I created a custom plugin to allow Joomla to redirect the user to a specific page based on the user group. In the plugin xml I setup some configuration parameters for each user group. example: Code:
<config>
<fields name="params">
<fieldset name="basic">
<field name="superuser" type="text"
default="/super-user-dashboard"
description="Put in the path you want them to see when logging in"
label="Super User Dashboard"
></field>
</fieldset>
</fields>
</config>Then in the plugin php file, you'll need something like the following: Code:
public function onUserLogin($user, $options = array()){
$app = &JFactory::getApplication();
if(!$app->isSite()):
return true;//make sure plugin doesn't run for backend
endif;
jimport('joomla.user.helper');
$instance = JUser::getInstance();
if ($id = intval(JUserHelper::getUserId($user['username']))) {
$instance->load($id);
}
/*
//theres better ways to do this, but it worked for me. you might want to print_r the groups array and see what you can use
*/
if($instance->groups["Super Users"]=="8"):
$app->redirect( $this->params->get('superuser', 1) );
return true;
endif;
...