Additional default permissions

[Nico Knoll]

Hey,

currently there are like 9 default permissions. But some of them include different points, so it's hard to define really custom roles. It would be lovely to split the points in some more permission possibilities by default. 

Maybe just have a look into the Wordpress (sorry for mention it) permission variety for inspiration :

• manage_network
• manage_sites
• manage_network_users
• manage_network_themes
• manage_network_options
• activate_plugins
• delete_others_pages
• delete_others_posts
• delete_pages
• delete_plugins
• delete_posts
• delete_private_pages
• delete_private_posts
• delete_published_pages
• delete_published_posts
• edit_dashboard
• edit_files
• edit_others_pages
• edit_others_posts
• edit_pages
• edit_posts
• edit_private_pages
• edit_private_posts
• edit_published_pages
• edit_published_posts
• edit_theme_options
• export
• import
• list_users
• manage_categories
• manage_links
• manage_options
• moderate_comments
• promote_users
• publish_pages
• publish_posts
• read_private_pages
• read_private_posts
• read
• remove_users
• switch_themes
• unfiltered_upload
• upload_files

Greets,

Nico

[apeisa]

Nico, can you provide any examples of what kind of permission/roles would be beneficial in your use cases? I am not keen on complicating permission stuff just because there is only 9 default permissions (I think it is great to have just few).

[raydale]

I agree Nico. However, perhaps this could be managed in a different way?

It seems that a lot of the ProcessWire permissions are tied into the actual templates - hiding the true level of flexibility. Well, maybe the site templates should also be listed under 'Access -> Roles -> [Role]' with the ability to change permissions for those templates within the roles page (as well as the current way they are handled per template).

Below is a screenshot of how Drupal handles permissions across its nodes (content types / templates) in one single screen for each role (columns in the table):

I think that this would be a usability gain for site administrators.

[Pete]

I also mentioned previously that it might be more relevant to be able to set permissions on a section of pages, so it might be good to be able to click on a page called News, tick "apply to all children" and then go down a list and tick what permissions are relevant in a sort of matrix list.

I think I explained that better in another thread with more relevant scenarios, but can't find it just now

The problem with any of this is that it varies so much between sites as to how you would want to set it up.