One of the most important aspects to operating your community is assigning Member Permissions.


In this article we'll cover member types, how member permissions work, who has access to what, and how to assign member permissions to the members of your community.




Member Types


There are currently only 3 types of member permissions associated to a community:


  • Community Owner (the creator of the community)
  • Admin (similar to an Owner, few limitations)
  • Manager
  • Host


Members who have Manager or Host permissions are often referred to as Team Members.




Permission Breakdowns By Type


Community Owner


The Community Owner has full administrative access to running their community.


The following permissions are available as a community owner:


  • Add/Remove other Owners and Admins
  • Edit All Community Details
  • Assign Managers and Hosts to Groups
  • Create/Edit/Cancel Events
  • Create/Edit/Close Groups
  • Create/Edit/Delete Community Announcements
  • Request to Close The Community


Community Admin


The Community Admin has access to most administrative features for helping manage the community.


The following permissions are available as a community owner:

  • Add/Remove other Admins
  • Assign Managers and Hosts to Groups
  • Create/Edit/Cancel Events
  • Create/Edit/Close Groups
  • Create/Edit/Delete Community Announcements


  • Cannot modify community details (name, url, etc)
  • Cannot request to close the community


Manager


Managers are appointed by the Community Owners or Admins, and assigned to specific groups within the community.


The following permissions are available as a Manager:


  • Add/Remove Hosts within Groups you manage (coming soon)
  • Create Community Events when assigned to a group(s)
  • Edit Community Events (access to Edit or Cancel all group events, even when not a rsvp'd as an event host)
  • Join Events as an Event Host (optional) (lets members know you're helping organize the event)
  • Managers have priority over Hosts



Host


Hosts are appointed by the Community Owner, and assigned to specific groups within the community.


The following permissions are available as a Host:


  • Create Community Events when assigned to a group(s)
  • Edit Community Events (available when event is joined as an Event Host)
  • Join Events as an Event Host (optional) (lets members know you're helping organize the event)




Help Video : Member Roles



Assigning Owner/Admin Permissions


As an Owner, you may add/remove Owner/Admin permissions for any member in the community.


  1. Navigate to the Manage Members page, and select the menu icon on the row of the user you want to modify.
  2. You'll be shown the option of Set as Owner/Admin.
  3. The pop-up modal will give you the choices of which permissions to select/remove for that member.


As an Admin, you may add/remove Admin permissions for any admin or member in the community. But you may not modify the permissions of an Owner.


  1. Perform the same steps above to add/remove the Admin role of a member.



Assigning Manager/Host Permissions


Create a Group


To assign the permissions of a member in your community, you'll first need to start out by creating a group, if you haven't already done that.

To learn how to Create a Group, Go To This Article.


Once you've got at least 1 group in your community, you can begin assigning manager/host permissions to your members, if you are an Owner or Admin.


Assign Permissions


To assign permissions to your users, go into your Community Settings.


To find your Community Settings, navigate to your Community Home, and click the Community Settings icon.


Within your Community Settings, you'll have the ability to either Manage Members or Manage Groups.


  • The Manage Members page shows you a list of all members in your community, and allows you to assign specific permissions on an individual basis (i.e. you can easily assign a single member as manager/host to multiple groups in one action)


  • The Manage Groups page shows you a list of all groups in your community, and allows you to assign specific permissions on a group basis (i.e. you can easily assign multiple members to a group as managers/hosts in one action)


Managers have priority over Hosts, so a Manager cannot be changed to a Host, unless you first remove them as a Manager, then set them as a Host,


It's useful to note that, if you ever Ban a member who had Manager or Host permissions, those permissions will be removed. In the event they are ever brought back later, you'll just re-assign their permissions.