Roles

As previously discussed, we have two roles by default:

• Anonymous user: The anonymous user is the one who has not logged into our site

• Authenticated user: The authenticated user is the one who has logged into our site

We shouldn't need to change the anonymous user role a great deal, as by default permissions are not granted to that role, though features such as search should be enabled for guests. We will need to significantly modify the authenticated user role to allow our users to contribute more to our site. A number of new roles will also need to be created for moderators and power contributors.

Note

We will be looking at users, roles, and permissions in great detail in the next chapter; this is just a brief look at the changes we will need to make, and roles we will need to create. Return to this list once you are more comfortable with editing permissions and creating roles, to make the changes.

Anonymous role permissions

For the anonymous user role, we need to ensure that permissions...