Managing Blog Permissions

This topic describes the permission settings for global blogs -- that is, blogs that aren't associated with a particular place, such as a space. These include system blogs (which tend to represent the community as a whole) and personal blogs (which represent a particular community member).

Managing permissions for other kinds of blogs varies depending on what kind of place the blog lives in. The following table gives a brief description of each:

Permissions Management for Non-Global Blogs
Blog Location	Permissions Management
Space	You manage permissions for blogs in a space when you manage permissions for the space. For more on space permissions, see Managing Space Permissions.
Social group	Access for blogs in social groups are always completely open. That is, if the social group's creator chose to allow a blog for the group, then anyone who's a member of the group can do all of the things there that are allowable for blogs (viewing, posting, and so on). For more information on social group permissions, see Managing Social Group Permissions.
Project	Blogs in projects inherit blog permissions from the place the project is in. In other words, a blog for a project in a space inherits blog permissions from the space. For more on space permissions, see Managing Space Permissions.

Note: You configure settings and membership for global blogs by using the Blogs tab of the admin console. For more information, see Administering Global Blogs.

About Global Blog Permission Levels

Blog permission levels enable people to read and edit global blogs.

Note: You can't create custom permission levels here, as you can for space permissions.

Permission	Access Granted
View blog	View and read all public blog posts.
Create blog	Create/manage a personal blog, and author blog posts in it.
Comment	Leave comments on public blog posts.
Create attachment	Attach files to blog posts (Note: Requires the "Create Blog" permission to be effective).
Insert images	Insert images into blog posts (Note: Requires the "Create Blog" permission to be effective).

Setting Global Blog Permissions

You can set home page permissions in the admin console on the Blog Permissions page.

Admin Console: Permissions > Blog Permissions

On the page, under Groups with access, assign permissions to user groups:
- To assign permissions to a user group not yet listed:
  1. Click Add group.
  2. Enter the name of the user group to add.
  3. Click the Select Permissions button.
  4. In the dialog box, select check boxes for the permission levels you want to apply for the user group.
- To edit permissions for a user group already listed:
  1. Locate the group in the list.
  2. Next to its permission level, click edit permissions.
  3. In the dialog box, select check boxes for the permission levels you want to apply for the user group.
Click the Set Permissions button.

Creating User Overrides

Create a user override to grant a particular set of permissions to an individual. You might need to create an override if:

A person requires a particular set of permissions for an area, but isn't (and shouldn't be) a member of a group to which you've already assigned permissions for the area.
A person is a member of a group to which you've assigned permissions for an area, but they require a different set of permissions than they've received as a member of the group -- in other words, they're an exception to the rule. For example, you might want to separately define their permissions in order to enhance or limit their access in the area.

Use the following steps to create a user override on the permissions page you're editing:

Under User Overrides, click Create a user override.
In the box, start typing the name of the user for whom you want to set the override. Click the popup that displays the user's name.
Click the Set override button to view the permissions you can set.
In the permissions box for the person you selected, select and clear check boxes as needed. In the end you want the list of checked items to reflect the permissions the person should have. Note that you merely clear a check box to remove a permission -- there's no need to explicitly revoke the permission.
Click Set Permissions to save the override you've created.