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Mambo Open Source/Which options available for each usertype
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There are a number of different user types in Mambo, and it can be useful to know that privileges and rights each user type has. Sometimes, you may want a user to be able to write content but not publish it - there are user types for this.
Guest
The guest user is anyone visiting your website that has not logged in yet. Your site visitors can view all content and utilize all feature of the website that are available to all users including guests.
All other user levels have the same privileges as the guest user along with additional capabilities.
Frontend
Registered user
The registered users will have access to all menu items in the class "public" and "registered". The user will also have access to edit its own user details such as password and real name
Author
Access to the "new" buttons that shows under the articles when browsing a content category. Can't publish new articles, and cannot edit existing ones.
Editor
Can edit already published articles, as well as create new ones. Cannot publish articles.
Publisher
A publisher can create items, save them and publish them - a publisher can in other words publish articles on the front page without any approval from admininstrators.
Backend
Manager
Access these menu-items:
Home
Site
Media Manager
Preview
Statistics
Menu (with all available menus)
Content (all content)
Help
These Quickicons are available:
Help
All Content Items
Static Content Manager
Front page Manager
Section Manager
Category Manager
Administrator
Access these menu-items:
Home
Site
Media Manager
Preview
Statistics
Trash manager
User manager
Menu (with all available menus)
Content (all content)
Components (all components)
Modules
Mambots
Installers
Help
Quickicons available:
All except from Global Configuration.
Super Administrator
All links and quickicons available - can edit, modify and change every option available. Has access to database functions.