Getting Started with the Durham Webspace Platform

Users and Permissions

The Users section of the network administration interface is where users are created and managed. The Webspace integrates with Durham user accounts to offer a single sign-on solution. Webspace user accounts can also be created using the default WordPress user account functionality. 

The base user role of newly registered users is Subscriber, but the site owner/administrator can change the role and permissions level for users within their site to any of the following:

• Super Admin – somebody with access to the site network administration features and all other features. See the Create a Network article.
• Administrator (slug: ‘administrator’) – somebody who has access to all the administration features within a single site.
• Editor (slug: ‘editor’) – somebody who can publish and manage posts including the posts of other users.
• Author  (slug: ‘author’)  – somebody who can publish and manage their own posts.
• Contributor (slug: ‘contributor’) – somebody who can write and manage their own posts but cannot publish them.
• Subscriber (slug: ‘subscriber’) – somebody who can only manage their profile.

See an overview of user roles and capabilities in the WordPress documentation.