Different user permission levels

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Different user permission levels

This FAQ item provides details about the permission levels of the different user levels of this site. As you will see, while becoming a registered user is generally open to all, only an administrator can grant a registered user a higher permission level such as author status. Send the Executive Officer a message if you think you should have a higher permission level.

*User Level*	*How obtained?*	*User Rights on this Site*
Guest	Visit the site, no registration or login required	Read all public content, add comments
User	Create an account on the site	As above, may facilitate some functions and enable access to some restricted content, required as a preliminary step to higher user levels
Author	Needs Adminstrator action	As above, also author articles and edit own articles
Editor	Needs Adminstrator action	As above, also edit others content, read restricted content
Publisher	Needs Adminstrator action	As above, also publish new or edited content to the live site
Administrator	Needs Adminstrator action	As above, also access back-end of site, change users' permission levels, change menu structure and other community settings