The following sections list each role (for the site, group, and applications) with their default permissions.
- Administrators (site role) - Members of your community who have all capabilities in the site, groups, membership, applications, content, and themes.
- Moderators (site role) - Members of your community who have permission to govern inclusion or exclusion of content.
- Registered Users (site role) - Members of your community who have an account (all new user accounts are, by default, assigned this role).
- Everyone (site role) - Anyone who visits your community without signing in.
- Owner (group role) - These are default permissions for group owners as well as application owners. For example, a blog owner would have all of the permissions in the Blog column. A forum owner would have all of the permissions in the Forum column, etc.
- Manager (group role) - Users that are given the manager role in a group.
- Member (group role) - Users that are members of a group.
| Permission | Administrators (site role) | Moderators (site role) | Registered Users (site role) | Everyone (site role) | Owner (group role) | Manager (group role) | Member (group role) |
| Article Collection | |||||||
| Create Articles | x | x | x | ||||
| Create Comments | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Delete Articles | x | x | x | x | |||
| Delete Comments | x | x | x | x | |||
| Edit Article Collections | x | x | x | x | |||
| Edit Articles | x | x | x | x | |||
| Edit Comments | x | x | x | x | |||
| Edit Themes | x | x | |||||
| Manage Article Ordering | x | x | x | x | |||
| Manage Custom Pages | x | x | x | ||||
| Moderate and Review Abuse | x | x | x | x | |||
| Rate Articles | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Read Article Collections | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Report Helpfulness | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Blog | |||||||
| Attach Uploaded files | x | x | x | x | |||
| Attach URLs | x | x | x | x | |||
| Create Comments | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Create Posts | x | x | x | x | |||
| Delete Comments | x | x | x | x | |||
| Delete Posts | x | x | x | x | |||
| Edit Comments | x | x | x | x | |||
| Edit Posts | x | x | x | x | |||
| Manage Blog | x | x | x | ||||
| Manage Blog Theme | x | x | |||||
| Manage Custom Pages | x | x | x | x | |||
| Moderate and Review Abuse | x | x | x | x | |||
| Rate Posts | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Read Blog | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Permission | Administrators (site role) | Moderators (site role) | Registered Users (site role) | Everyone (site role) | Owner (group role) | Manager (group role) | Member (group role) |
| Calendar | |||||||
| Create Calendars | x | x | |||||
| Create Comments | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Create Events | x | x | x | x | |||
| Delete Calendars | x | x | x | ||||
| Delete Comments | x | x | x | x | |||
| Delete Events | x | x | x | x | |||
| Edit Calendars | x | x | x | ||||
| Edit Comments | x | x | x | x | |||
| Edit Events | x | x | x | x | |||
| Manage Registrations | x | x | x | x | |||
| Moderate and Review Abuse | x | x | x | x | |||
| Read Calendars | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| View Registrations | x | x | x | x | |||
| Ideation | |||||||
| Bypass Moderation | x | x | x | x | |||
| Create Comments | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Create Ideas | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Delete Comments | x | x | x | x | |||
| Delete Ideas | x | x | x | x | |||
| Edit Comments | x | x | x | x | |||
| Edit Ideas | x | x | x | x | |||
| Manage Idea Status | x | x | x | x | |||
| Moderate and Review Abuse | x | x | x | x | |||
| Read Ideas | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Vote Down Ideas | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Vote Up Ideas | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Permission | Administrators (site role) | Moderators (site role) | Registered Users (site role) | Everyone (site role) | Owner (group role) | Manager (group role) | Member (group role) |
| External Site | |||||||
| Create External Comments | x | x | x | ||||
| Create External Content | x | x | x | ||||
| Delete External Comments | x | x | x | ||||
| Edit External Comments | x | x | x | ||||
| Moderate Tags on External Content | x | x | x | ||||
| Rate External Content | x | x | x | ||||
| Read External Content | x | x | x | x | |||
