Set a Group's Permissions

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For each Group, a list of all pages will be available, and you can expand pages to view subpages. You can also set page permissions on the front end of your site on a page-by-page basis. Please take a look at the Site Permissions Overview for more information.

This article will show how to set or modify a Group's Permissions for Pages and Site Tools. This area manages app-level permissions and governs which section(s) of the Municipal Websites Evolve a user has access rights to.

Important Notes:

  • Permission levels:

    • Reader: View access only

    • Author: Create and submit items for approval

    • Publisher: Approve submitted items, create and publish items Permission levels:

    • Owner: Approve submitted items; create, publish, and delete items

  • Updates to all permissions save automatically.

Who can use this feature?

System Administrator

Instructions

  1. Sign in to your site

  2. Navigate to Site Tools and then select Site Permissions Menu showing site tools with highlighted site permissions option.

  3. Ensure you are on the Groups tab Site permissions interface with the Groups tab highlighted.

  4. Select the Group you want to set Permissions for List of user groups with highlighted 'Authors' group and user count.

  5. Toggle On or Off System Admin at the top of the page to make the group a System Admin group The System Admin toggle on a group page.

  6. On the Pages tab, assign a Permissions level The tab labeled Pages.

    Note:

    If the Reader tab appears greyed out and you are not able to check or uncheck, that is because the page itself does not have Sign-In required or is otherwise not password protected. Reader is always available on any page that is not password protected.

  7. On the Site Tools tab, toggle On or Off to enable access to the Site ToolSite tools tab with toggles next to available tool permissions.

  8. On the Users tab, view the users within the group The 'Users' tab is highlighted, displaying user information in a table format.