Site Admin Features :
User permission levels
We're going to want user login not just for administrators, editors, and reporters. We're also going to want to have a user login with perhaps two levels: reader and contributor.
The reader level will be for users who want to have some page customization that we might incorporate (e.g., display certain issue areas on home page, subscribe to e-alerts, etc.).
The contributor level will be for users who want to submit items for inclusion in the site. This level would allow entry of discrete items whereas reporters would be given access to a higher level of adding/editing functions. With this level in mind, we'll want to have "Submit new ____" on most pages of the site, with the blank space filled in with the type of item the page is displaying (e.g., meeting announcement for a meetings page, available funds announcement for that page, etc.). We might even consider two levels of contributors: one for basic submissions and the other for on-going submissions (e.g., we might try to encourage a wiki-style contributor who regularly adds items to a section of the site where they have expertise). These at-large contributors are different from reporters in that they won't be officially on the staff of a bureau.
The five account levels of Big Medium
Every Big Medium account has one of five levels of access privileges to a specific set of websites in your Big Medium system. Account privileges are displayed at the top of the Big Medium control panel under "Status." Administrators and, to a lesser degree, webmasters can set or change account and site privileges for user accounts.
Administrators
Administrators have the run of the system, with complete control over all system settings, site settings and user accounts.
Webmasters
Webmasters have nearly as broad control as administrators, but their "webmaster powers" are limited only to specific sites. Webmaster privileges are for people who need broad control over the HTML and design of individual sites, beyond publishing and editing the website content.
Publishers
Publishers have complete control over the content of individual sites. They may add, edit, delete and publish content for those sites.
Editors
Editors can create, edit or delete any articles in sites for which they have privileges. However, editors cannot publish articles to the public website or edit articles that have already been published. An editor's role, in other words, is to prepare content for publication.
Writers
Writers are similar to editors, but they cannot edit other people's articles, only their own. Like editors, they can only prepare articles for publication and cannot publish articles to the public site.