JACLPlus Pro v1.5.6 Stable Component for Joomla! 1.5.6 Stable
(Chartered Member ONLY Release)

This is a quick release to address a high level security issue for all previous version of Joomla! 1.5.x Stable as required by Joomla!. If you are using Joomla! 1.5.x Stable with JACLPlus, you are strongly recommended to upgrade immediately to this version.

This Pro version of JACLPlus requires Zend Optimizer which is one of the most popular PHP plugins for performance-improvent, and has been freely available since the early days of PHP 4. The script will NOT be obsoleted BUT require you to get a valid domain key for your own domain and you can get it for FREE if you are our active chartered members. This Pro version of JACLPlus is specially for ByOSTech Chartered Members ONLY.

ATTENTION: REQUIRE NEW JACLPLUS PRO KEY!

This release come with 3 type of packages: 
1) Standard New Installation Package for NEW installation in Joomla! 1.5.6 Stable.
2) Upgrade Patch Files Package 1 (Bigger file size) to UPGRADE both of your Joomla! 1.5.x Stable and JACLPlus Pro v1.5.x to version 1.5.6.
2) Upgrade Patch Files Package 2 (Smaller file size) to UPGRADE both of your Joomla! 1.5.4 or 1.5.5 Stable and JACLPlus Pro v1.5.4 or v1.5.5 to version 1.5.6.

For new installation, you must patch some of your Joomla! 1.5.6 Stable core files first in order to use JACLPlus Pro. You can find the necessary Patch Files Package for Joomla! 1.5.6 Stable in the same download zip file. Due to component installer bug in Joomla! 1.5.6 Stable, you should patch your Joomla! 1.5.6 Stable BEFORE install JACLPlus Pro component or else you might have a disordered component menu!

For upgrading via FTP/SFTP, you must upload jaclplus.php, admin.jaclplus.php and jaclplus.class.php as binary files thru binary mode.

JACLPlus Pro v1.5.x Stable Version Features:
1) Based on JACLPlus Pro 1.0.x with a lot of new improvements and features.
2) Contain All Features that JACLPlus Pro 1.0.x have.
3) + Support Multiple User Groups per User.
4) + Support User Level ACL feature to complement User Group ACL feature.
5) + Support Access Control Rules Overriding feature (User ACR override Group ACR, etc...).
6) + Enable to Automatically Create new Access Level when create new User Group.
7) + Frontend Content Items Manager
     * List all managable content items to user through one menu button
     * Allow Section Admin to edit Section Title and Description
     * Allow Category Admin to edit Category Title and Description
     * Allow User to add Static Contents, etc...
8) + Advanced User Manager for easier user management.
     * Able to assign multiple sub groups to a user
     * Able to assign user's Access Control Rules (ACRs)
     * List users in a group (include sub group users)
     * List only block/unblock or logged in/not logged in users
     * Add users to or remove users from a sub group with a few clicks
     * Move users to other main group with ease, etc...

JACLPlus Pro Component for Joomla! 1.5.x
© 2005-2008 Vincent Cheah, ByOS Technologies (www.byostech.com)
All rights reserved.

This Pro version of JACLPlus requires Zend Optimizer which is one of the most popular PHP plugins for performance-improvent, and has been freely available since the early days of PHP 4. This Pro version of JACLPlus does not only allow you to create your own User Groups and/or new Access Levels in Joomla! 1.5.x to implement advanced access control on Group Level, it also enable you to extend the access control to User Level. JACLPlus Pro intent to be the Joomla! Ultimate Access Control Solution that you ever needed!

• IMPORTANT - This component requires you to patch some of your Joomla! 1.5.x core files first.
• IMPORTANT - This component does not work with any other versions of Joomla! except Joomla! 1.5.x. You have to install this component in Joomla! 1.5.x ONLY.
• IMPORTANT - This component might or might not work with other components, modules, mambots or hacks as the effects of using them with this component is unknown. It is recommended that you install this component on clean/fresh installation of Joomla! 1.5.x. For components, modules, mambots or hacks that work with this component, please go to http://www.byostech.com to check.
• For questions and support please contact the author at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or go to http://www.byostech.com/forum.

Note for all version of JACLPlus Pro:
JACLPlus Pro is provided as our chartered members' free software and therefore provided 'as-is'. The ByOS Technologies, its subsidiaries, its developers, contributors and its parental legal entities (formally or informally) (these will further be referenced as 'BYOS') offer you JACLPlus Pro for absolutely free for your own personal use, pleasure and education. The BYOS reserves the right to charge corporate or commercial users of the Software for this or future versions or support on a paid basis.

Any JACLPlus Pro version may contain errors, bugs and/or can cause problems otherwise. By installing this software, you have agreed to waive BYOS from whatever form of liability and/or responsibility for any problems and/or damages done by this software to you, your web environment or in any other way legally, financially, socially, emotionally or whatever other ~ally you could possibly imagine and find a legal article for that favours your rights...
In short and slightly more human readable: Use this software at your own risk; we don't guarantee anything!

By using JACLPlus Pro, it's your way of answering: "Yes,I know... trust me, I know what I'm doing so it'll be my own fault if things go wrong and I don't care"...
Have fun with JACLPlus Pro! We know you will!!!