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Sitecore defines the following Roles by default:

• Editor
• Webmaster
• Administrator
• Developer

Although these Roles represent typical Users found in many organizations, this is not intended as an exhaustive or final list.  Administrators may change the definition of the default roles or delete them and create roles that meet their specific business requirements.  Given that the default roles do represent fairly common users, many of the documents on this site assume that users have been assigned one of these default Roles. 

Editor

The Editor Role represents a website content author.  The Editor Role, by default, is given the least amount of access to the Sitecore clients.  Editors generally may read and write content Items, such as creating new Items, filling in Field values, providing rich text, uploading and simple editing of images, and so on.  Editors may preview but may not publish changes to Items.  

Webmaster

The Webmaster Role may represent an advanced Editor or a junior Administrator.  Webmasters have all the access rights that Editors have, but also have access to additional applications in the Sitecore client.  For example, Webmasters are allowed to modify security settings and may publish changes to the content of the website.  Webmaster may also have rights to review and approve changes to content made by an Editor, depending on whether the content Item is included in a workflow.  

Developer

The Developer Role is meant to represent users who create the web site infrastructure.  In the current Sitecore release, however, must developers most be made Administrators in order to work properly with Templates.  Developers are described in more detail in other areas of this site.  

Administrator

Administrators are special users in the Sitecore client which have full access to all functionality, regardless of any security settings.  There is no Administrator Role, rather, Users have a Administrator toggle in the User Properties dialog.  Administrators, when they are not also developers, often focus on maintaining user accounts, customizing workflow settings, and specifying appropriate security settings.

 

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