Right: post is any of page, entry, etc

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Randy Walker

On Oct 2, 2009, at 23:33, luke <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Right. So i think there's some terminology that i need to clarify. In
> my code hacking, i've taken it to mean that 'posts' encompasses all
> content types, whereas if you are talking about specific types, the
> terms to use are 'entries' and 'pages'. This is definitely the way the
> database schema presents things, as well as the Posts class etc etc.
>
> So if in the ACL page, the property "Permissions on one's own posts:"
> actually means permissions on 'entries', we should change that. I'm
> pretty sure it actually means "permissions on any content type that
> the user has created".
>
> To clarify, i don't have _anything_ checked under the lines
>
> Permissions to posts of type "entry"
> Permissions to posts of type "page"
>
> So the next part is with nothing selected (not even deny), i thought
> the default was to deny. Even if it's not, it should be consistent
> across types (specifically, i should have the option create all or
> none)
>
>
>
> On Oct 2, 1:35 pm, drzax <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Entries (posts) and pages are discrete content types. Entries doesn't
>> include pages or visa versa.
>>
>> So if you want the user to be able to create pages (or some other
>> content type) one of the groups they belong to will need those
>> permsissions. If you create a new content type it will also have a
>> separate set of permissions.
>>
>> Hope that clarifies.
>>
>> S.
>>
>> On Oct 2, 11:26 am, luke <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey all,
>>
>>> Quick question about ACL stuff, i think i've misunderstood. If
>>> somebody could clarify, that would be awesome. Also if somewhere  
>>> could
>>> point me to the relevant dox (if they exist :P), that would also be
>>> awesome. This is all on 0.6.2, cos i'm a softy.
>>
>>> Basically, i created a test user, and threw them in the
>>> 'authenticated' group. Then I gave them the following permissions
>>> (everything else is unchecked):
>>
>>> Manage comments on one's own posts: Allow
>>> Permissions on one's own posts:         read    edit     
>>> delete          create
>>> Make comments on any post: Allow
>>
>>> Now when i log in as the test user, my menu doesn't have any  
>>> content-
>>> type hierachy, but it does allow me to make a new post by clicking  
>>> on
>>> the "new" menu item. When i look in the database, it appears to have
>>> made it a 'entry', or at least content-type '1'.
>>
>>> And so! My question is:
>>
>>> Why am i not able to create all content types with the above
>>> permissions. Alternately, why am i able to create _any_ content
>>> types.  It seems that with these permissions it should be all or  
>>> none,
>>> not "entries and not pages".
>>
>>> Cheers!
>
> >

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