| Tag External Content | x | x | x | ||||
| Forum | |||||||
| Attach Uploaded Files | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Attach URLs | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Bypass Moderation | x | x | x | x | |||
| Create Discussion/Question | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Create Polls(Deprecated) | x | x | x | x | |||
| Create Reply | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Delete Discussions, Questions, and Replies | x | x | x | x | |||
| Edit Discussions, Questions, and Replies | x | x | x | x | |||
| Manage Forum | x | x | |||||
| Mark Reply as Answer | x | x | x | x | |||
| Moderate and Review Abuse | x | x | x | x | |||
| Pin/Prioritize Discussions/Questions | x | x | x | x | |||
| Pin/Prioritize Discussions/Questions Forever | x | x | x | x | |||
| Rate Discussions, Questions, and Replies | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Read Forum | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Permission | Administrators (site role) | Moderators (site role) | Registered Users (site role) | Everyone (site role) | Owner (group role) | Manager (group role) | Member (group role) |
| Group | |||||||
| Create Article Collections | x | x | x | ||||
| Create Blogs | x | x | |||||
| Create Forums | x | x | |||||
| Create Groups | x | x | |||||
| Create Leaderboards | x | x | |||||
| Create Media Galleries | x | x | |||||
| Create Wikis | x | x | |||||
| Delete Article Collections | x | x | x | ||||
| Delete Blogs | x | x | |||||
| Delete Forums | x | x | |||||
| Delete Groups | x | x | |||||
| Delete Media Galleries | x | x | |||||
| Delete Wikis | x | x | |||||
| Join Group | x | x | |||||
| Join Group by Request | x | x | |||||
| Manage Custom Pages | x | x | |||||
| Manage Group | x | x | |||||
| Manage Group Theme | x | x | |||||
| Manage Ideations | x | x | |||||
| Manage Membership | x | x | |||||
| Moderate and Review Abuse | x | x | x | x | |||
| Read Group | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| View Group Names in Lists | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| View Group Reports | x | x | x | ||||
| View Membership | x | x | x | x | |||
| Media Gallery | |||||||
| Attach Uploaded Files | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Attach URLs | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Bypass Moderation | x | x | x | x | |||
| Create Comments | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Create Media | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Delete Comments | x | x | x | x | |||
| Delete Media | x | x | x | x | |||
| Download Media | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Edit Media | x | x | x | x | |||
| Manage Gallery | x | x | |||||
| Moderate and Review Abuse | x | x | x | x | |||
| Rate Media | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Read Media | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Permission | Administrators (site role) | Moderators (site role) | Registered Users (site role) | Everyone (site role) | Owner (group role) | Manager (group role) | Member (group role) |
| Site | |||||||
| Bypass Validation | x | x | |||||
| Contact Members via Email | x | x | |||||
| Edit Settings | x | ||||||
| Edit Theme | x | ||||||
| Edit User Theme | x | x | x | ||||
| Feature Content | x | ||||||
| Hide Ads | x | ||||||
| Impersonate User | x | ||||||
| Manage Content | x | ||||||
| Manage Custom Page | x | ||||||
| Manage Membership | x | ||||||
| Read Content | x | x | x | x | |||
| Read Post Metadata | x | ||||||
| Read Profiles | x | x | x | ||||
| Read Reports | x | ||||||
| Register Web Hook Urls | x | ||||||
| Review Abuse | x | ||||||
| Wiki | |||||||
| Create Comments | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Create Pages | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Delete Comments | x | x | x | x | |||
| Delete Pages | x | x | x | x | |||
| Edit Comments | x | x | x | x | |||
| Edit Pages | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Lock Pages | x | x | x | x | |||
| Manage Wiki | x | x | x | ||||
| Moderate and Review Abuse | x | x | x | x | |||
| Move Pages | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Rate Comments | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Rate Pages | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Read Wiki | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
NOTE: Below are the same permissions as above, grouped by permission/role type.
