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User roles

There are three main user roles in the Outpost platform

Users​

These are service users, members of the public, anyone who doesn't require a login to access the information.

Service Owners​

These are users who manage one or more services through Outpost. Also known as Community users or [[Organisations]].

This group have logins for Outpost. They have a unique interface in Outpost tailered entirely to them.

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They will be able to see the Outpost admin. The design is specifically tailored to them.

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Administrators​

Administrators have their own view of Outpost. Council officers, IT staff, Admins refers to anyone with access to the Outpost admin screen.

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There are other additional roles that can be assigned to administrators.
  • User can manage services
  • User can see ofsted fedd
  • User can manage other Users, Taxonomies and Custom fields
  • There is also a fourth role, the ability to give others the ability to assign the 'User can see ofsted feed' role. (The UX needs desiging for this) [[Milestones]]

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