Pro Member Roles and Permissions
- Applies to:
- All MindTouch Versions
- Role required:
- N/A
Pro Members are a user type that can contribute to content.
Roles overview
- Role availability
- Roles are additive - higher roles inherit the abilities of lower roles and gain the abilities of the highest role applied
- Roles only apply to Pro 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 role only applies to pages set as Public
- Assign roles at the page level for pages set to Semi-Public, Semi-Private, or Private
- Admin Role 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
Pro Member roles
- 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
- Viewer
- Access content
- Draft Contributor
- Create and edit drafts of new and existing pages
- Only available on the current version of MindTouch
- Author
- Publish content
- Editor
- Manage content permissions for others and delete pages
- 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
Content functions
Content functions impact permissions for users to be able to view, find (via MindTouch search and navigation), and edit (includes create) content.
None, Viewer, Draft Contributor, Author, Editor, and Admin roles can:
- Sign in
Viewer, Draft Contributor, Author, Editor, and Admin roles can:
- View live pages
- Find pages
- Subscribe to pages
- Rate articles
- Provide feedback
Draft Contributor, Author, Editor, and Admin roles can:
- View drafts and live pages
- Create drafts
- Edit drafts
- Delete drafts
- See Revision History
- Revert Draft pages
- Tag Draft pages
Author, Editor, and Admin roles can:
- Publish drafts
- Create live pages
- Edit live pages
- Copy pages
- Move pages
- Revert Live pages
- Tag Live pages
Editor and Admin roles can:
- Unpublish pages
- Delete pages
- Restrict Page Access
Control Panel functions
Only Admin role can access Control Panel.
Dashboard functions
For Dashboard functions, appropriate role must be assigned as a Control Panel role. Admin role can access all Dashboard functions. Draft Contributor, Author, and Editor roles can access some Dashboard functions.
Viewer, Draft Contributor, Author, Editor, and Admin roles can access:
- Contribution Reports > User Contributions
- Content Tools > Draft Manager
- Content Tools > Link Manager
- Content Tools > Page Classification Manager
- Site Reports > Site History
- Site Reports > User Activity (Non-Admins can only see personal activity)
- Site Administration > XML Sitemap
- Site Administration > Template directory (Draft Contributor can view only)
- Site Administration > Global variables (Draft Contributor can view only)
Author, Editor, and Admin roles can access:
- Site Reports > User Activity (Editor and Author can only see personal activity)
- Content Tools > Path Manager
Admin role can access:
- Contribution Reports > Capture Manager
- Site Reports > Help Request Usage
- Site Reports > Search Terms and Queries
- Site Reports > Site Activity
- Site Reports > Community Scoring
- Site Reports > Content Aging
- Site Reports > Search Insights
- Site Reports > Site Structure Analysis
- Content Tools > Content ID Manager
- Integrations > Single Sign On Configuration
- Integrations > API Token Management
- Integrations > Touchpoints Management
- Site Administration > Editor configuration