Chapter Roles and Associations
General Permissions
Permissions are now part of Roles, but the order in which the Permissions are displayed in the Role Details have been re-ordered so as to show importance of the permissions:
- Weblog Administrator - This quasi-role is the exact equivalent of a user who has been individually granted all of the permissions listed below, allowing them full control over every aspect of the weblog.
- Configure Weblog - Users granted this privilege for a particular weblog can access the configuration settings for that weblog.
- Edit All Entries - Users granted this privilege for a particular weblog can modify all entries, comments and TrackBacks posted on that weblog, regardless of who authored them.
- Manage Templates - Users granted this privilege for a particular weblog can access the weblog's template editing section, edit or delete existing templates or create new ones.
- Upload File - Users granted this privilege for a particular weblog can upload files onto the web server through that weblog’s left hand navigation bar.
- Create Entries - Users granted this privilege for a particular weblog can compose and post new entries on that weblog. An user is permitted to manage all comments or TrackBacks on any entry they create.
- Add/Manage Categories - Users granted this privilege can edit and delete existing categories on the weblog or create new ones. All users may assign pre-existing categories to entries which they create.
- Manage Tags - Users granted this privilege can rename, merge or delete entry tags created for the designated weblog.
- Manage Notification List - Enables a user to add or delete notification list subscribers from the weblog's notification list.
- Send Notifications - Enables a user to send entry notifications to subscribers listed in the notification list or to arbitrary email addresses.
- View Activity Log - Enables a user to access the weblog's activity log. This permission is not needed if the user has the corresponding system level permission and access to the particular weblog.
- Rebuild Files - Users granted this privilege can rebuild the weblog.
See also: Roles