Default site, group, and application permissions for Administrators (site role)
Members of your community who have all capabilities in the site, groups, membership, applications, content, and themes.
| Article Collection | Blog | Calendar | Ideation | External site | Forum | Group | Media Gallery | Site | Wiki |
|
Create Articles Create Comments Delete Articles Delete Comments Edit Article Collections Edit Articles Edit Comments Edit Themes Manage Article Ordering Manage Custom Pages Moderate and Review Abuse Rate Articles Read Article Collections Report Helpfulness |
Attach Uploaded files Attach URLs Create Comments Create Posts Delete Comments Delete Posts Edit Comments Edit Posts Manage Blog Manage Blog Theme Manage Custom Pages Moderate and Review Abuse Rate Posts Read Blog |
Create Calendars Create Comments Create Events Delete Comments Delete Events Edit Calendars Edit Comments Edit Events Manage Registrations Moderate and Review Abuse Read Calendars View Registrations |
Bypass Moderation Create Comments Create Ideas Delete Comments Delete Ideas Edit Comments Edit Ideas Manage Idea Status Moderate and Review Abuse Read Ideas Vote Down Ideas Vote Up Ideas |
Create External Comments Create External Content Delete External Comments Edit External Comments Moderate Tags on External Content Rate External Content Read External Content Tag External Content |
Attach Uploaded Files Attach URLs Bypass Moderation Create Discussion/Question Create Polls(Deprecated) Create Reply Delete Discussions, Questions, and Replies Edit Discussions, Questions, and Replies Manage Forum Mark Reply as Answer Moderate and Review Abuse Pin/Prioritize Discussions/Questions Pin/Prioritize Discussions/Questions Forever Rate Discussions, Questions, and Replies Read Forum |
Create Article Collections Create Blogs Create Forums Create Groups Create Leaderboards Create Media Galleries Create Wikis Delete Article Collections Delete Blogs Delete Forums Delete Groups Delete Media Galleries Delete Wikis Join Group Join Group by Request Manage Custom Pages Manage Group Manage Group Theme Manage Ideations Manage Membership Moderate and Review Abuse Read Group View Group Names in Lists View Group Reports View Membership |
Attach Uploaded Files Attach URLs Bypass Moderation Create Comments Create Media Delete Comments Delete Media Download Media Edit Media Manage Gallery Moderate and Review Abuse Rate Media Read Media |
Bypass Validation Contact Members via Email Edit Settings Edit Theme Edit User Theme Feature Content Hide Ads Impersonate User Manage Content Manage Custom Page Manage Membership Read Content Read Post Metadata Read Profiles Read Reports Register Web Hook Urls Review Abuse |
Create Comments Create Pages Delete Comments Delete Pages Edit Comments Edit Pages Lock Pages Manage Wiki Moderate and Review Abuse Move Pages Rate Comments Rate Pages Read Wiki |
Default group and application permissions for Moderators (site role)
Members of your community who have permission to govern inclusion or exclusion of content.
| Article Collection | Blog | Calendar | Ideation | External site | Forum | Group | Media Gallery | Site | Wiki |
|
Create Comments Delete Articles Delete Comments Edit Article Collections Edit Articles Edit Comments Manage Article Ordering Manage Custom Pages Moderate and Review Abuse Rate Articles Read Article Collections Report Helpfulness |
Attach Uploaded files Attach URLs Create Comments Create Posts Delete Comments Delete Posts Edit Comments Edit Posts Manage Blog Manage Custom Pages Moderate and Review Abuse Rate Posts Read Blog |
Create Comments Create Events Delete Calendars Delete Comments Delete Events Edit Calendars Edit Comments Edit Events Manage Registrations Moderate and Review Abuse Read Calendars View Registrations |
Bypass Moderation Create Comments Create Ideas Delete Comments Delete Ideas Edit Comments Edit Ideas Manage Idea Status Moderate and Review Abuse Read Ideas Vote Down Ideas Vote Up Ideas |
Create External Comments Create External Content Delete External Comments Edit External Comments Moderate Tags on External Content Rate External Content Read External Content Tag External Content |
Attach Uploaded Files Attach URLs Bypass Moderation Create Discussion/Question Create Polls(Deprecated) Create Reply Delete Discussions, Questions, and Replies Edit Discussions, Questions, and Replies Mark Reply as Answer Moderate and Review Abuse Pin/Prioritize Discussions/Questions Pin/Prioritize Discussions/Questions Forever Rate Discussions, Questions, and Replies Read Forum |
Moderate and Review Abuse Read Group View Group Names in Lists |
Attach Uploaded Files Attach URLs Bypass Moderation Create Comments Create Media Delete Comments Delete Media Download Media Edit Media Moderate and Review Abuse Rate Media Read Media |
Bypass Validation Contact Members via Email Edit User Theme Read Content Read Profiles |
Create Comments Create Pages Delete Comments Delete Pages Edit Comments Edit Pages Lock Pages Manage Wiki Moderate and Review Abuse Move Pages Rate Comments Rate Pages Read Wiki |
Default site, group, and application permissions for Registered Users (site role)
Members of your community who have an account (all new user accounts are, by default, assigned this role).
