How to Restrict an Author to Specific Articles

This article explains how to restrict a Joomla article to a specific author.

To restrict a Joomla Author to a specific article:

Note: In order to assign Author priviledges to a specific article, the user must already be in the Joomla Author group.

1. From the Joomla administration screen, click Content > Article Manager.
   Joomla displays the Article Manager.
2. Click on the title of the article to which you want to give editing access.
3. Click the Parameters box.Article Parameters Screen
4. Select an Author from the Author list.
5. Click Save.

Now the Author you assign to the article can log in to the front end and has the ability to edit the article to which you assigned him.