Roles & Permissions Table

Site administrators can assign permissions to users based on the tasks that they need to complete within the platform. Once a site administrator assigns permissions and a user role, users can begin editing and managing the website based on the permissions provided.

Tasks	Content Authors	Content Editors	Site Administrators	Reviewers	Viewers
View published content	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
View unpublished content	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Create new content drafts	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Edit current content	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Manage and edit media	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Add content to section navigation	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Edit menus	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Publish content	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Delete content	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Create announcement banners	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Add new taxonomy terms	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Create global content	No	No	Yes	No	No
Assign roles	No	No	Yes	No	No
Configure header / footer content	No	No	Yes	No	No
Create taxonomy vocabularies	No	No	Yes	No	No

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Roles & Permissions

How to manage permissions and tasks for standard user roles, including Author, Editor, Site Administrator, and Viewer.