HackJoom - Push J! to it's limits
Some or most J! users will have come across a site called HackJoom. If not, i'll like to bring this to your attention.
HackJoom is a website for those of us that need a little bit more out of the standard Joomla! CMS. It is a site that has some pretty cool core hacks that are certainly worthy of a mention.
The hacks may not seem a lot but they are certainly very useful for what they offer. In fact, they are very simple hacks that i could not live without. For example, the hack that allows manager to access component(s) is a real joy to know. Often, i find it very frustrating when developing a site for a client that don't really care for the full power at their finger tips but rather only want to administer what they require. This becomes frustrating when certain components have been installed but Manager (users) level do not have access to it. However, thanks to some of the HackJoom's articles, i was able to allow manager access to any component they needed by also including Custom QuickIcon component to layout the control panel in the admin backend for quick access.
Other articles on HackJoom is also worth looking into. I think it would be pretty cool to have these guys (or girls) to join our team (maybe?) ;)
The above mention article was Powering Standart Administrator Quickicon Module with ACL Check - Introduction to Joomla! User Right and the component used together with the hack was Custom QuickIcon.
All the hacks (with downloadable files) should work fine on a8eJoomla, except maybe the 'Remove Images Tab from Joomla! CMS Frontend - About Mosimage and Images Tab' so you'll need to manually hack this into a8eJoomla.