Users

Users

At IndraStra Global Index (IGI) is accessible by different backend users with different levels of access to our archive. Read through the following list of actions available to users to determine what works best for your project team members.

All logged-in site Super, Admin, Contributor, and Researcher users can view non-public content (items, collections, Simple Pages, Exhibits, etc) on the site.

Super Users

  1. Can do anything and everything in IGI.
  2. Supers are the only users with access to the top navigation tabs for Plugins, Appearance, Users, and Settings.

Admin Users

Admin users do not have access to the tabs for managing plugins, appearance, users, or site settings.

Admin users can:

  • Add, edit, tag, and delete items, both their own and created by other users.
  • Make items, collections, exhibits, and other content public or not public.
  • Make items, collections, exhibits, and other content features or not featured.
  • Add, edit, and delete Item Types.
  • Add, edit, and delete files.
  • Interact with plugins installed and activated by a SuperUser.
  • Add, edit, and delete tags.

Contributor Users

Contributor users have control over their own content but can only view content created by others. They cannot make their own content public.

Contributor users can:

  • add, edit, tag, and delete items which they created.
  • cannot make their own items public.
  • create their own exhibits from items that are public.

Researcher Users

Researchers can log in to the admin side of an Omeka site and see the content, but cannot interact with it in any way. They cannot add, edit, delete or tag any items.
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