Blogs roles and permissions

What you can do with blog settings or content depends on what role you are assigned.

Blog owners can:

• Create a blog or delete a blog that they own.
• View, create, edit, or delete all content (entries and comments in both the draft and published state) for a blog they own.
• View, create, and delete all links in the blog.
• Upload files and create directories and view or delete any uploaded file or directory.
• View and delete information on the Referrers page and reset the hit count for the blog.
• View and edit settings for the blog, such as General, Author, and Theme settings.

Blog authors can:

• View, create, edit, or delete blog entries that they created, regardless of whether the entries are in the draft state or posted to the blog.
• View, create, edit, or delete links.
• Upload files and create directories and view or delete any uploaded file or directory they added to the blog.
• View and delete information on the Referrers page and reset the hit count for the blog.

Draft authors can:

• View, create, edit, or delete a blog draft entry that they own.
• Edit other's entries when the setting Allow authors and drafters to edit other's entries in this blog is selected for the blog.
• Upload files and create directories. Draft authors cannot delete files or directories.

Viewer in a community blog can:

• View blog entries for communities they belong to.