Codeigniter same admin and public interface

Question

I am planning to build a site which will have members and member uploaded content. I need to choose between the following:

a) A separate interface for admins and users

b) Same interface for admins and users

For example, a particular module 'yellowpages', would have listings uploaded by members. When the owner of the listing visits the page, they will be displayed edit/delete links by checking their session data against the database. The same will be displayed to an administrator. These links will not be visible to public users. The edit/delete functions will also check if the user is the owner/or is an admin so as to avoid the public from accessing the edit/delete URLs direclty.

Also, if the user is an admin, an additional navigation bar will be displayed on the top which has links to functions that will add/edit/modify site settings and everything.

So my question is, is the above a good way to do it? or to have separate interfaces for users and admins like http://philsturgeon.co.uk/blog/2009/07/Create-an-Admin-panel-with-CodeIgniter

Answer 1

There is another options too. And I Prefer this.

C) Mix Both (a) and (b) Options of Yours

Create a separate interface for admins. which includes admin listing and managing of users and listings (edit/delete/ban user etc..)

Plus You can use users and permissions type of situation. For Ex.

• Add a table permissions user type can be admin, guest, registered, moderator etc..
• Depend on login type : session will be stored and as per session in front end the operations will be displayed.
• Ex.:
• • guest will not see "add comment" link ;
• • registered can add comment + listings + edit own listing ;
• • moderator can edit anyone's listing ;
• • admin has all rights.

Depend on your application and time you can add as much as you want. I wrote as per globalization of any application.