Roles & Permissions
Description
Every user in your site is assigned to at least one role. Roles are used to determine what the users are allowed to do.
Vanilla has seven pre-defined Roles: Administrator, Moderator, Member, Applicant, Guest, and Banned. Each Role has a set of pre-assigned permissions. Permissions allow users to perform certain tasks such as manage categories or add comments.
The Administrator Role is allowed to perform all possible tasks. Each of the other Roles has a decreasing number of allowed permissions. For instance, the Guest Role can only view discussions. One particular Role should not be considered to be senior to another Role. Rather, consider that Roles define the user's responsibilities within your community.
Summary of Roles
- Administrator - Administrators have permission to do anything.
- Moderator - Moderators have permission to edit most content.
- Member - Members can participate in discussions.
- Applicant - Users who have applied for membership, but have not yet been accepted. They have the same permissions as guests.
- Guest - Guests can only view content. Anyone browsing the site who is not signed in is considered to be a "Guest".
- Banned - Banned users are not allowed to participate or sign in.
- *Confirm Email - Users must confirm their emails before becoming full members. They get assigned to this role.
Add Role
At the top left of the Roles Table click the Add Role button.
Add Role page
- Role Name - Create a custom Role Name.
- Description - Add a custom description to your new Role.
- Check all permissions that apply to this role - Select permissions for this role fro a list of all possible permissions.
Click the Save button. Your new Role will appear a the top the Roles Table.
Edit Role
Below the name of the Role you would like to modify in the Roles Table click the Edit button.
The option on Edit Role page is identical to the Add Role page. Unlike the Add Role page the default options are already selected for this Role. You can change the Role Name, Description, and Permissions.
Delete Role
Below the name of the Role you would like to delete in the Roles Table click the Delete button, the Delete Role window will pop-up.
Tip: Deleting a Role can result in users not having access to the application.
The Delete Role window allows you to choose a Replacement Role for orphaned users, if there are any users in the Role you are attempting to delete.
Roles & Permissions:
Users Sub-Menu
| Edited September 2010 by digibomb |