User Roles
See below for a description of each of the roles in Web Manager and WordPress, and know what your access and responsibilities on the web include. Each department can have up to 5 Normal/Contributor users and 1 Publisher/Editor/P.O.C. (exceptions are considered by the Web Content Team).
Web Manager 2.0
Normal User
Access:
- Make edits to pages
- Including text, images, links, tables, etc.
- Create new pages
- Submit pages for approval to have them made live
- non-academic departments: Publisher for the department
- academic departments: Web Content Team
Blogger
Access:
- Make edits to past blog posts
- Including text, images, links, tables, etc.
- Create new blog posts
- Submit posts for approval to have them made live
- Non-academic departments: Publisher for the department
- Academic departments: Web Content Team
Publisher for Non-Academic Departments
Access:
- Make edits to pages
- Including text, images, links, tables, etc.
- Create new pages
- Delete pages
- Create and edit navigation sets
- 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 Normal Users before publishing the pages
- Serve as a point of contact for the Web Content Team
- Manage the user list of the department
Editor for Academic Departments
Access:
- Make edits to pages
- Including text, images, links, tables, etc.
- Create new pages
- Submit pages to the Web Content team for approval to have them made live
Responsibilities:
- Ensure that all content in the department is up-to-date
- Review all changes made by Normal 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
Administrator
Access:
- Full access to web pages in every department
- Including HTML view
Responsibilities:
- Work with department users and Web Content team when errors are found
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
Administrator
Access:
- Full access to web pages in every department
- Including HTML view
Responsibilities:
- Work with department users and Web Content team when errors are found