About Permission profiles

If you use a profile, it will override all your existing global permissions, but not your category permissions or individual item permissions. All the permissions are assigned, but you still need to activate each feature. More info at ProfilePermissions?

About this profile

Community permissions profile is a typical permission set for an community setting. Potentially a large number of contributors make the site live.

Typical use

Community

Details

Name Description
Anonymous Anonymous users can read articles
Registered Just self-register with an email address
Writers Can submit content, but need to be approved
Senior Writers Can submit content, which goes online without further approval
Editors Can destroy & edit all content
Sub Admins Almost all powers
Admins All powers


profile definition

YAML
objects:
 -
  ref: Community_Permissions
permissions:
 Anonymous:
  allow:
   - read_article
   - search
 Registered:
  description: Will be ignored because group is already created
  allow:
 Writers:
  description: Can submit content, but needs approval
  include: Registered
  allow
   - submit_article
 Senior Writers:
  description: Can submit content, without approval
  include: Writers
  allow:
   -autoapprove_submission
 Editors:
  description: Trusted users that approve stuff
  include: Senior Writers
  allow:
   - approve_submission
   - edit_article
   - edit_submission
 SubAdmins:
  description: Quasi-admins
  include: Editors  
  allow:
   -admin_users
   -admin_cms
 Admins:
  description: All powers
  include: SubAdmins
  allow:
   -admin