Seated Member (formerly Pro Member) roles and permissions

Roles overview

• Role availability
  • Roles are additive. Higher roles inherit the abilities of lower roles, and users gain the abilities of the highest role applied.
  • Roles only apply to Seated Members and not other user types.
  • You can assign a Control Panel role or assign a role within a page or section.
     
• Roles and Page Privacy
  • Control Panel roles only apply to pages set as Public.
  • Assign roles at the page level for pages set to Semi-Public, Semi-Private, or Private.
  • An Admin assigned in Control Panel cannot have content restrictions at the page level.
  • Admin role assigned on a page level cannot access Control Panel or Dashboard functions.

Seated Member roles

1. None
   • Rarely used Control Panel role for users who can log in but not view any content by default
   • Assign page-level role of Viewer or higher to be able to view content.
2. Viewer
   • Access content
3. Draft Contributor
   • Create and edit drafts of new and existing pages
   • Only available on the current version of Expert
4. Author
   • Publish content
5. Editor
   • Manage content permissions for others and delete pages
6. Admin
   • Full control over site administration if assigned in Control Panel
   • Full control over content if assigned on page or section

Permissions for each role