Time for action – creating and using an assistant administrator role

For the example here, we will create a role that is allowed to do the following:

• Post and edit news items on the front page of the site

• Edit and add new pages via the Content Pages block

This role might be assigned to a program secretary or any other individual responsible for disseminating information relevant to a program to teachers and students within the program. To set up and assign the role, follow these steps:

1. 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.

2. From the Roles page, click on the Add a new role button, as shown in the following screenshot:

   

3. Enter a Name, Short name, and Description for the role and change all of the capability settings for Page Administration to Allow, as shown in the following screenshot:

   

4. Scroll down the Permissions page to the Forum heading and also...