Office of Marketing and Strategic Communications
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5433 USA
(269) 387-8400
Roles
Each CMS user account is assigned one or more roles for one or more sections. A user's assigned roles determine what they are or are not able to do in their assigned sections in the CMS. The available roles in the CMS are as follows:
Author鈥攃reates and edits most content
Blogger鈥攃reates and edits blog posts
Manager鈥攃reates and edits some advanced content and manages the section menu
Publisher鈥攔eviews and approves content created by authors and bloggers to make it publicly available
Reporter鈥攃reates and edits news articles
Webform results viewer鈥攁ble to view submissions to webforms
Learn more about each role by clicking the links above.
You can request changes to the roles assigned to a CMS user from the Web Services and Standards main page. In the "I need to..." section, click on "Request or change CMS user access," then click "Modify a user's CMS access" to fill out a work order.