modification? (to see if it is worth waiting or paying to get hold of it)

Actually the simplest way would be to have a button on every page: "Login as" with being able to switch back..

I will consider asking for paid service.. was trying to see if someone had something adaptable in his drawer..

Felix

[FullyTested]

You could try modifying this...
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=122939

[derfelix]

Originally Posted by FullyTested

You could try modifying this...
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=122939

Looks great I'll checkout how difficult it is to modify..
thx

Felix