Time for action – creating and using the Parental Monitor role
For this example, we are going to use the Parental Monitor role title. To set up and use this role, which will allow parents to monitor their child's activity, follow these steps:
Log in to your site as admin and click on the Define roles link found by clicking on Users and then Permissions from inside the Site Administration block, as explained earlier in this chapter.
Click on the Add a new role button to open the Add a new role window and enter a Name, Short name, and Description, as shown in the following screenshot:
Set the following Permissions to Allow:
System: Edit own user profile
Users: Edit user profile
Users: See all user blogs
Users: See all user posts
Users: See user activity reports
After changing the permission settings, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the Add a new role button.
What just happened?
We have just created a role that will be assigned to a parent allowing the parent to view some of the activities...
