====== User groups and access levels ======

In Instant Update 2.0 we had only two types of users: administrators and moderators. Administrators could do anything, while moderators were limited to editing of content. From version 3.0 we have introduced user groups and access levels. You can have as many user groups you want with as many access levels you want, but by default, there are two user groups:

  - administrator (default access level: 100)
  - moderator (default access level: 50)

"Administrator" group is a special group which should hold only main administrators of web site. This group's members have all privileges on your website (same as administrators in version 2.0). You can't change name of this group, but you can change it's access level, in case that you need wider range of access levels for your web site users' hierarchy.

All other groups have moderator privileges, similar to moderators from version 2.0, but their privileges depend on their access level. Some user groups will be able to edit all contents of your web site, some only certain contents, etc. You can change needed access levels for editing of certain content while you edit the content itself, right below the [[WYSIWYG editor]]:

{{ :usage:setting-access-levels.jpg |Setting access levels}}

If you check first radio button (("Select user group allowed to edit this content")) you are setting access for a certain group. First you need to select group name from drop down list, and then you should select whether this will be minimum access level needed for editing that content or not. Option "and above this level" means that selected group and all groups which have access level greater than access level of selected group will be able to edit that content (in image above, all groups with access level greater or equal to 50 will be able to edit content). However, if you select other option from second drop down list ("only"), it means that only groups with same access level will be able to edit content (in image above, only "moderator" group will be able to edit content).

If you check second radio button (("...or select only one user allowed to edit this content")), then you are limiting **only one user** (which you select from drop down list) to be able to edit that content, regardless of user group selected user belongs to, or user group's access level.

^ :!: Note ^
| All users from group **administrator** override these settings and are able to edit all contents on web site. |