| Article Collection | Blog | Calendar | Ideation | External site | Forum | Group | Media Gallery | Site | Wiki |
|
Rate Articles Read Article Collections Report Helpfulness |
Create Comments Rate Posts Read Blog |
Create Comments Read Calendars |
Create Comments Create Ideas Read Ideas Vote Down Ideas Vote Up Ideas |
Create External Comments Create External Content Delete External Comments Edit External Comments Moderate Tags on External Content Rate External Content Read External Content Tag External Content |
Attach Uploaded Files Attach URLs Create Discussion/Question Create Reply Rate Discussions, Questions, and Replies Read Forum |
Read Group View Group Names in Lists View Membership |
Attach Uploaded Files Create Comments Download Media Rate Media Read Media |
Edit User Theme Read Profiles Read Content |
Create Comments Rate Comments Rate Pages Read Wiki |
Default site, group, and application permissions for Everyone (site role)
Anyone who visits your community without signing in.
| Article Collection | Blog | Calendar | Ideation | External site | Forum | Group | Media Gallery | Site | Wiki |
|
Read Article Collections Report Helpfulness |
Read Blog |
Read Calendars |
Read Ideas |
Read External Content |
Read Forum |
Read Group View Group Names in Lists |
Download Media Read Media |
Read Content |
Read Wiki |
Default group and application permissions for Owners (group role)
These are default permissions for group owners as well as application owners. For example, a blog owner would have all of the permissions in the Blog column. A forum owner would have all of the permissions in the Forum column, etc.
| Article Collection | Blog | Calendar | Ideation | External site | Forum | Group | Media Gallery | Site | Wiki |
|
Create Articles Create Comments Delete Articles Delete Comments Edit Article Collections Edit Articles Edit Comments Edit Themes Manage Article Ordering Manage Custom Pages Moderate and Review Abuse Rate Articles Read Article Collections Report Helpfulness |
Attach Uploaded files Attach URLs Create Comments Create Posts Delete Comments Delete Posts Edit Comments Edit Posts Manage Blog Manage Blog Theme Manage Custom Pages Moderate and Review Abuse Rate Posts Read Blog |
Create Calendars Create Comments Create Events Delete Calendars Delete Comments Delete Events Edit Calendars Edit Comments Edit Events Manage Registrations Moderate and Review Abuse Read Calendars View Registrations |
Bypass Moderation Create Comments Create Ideas Delete Comments Delete Ideas Edit Comments Edit Ideas Manage Idea Status Moderate and Review Abuse Read Ideas Vote Down Ideas Vote Up Ideas |
None |
Attach Uploaded Files Attach URLs Bypass Moderation Create Discussion/Question Create Polls(Deprecated) Create Reply Delete Discussions, Questions, and Replies Edit Discussions, Questions, and Replies Manage Forum Mark Reply as Answer Moderate and Review Abuse Pin/Prioritize Discussions/Questions Pin/Prioritize Discussions/Questions Forever Rate Discussions, Questions, and Replies Read Forum |
Create Article Collections Create Blogs Create Forums Create Groups Create Leaderboards Create Media Galleries Create Wikis Delete Article Collections Delete Blogs Delete Forums Delete Groups Delete Media Galleries Delete Wikis Join Group Join Group by Request Manage Custom Pages Manage Group Manage Group Theme Manage Ideations Manage Membership Moderate and Review Abuse Read Group View Group Names in Lists View Group Reports View Membership |
Attach Uploaded Files Attach URLs Bypass Moderation Create Comments Create Media Delete Comments Delete Media Download Media Edit Media Manage Gallery Moderate and Review Abuse Rate Media Read Media |
None |
Create Comments Create Pages Delete Comments Delete Pages Edit Comments Edit Pages Lock Pages Manage Wiki Moderate and Review Abuse Move Pages Rate Comments Rate Pages Read Wiki |
Default group and application permissions for Managers (group role)
NOTE: For comparison, this matrix includes the Owner permissions listed above, but those unavailable to the Managers role have a strikethrough.
