Associations are a combination of a users, groups, roles and weblogs which, together, afford some set of weblog-level capabilities within the system.

Associations can be created in four different ways:

• From the System Overview > Associations page
• Create a user association
• Create a group association
• From a user's Profile > Associations page
• Add to a weblog
• From a group's Profile > Associations page
• Add to a weblog
• From a weblog's > Users & Groups page
• Add a user to this weblog
• Add a group to this weblog

Creating an association in the first way is a three-step process (Select user/group, role, weblog). In the latter three cases, it's a two step process since one desired element is already in context. While system administrators can create and manage associations for any weblog, with Movable Type Enterprise v1.5, weblog administrators can create and manage associations for the blogs which they administer.

Note: Only System Administrators can create associations.

See also: Managing User and Group Permissions