[FM Discuss] booktype manual [was how to add collaborators?]

[helen varley jamieson]

great, thanks aco :) i've added an explanation under the heading "roles 
& permissions" in the chapter on creating an account.

i've also added a chapter "The Edit Interface" that describes the 
editing interface, with a very brief explanation of most of the tabs - 
since they are fairly self-explanatory so don't really require their own 
chapter; apart from Settings & Publish, which have their own chapters.

there were some things on the Settings page that don't seem to work, eg 
setting a new language or license, & also i wasn't sure if "set 
permissions" is supposed to save the change you've made in the dropdown 
menu selection, or if it should allow you to do more ... it didn't seem 
to do anything. i realise that it says that the interface is a work in 
progress, but if there are things that don't work we should note that in 
the manual, otherwise it could be confusing.

i also noticed that the booktype manual doesn't appear on this page: 
http://booki.flossmanuals.net/ - yet there is a book creation section, 
with the booki manual & other things. can this be updated?

h : )

On 8/01/13 1:52 AM, Aleksandar Erkalovic wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 8:28 PM, helen varley jamieson
> <helen at creative-catalyst.com> wrote:
>>> The admin users are created at installation time - I don't see any way
>>> to create them from within Booktype (which is probably more secure). I
>>> don't yet understand the editor role or how it is created.
>> can anyone else shed some light on this?
> User created at the installation time is called "super user". That
> person is managing Booktype installation and his permissions
> overwrites everything else. This is not a person who is writing books
> or is a book admin. This person is more like a sys admin on a computer
> and is suppose to do tasks like "i forgot my password, can you help
> me", "can't rename attachment... can you help me", "remove or rename
> my book". More then one person can have super user privileges. When
> you have super user privileges you have free access to anything on
> that Booktype install.
>
> When it comes to book editing you have "book admin", "book editor" and
> "everyone else". These are predefined roles for now but architecture
> behinds it supports additional roles. Person who created a book
> becomes "book admin" for that book.  "Book admin" can assign "admin"
> and "editor" role to other people. New "admins" will be able to add
> new people to the collaboration process and "editors" can just edit
> the book. There are some basic security preferences where you can
> define this.
>
> Aco
>


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