Blog roles and permissions
What you can do with blog settings or content depends on your role.
Blog owners
Blog owners can:
- Create a blog or delete a blog that they own.
- View, create, edit, or delete all content (entries and comments in both the draft and published state) for a blog they own.
- View, create, and delete all links in the blog.
- Upload files and create directories and view or delete any uploaded file or directory.
- View and delete information on the Referrers page and reset the hit count for the blog.
- View and edit settings for the blog, such as General, Author, and Theme settings.
Blog authors
Blog authors can:
- View, create, edit, or delete blog entries that they created, regardless of whether the entries are in the draft state or posted to the blog.
- View, create, edit, or delete links.
- Upload files and create directories and view or delete any uploaded file or directory they added to the blog.
- View and delete information on the Referrers page and reset the hit count for the blog.
Draft authors
Draft authors can:
- View, create, edit, or delete a blog draft entry that they own.
- Edit other's entries when the setting Allow authors and drafters to edit other's entries in this blog is selected for the blog.
- Upload files and create directories. Draft authors cannot delete files or directories.
Community blog viewers
Community blog viewers can view blog entries for communities they belong to.