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Choose a blog page type

Choose below the type of blog page (target audience) required

In all cases only personnel with special permissions can create content for the blog.

Choose a blog page type

The menu link and content container will have the Access level view set to control who can view the link and content on the website.

A - Private or Staff only type blog (staff only view)	Article container and menu-link set to special view. Staff accounts assigned permission according to role type - author, editor, publisher, manager. Only these accounts can access the special restricted page on login (administrator account by default).
B - School community type blog (MIS login view)	Article container and menu-link set to registered view. Local staff/student accounts can login and view content.
C - General public type blog (public view)	Article container and menu-link set to public view. Public view but can't login to add new articles.

Publishing matrix in the Joomla system

This matrix shows what roles can view, author, edit or publish content on the website. Various account access types can login into the website Members Area and the site application Admin panel to maintain the site.

Role/access	Can view "what" pages	Can log into Members area and publish	Can login to Admin panel and manage site
Public	Public	No, none	No, no
Registered (all MIS accounts in school domain)	Public and registered	No, none	No, no
Authors (registered MIS account with elevated permissions)	Public, registered and special (All)	Yes, create own pages	No, no
Editors (as above)	All	Yes, create own and edit others pages	No, no
Publishers (as above)	All	Yes, create, edit and publish own and others pages (full publishing)	No, no
Managers (as above)	All	Yes, full publishing	Yes, restricted
Administrator (MIS administrator + MIS-ID with Edit Portal Contents Rights delegated permissions)	All	Yes, full publishing	Yes, full control

Publishing permissions in Joomla roles schema (see above)

Registered user publishers:

Local school domain MIS-ID accounts (i.e. Registered accounts) can have the roles of Author, Editor, Publisher or Manager (same as Members area access).

These permissions are escalated by the Joomla administrator via the Admin panel, User Manager area.

Administrator level publishers:

The MIS Administrator and Administrators due to delegated Edit Portal Contents Rights permissions assigned to them, have full publish access in the Members area and can't have their permissions reduced.

Joomla Administrators and MIS accounts with escalated permissions of Manager can log into the Joomla Admin panel to create or maintain site content.

Only Administrators have full access to the Admin panel and can manage components like the Calendar, Templates and the User Manager.

Who should publish articles? (Publisher, Manager and Administrator roles only).

The publishing privilege should be carefully applied to prevent inappropriate material being accessed by the public or school community.

In User Manger (Admin Panel login) assign special permissions - i.e. Author, Editor, Publisher or Manager to registered users.

Note: These users must login to the Members area first to have their account pulled/sychronised from the MIS before the account will enter User Manager for updating.

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This page was last reviewed on 27 Aug 2010