Security Group

Security group allows setting up Administration Access, Folder Access, Menu Access, Content Access etc.
So Basically giving a group access to functions within CM.

User Type

Categorises a user - defining their role within a website.

Paul,

Please tell us a bit more about Usertype.

I am aware that you can edit various properties of usertype from the lookup tables. Could you please explain some of these properties and in particular the difference between setting the "role" as "Site Administrator" or "user" within a usertype.

Hi Hilary,

We have logged this and will get back to you with more information.

Thanks,

Paul

Hi Hilary,

It is possible to set three types of roles for User Types. Setting these roles then determines which users and user groups a user has access to - provided that the user is in a group that has access to the Admin -> Security area's.

User - means that these user types will only be able to see and edit their details only

Local Administrators - means that these user types will be able to see and edit all users that belong to the same group(s) as them

Site Administrators - means that these user types will be able to see and edit all users across the system regardless of which group(s) they belong to.

These roles also play a part in other areas, such as in General Site Details -> Whats New Email - the list of users that are selectable here will only be those that belong to a User Type that has been set to Site Administrator.

Cheers,

David