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Organizers can allow their Members to manage new or existing content on their Space by managing their Capabilities, which can be applied to a single post, all posts of a single type, or the entire Space.
Assigning Capabilities
There are three places where a Capability can be assigned.
Accessibility
Accessibility helps to determine the default Capability for Content.
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You can easily manage a Member's capabilities for your entire Space, a Module, or a single Post. |
Whenever a Member views a page, they will have one of the following capabilities:
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As a Space Organizer, you are able to control the capabilities of users using a mixture of Roles and Permissions.
Space Privilege
The User's Space Privilege controls their capability across your entire Space, including all of its content
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Accessibility can be set on each Module and then optionally overridden for a specific piece of Content:
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Roles and Permissions
Roles and Permissions allow Organizers to assign Capabilities to their Members and are split into the following levels:
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Permissions are assigned to a specific piece of Content and can be managed using the Permissions tab:
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Roles are Capabilities that are assigned to all posts of a certain type and can be managed using the settings toolbar button:
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Members and Organizers
By default, every Member is capable of being assigned specific Capabilities to gain access to various administrative functions of a Space. To grant a Member unlimited access to everything in a Space, they should be marked as an Organizer, which you can do from the Member Dashboard:
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Calculating Capability
Whenever a Member attempts to complete an action on Content within a Space, the Platform calculates their Capability; which determines whether they are allowed to complete the action.
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If the Space Privilege is set to Deny or Organizer, this will supersede everything else in determining a Member's Capability. |
Module Accessibility and Role
A Module's Accessibility determines the default Capability for an entire Module.
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For instance, if the Event Module's Accessibility is set to Private, no events will be visible to anyone who is not logged in. After setting the Module's Accessibility, assigning a Role can give specific Members access to content.
Post Accessibility and Permission
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The effective Capability of a Member is derived through the following process:
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Principals
Roles and Permissions are always associated with a Principal, which is an individual or group of individuals associated with your Space:
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The Principal will control to whom the Role or Permission is appliedA Permission gives a capability for a specific Post.
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