Article Default site, group, and application permissions for roles

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