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

[John Curwood]

Hi Helen. I remember testing this feature when it was being developed. I think an administrator can assign different roles to people.

In the setting tab under manage roles you can assign contributers to admin and editing roles.

I think an Editor can publish the book but a standard contributor can't. And of course an admin should be able to do all things. So depending on your status there should be more or less tabs visible in the editing interface. I hqve just arrived at work so cant test out what exactly can be done with each status.

With regards to groups. I believe the were initially just a way to organise related books and people interested in certain types of books. I don't think there was much in the way of functionality added to the groups.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

John

helen varley jamieson <helen at creative-catalyst.com> wrote:

>On 7/01/13 6:21 PM, Daniel James wrote:
>> New chapters appear at the end of the book - you have to drag and
>drop
>> them into the place you need them. I have just moved 'Settings' up to
>> the appropriate section.
>yes i knew that - but they didn't appear there. i can see now that the 
>first 2 i created are also showing up there. must have been some kind
>of 
>lag i guess ...
>>
>>> & i think this needs to be earlier, e.g. a description of the edit
>>> interface immediately after the chapter on creating a book? (or
>within
>>> that chapter?)
>> Currently the format of this book is one chapter per feature (e.g.
>one
>> chapter per tab or page).
>ok
>>
>>> i haven't noticed anywhere that explains the other tabs
>>> in the edit interface.
>> Right, there are also History, Versions and Notes tabs to cover. I'll
>> make a start on those in the morning.
>>
>>>>> what about "admins" & "editors" - does that mean booktype admins?
>>>> There are some details in the chapter 'Control Centre'.
>>> not that i can find
>> 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?
>>
>>> & i think this information is useful for the
>>> people who might have these roles, so it shouldn't be buried in the
>>> advanced section.
>> Perhaps we should mention the admin accounts at the 'Creating an
>> account' chapter, i.e. if you are an admin you don't need to create
>> another account for yourself.
>yes - i think it's good to include more rather than less ... even if 
>sometimes it does seem a bit like stating the obvious, the manual
>should 
>be the place where we can find the obvious answer when for whatever 
>reason we don't know it.
>
>h : )
>>
>> Thanks for your help!
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>
>
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