Access control levels?

Hello,

I have a feature question/request regarding HikaShop.

Is it possible to set up user groups, or use ACL with HikaShop?

We sell water treatment chemicals and equipment and would like to display all of our products that we sell, but have some items only available for purchase if the customer is part of a special registered user group.

For example, some of the chemicals we sell are HazMat chemicals with shipping restrictions. We only want these to be available to customers that have gone through a special application process, but we still want them to be visible to the general public with a message along the lines of "Must Have Special Account to Purchase" and a link to apply for such an account.

We would also like to have additional shipping options for registered users.

Is this possible?

I am currently using Joomla 1.6 and plan on updating to 1.7 when it is available.

Thanks!
Wayde

I don't actually understand. So it means that you can sort products by registered group or user group, is that right? Will you be able to provide the step by step procedure on this?

Thank you for your response!

I tried to do this in the demo. It worked at first, but I think the demo reset, and I tried to do it again and it didn't work. The price went to $0, but it didn't say free, it said $0.00 and you could still add it to the cart. I did go into the configuration and change the "Display 'add to cart' button for free products" set to "No".

Also, when an unregistered user is placing an order, is it possible when they are submitting their address to have the button say "submit" rather than "register". I would like for customers to be able to ordering without any registration at all, so that there is a clear distinction between an unregistered guest who can purchase a limited number of items, and a registered guest with a "special account" who can order anything, including the hazardous chemicals.

Thanks, I appreciate it!

-Wayde