| Article Collection | Blog | Calendar | Ideation | External site | Forum | Group | Media Gallery | Site | Wiki |
|
Create Articles Create Comments Delete Articles Delete Comments Edit Article Collections Edit Articles Edit Comments Edit Themes Manage Article Ordering Manage Custom Pages Moderate and Review Abuse Rate Articles Read Article Collections Report Helpfulness |
Attach Uploaded files Attach URLs Create Comments Create Posts Delete Comments Delete Posts Edit Comments Edit Posts Manage Blog Manage Blog Theme Manage Custom Pages Moderate and Review Abuse Rate Posts Read Blog |
Create Calendars Create Comments Create Events Delete Calendars Delete Comments Delete Events Edit Calendars Edit Comments Edit Events Manage Registrations Moderate and Review Abuse Read Calendars View Registrations |
Bypass Moderation Create Comments Create Ideas Delete Comments Delete Ideas Edit Comments Edit Ideas Manage Idea Status Moderate and Review Abuse Read Ideas Vote Down Ideas Vote Up Ideas |
None |
Attach Uploaded Files Attach URLs Bypass Moderation Create Discussion/Question Create Polls(Deprecated) Create Reply Delete Discussions, Questions, and Replies Edit Discussions, Questions, and Replies Manage Forum Mark Reply as Answer Moderate and Review Abuse Pin/Prioritize Discussions/Questions Pin/Prioritize Discussions/Questions Forever Rate Discussions, Questions, and Replies Read Forum |
Create Article Collections Create Blogs Create Forums Create Groups Create Leaderboards Create Media Galleries Create Wikis Delete Article Collections Delete Blogs Delete Forums Delete Groups Delete Media Galleries Delete Wikis Join Group Join Group by Request Manage Custom Pages Manage Group Manage Group Theme Manage Ideations Manage Membership Moderate and Review Abuse Read Group View Group Names in Lists View Group Reports View Membership |
Attach Uploaded Files Attach URLs Bypass Moderation Create Comments Create Media Delete Comments Delete Media Download Media Edit Media Manage Gallery Moderate and Review Abuse Rate Media Read Media |
None |
Create Comments Create Pages Delete Comments Delete Pages Edit Comments Edit Pages Lock Pages Manage Wiki Moderate and Review Abuse Move Pages Rate Comments Rate Pages Read Wiki |
Default group and application permissions for Members (group role)
| Article Collection | Blog | Calendar | Ideation | External site | Forum | Group | Media Gallery | Site | Wiki |
|
Create Comments Rate Articles Read Article Collections Report Helpfulness |
Create Comments Rate Posts Read Blog |
Create Comments Read Calendars |
Create Comments Create Ideas Read Ideas Vote Down Ideas Vote Up Ideas |
None |
Attach Uploaded Files Attach URLs Create Discussion/Question Create Reply Rate Discussions, Questions, and Replies Read Forum |
Read Group View Group Names in Lists |
Attach Uploaded Files Attach URLs Create Comments Create Media Download Media Rate Media Read Media |
None |
Create Comments Create Pages Edit Pages Move Pages Rate Comments Rate Pages Read Wiki |