Administrative Users

There are three basic types of Administrative Roles in Mura. All are determined by what group a user is part of and the rights given to that group on a specific node within the site. You can define these roles by editing a nodes "Permissions" (the "people" icon in the Site Manager). Permissions "cascade" down to all child nodes, so if you set permissions on the homepage, all site content will inherit those permissions until you redefine the permissions for a specific node.

It is also important to note that since permissions are group-based in Mura and can be extremely varied and granular, a user has no permissions or group memberships by default when they are initially created. They must be added to a group (admin or otherwise) to have any permissions (i.e. access to anything in the Mura Admin).

  • Admin - Making a user an admin is as easy as editing the user, clicking on the "Group Memberships" tab, and checking the "Admin" checkbox under "Administrative Groups." Admin Users have access to all Mura modules (Components, Email Broadcaster, Forms, etc.) and no restictions on a specific site within Mura (although you can share Administrative User Pools across sites)
  • Authors - This is not a default group within Mura, rather, it's a role that can be assigned to a group. A group that has "author" rights (as defined in a nodes "Permissions"), has the ability to create and edit content but cannot publish content.
  • Editors - Like Authors, Editors are a role in Mura but with one big difference: Editors can not only create and edit content, they can publish content.
    In addition, other permissions that Groups can be given on a node are "Inherit" (the default for all nodes), Read-Only (allows the viewing of content only), and Deny (simply denies access to the edit page).

To view the current groups of the system, click the Administrative Users link of the menu bar. The Administrative Users and Groups page is displayed.

Admin Users and Groups

From this page you can edit a group or user by clicking the Edit button or the Delete button associated with that group or user’s record. The Edit button opens the Administrative Group Maintenance Form page from where you can both edit or delete the group. The Delete button opens the confirmation dialog and clicking OK will delete the group’s or user’s record.

The number of members in a group is indicated by the number within parentheses beside the group’s name. You can search for users with the Search functionality just as you did for Site Members. Search is basic in this case; there are no advanced search functions for administrative users.