[wp-testers] about yourself text area - and on default roles
Dan Milward
dan at instinct.co.nz
Tue Dec 6 03:42:06 GMT 2005
Thanks Owen. That makes it very clear :))
Can you look at maybe adding a link to that documentation next to the
new user default selection drop down in the options page. Please :))
Ciao,
Dan
Owen Winkler wrote:
> 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 but not publish
>> 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
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