Hi this is most a request for help and advice than a question. I hope this is fine with the policies of this site as I think the answers can be useful for more users.
I developed a custom component for micro credits.
Users can request a loan and the administrator can grant or reject the loan. It is very complex with all the business flows, interest calculations, past due, emails and SMS notifications and lot more.
I have developed 3 areas so far:
- The public front-end
- A front end private area for customers where they can see their info, manage their loans, payments and so on.
- Backend for super user where they can do everything: approved- reject loans, send bank transfers and much more. (Joomla backend)
Now I have to develop a new area for employees.
There would be at least two kind of employees, one group can receive customer call, check documentation and pre-approve loans. And the second one can confirm the pre-approved loans and send the money.
My question is:
What would be the best approach to build the employees area: Frontend or backend?
If I go for backend:
I will mainly have to work on the already built administration screens, working on define a profile inside Joomla administration that only allow employees to work in this component. Inside the component I will have to work on filtering the information according the user logged and the actions and views according to their profiles.
I will have all the basic joomla backend screen features and the screens are already done.
If I go for frontend:
I think it would be more professional as the admin screens will have the web site look and fell and not joomla.
I will have to create most of the screens again and I won’t have all the joomla backend help like toolbar, grid, and so on.
The final result, I think would be better, but It would be lot more work to do. Also, an admin frontend template would be great to have. Do you know one I can use?
Thanks for your thought and recommendations on this subject.
