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Roles and Permissions

Use manager roles, user groups, and document groups to control what each person can see and edit.

Evolution CMS separates manager users from web users. That separation is one of the first things to understand when configuring access.

Manager Users

Manager users work in /manager/. They use roles, permissions, manager groups, and document groups to control what they can do and what parts of the tree they can access.

Web Users

Web users belong to the frontend side of the project. They are used for member areas, customer accounts, protected content, registrations, and frontend authentication flows.

Classic Frontend Auth Helpers

  • WebLogin and WebSignup
  • WebloginPE on older sites
  • FormLister for registration, login, and profile flows in more advanced setups

Practical Manager Pattern

  • administrators manage users and system configuration
  • developers work with templates, snippets, plugins, modules, and packages
  • editors only edit the parts of the tree they own

See also Authentication and Permissions.

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