To ensure your community works well, it’s important to assign roles and permissions correctly. Follow these steps.
1. Assign roles at the community level
Goal: Decide who has which overarching rights across the entire community.
How to do it
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Open the members overview of your community.
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Click the three dots (⋮) next to the person you want to assign a role to and select “Change permissions”.
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Choose the appropriate role.
What do the roles mean?
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Super Admin: Has full access – can delete, edit, move content, manage the community, etc.
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Admin: Has nearly all rights – except the ability to delete the entire community.
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Author / Contributor: Only needed if some areas are restricted. These roles are only relevant if you restrict rights in the settings (see step 3).
A short description of each role appears when you select it.
2. Assign roles at the group level
Goal: Manage permissions within individual groups.
Good to know
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You can assign roles in each group – just like at the community level.
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These roles only apply to that specific group.
How to do it
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Open the group you want to manage.
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Go to the list of members, click the three dots (⋮), and assign the role.
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Repeat this for each group as needed.
3. Adjust permissions in the settings
Goal: Define which roles are allowed to use certain features.
Community settings:
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Open the community settings.
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In various sections (e.g. groups, forum, reservations), you can define who is allowed to create content.
Group settings:
In each group’s settings, you can also define who can do what individually.