[wp-testers] about yourself text area - and on default roles

[Owen Winkler]

Dan Milward wrote:

> 2) After a little experimentation I assume the default roles are as 
> follows:
> 
> Administrator - Root
> Editor - Somebody who can write posts and manage their posts as well as 
> manage other peoples posts etc...
> Author - Somebody who can write posts and manage their own posts
> Contributor - Somebody who can also write posts and manage their own posts
> Subscriber - Somebody who can read comments/comment/recieve news letters 
> etc...
> 
> I cannot see any difference between a Author and Contributor. Sorry :-(

Contributors can create posts but can't publish them.  This is so that 
Editors can approve their submissions and publish content for them.

This page describes the capabilities fairly plainly: 
http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities

Owen