Roles

Roles in Storyden are modelled loosely on Discord roles, so if you're used Discord you'll feel right at home.

You can use Roles to control access to certain features via Permissions, or just as a way to group members and give their profile some flair via colours and badges.

Default roles

There are two default roles which cannot be changed:

• Member: This is the default role for all members. It has a set of pre-determined permissions such as posting threads and reading published content.
• Admin: This is a special role that has all permissions, only assign it to those you trust as it has desctuctive powers.

Creating custom roles

You can create custom roles to group members together and assign them specific permissions. Each role has:

• Name: The name of the role. This is displayed on their profile as well as on the public Roles page.
• Colour: The colour of the role. This is used to colour the Role badge.
• Permissions: The permissions assigned to the role. Permissions are additive, meaning if a member has multiple roles, they will have all the permissions of all their roles. You cannot currently create roles that remove permissions or mask permissions from other roles.

Badges

Members can choose a single role to be their "Badge" which will be displayed next to their name across the site.

Customising the Member role