User Roles
See below for a description of each of the roles in WordPress, and know what your access and responsibilities on the web include. Each department can have up to 5 Contributors and 1 Editor/P.O.C. (exceptions are considered by the Web Content Team).
WordPress
Subscriber
Access:
- None. When users first login to their site, they will be shown on the user list as a Subscriber.
Contributor
Access:
- Make edits to pages using Front-End Editor
- Including text, images, links, buttons, accordions, etc.
- Create new pages
- Submit pages for approval to have them made live
- non-academic departments: Editor for the department
- academic departments: Web Content Team
Editor (for Non-Academic Departments)
Access:
- Make edits to pages
- Including text, images, links, buttons, accordions, etc.
- Create new pages
- Delete pages
- Create and edit navigation sets using Menu tools
- Approve pages to make them live on the web
Responsibilities:
- Ensure that all content in the department is up-to-date
- Review all changes made by Contributor Users before publishing the pages
- Serve as a point of contact for the Web Content Team
- Manage the user list of the department
Point of Contact for Academic Departments
Access:
- Make edits to pages using Front-End Editor
- Including text, images, links, buttons, accordions, etc.
- Create new pages
- Submit pages for approval to have them made live
- non-academic departments: Editor for the department
- academic departments: Web Content Team
Responsibilities:
- Ensure that all content in the department is up-to-date
- Review all changes made by Contributor Users before submitting the pages for approval
- Serve as a point of contact for the Web Content Team
- Manage the user list of the department