In my previous article I introduced the different Textpattern CMS user roles and permission. I promised you I’d make a quick reference for users and their permissions – and here it is. The permission is listed in the first column, and the user roles follow. I’ve abbreviated the table to make it more legible:
- P = Publisher
- ME = Managing Editor
- CE = Copy Editor
- SW = Staff Writer
- F = Freelancer
- D = Designer
A check mark indicates that the permission is assigned to the relevant user level. Please note this table is accurate for the current version of Textpattern (4.5.5 at the time of writing). Previous releases may have had different permissions and future versions may, of course, have permissions changed, added or removed.
| Permission | P | ME | CE | SW | F | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Log into admin interface | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Edit users and their details | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| List users and their details | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Delete own articles | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Delete articles | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Edit articles | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Edit published articles | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Edit own articles | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Edit own published articles | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Preview an article | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Publish an article | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Use PHP in an article | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Access to the Article tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Access to the Categories tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Access to the Styles (CSS) tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Toggle verbose debug logging | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Toggle backtrace in debug logging | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Access to Diagnostics tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Access to Comments tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Access to Files tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Edit files | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Edit own files | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Delete files | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Delete own files | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Publish a file | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Access to the Forms tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Access to the Images tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Upload a larger variety of image file types | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Edit images | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Edit own images | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Delete images | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Delete own images | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Access to Import tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Access to Links tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Edit links | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Edit own links | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Delete links | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Delete own links | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Access to Visitor Logs tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Access to Pages tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Access to Plugins tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Access to Preferences tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Access to Sections tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Edit Sections | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Access to Admin tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Access to Content tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Access to Extensions tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Access to Presentation tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Use tag builder in Write tab | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Next time I’ll be showing you the fundamentals of user management in Textpattern. I hope you can join me.
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