There are multiple types of authors on the DX Platform. Your access to the site is managed through OKTA authentication.
Our general approach to the site
The system considers all users with a login to the site to be authors.
All authors are explicitly assigned by their agency.
A Writer creates content for review.
An Editor reviews and edits content and media library items.
A Publisher writes, reviews, edits, and publishes content.
An Agency Manager may do all editing, publishing, site settings, and taxonomy structure.
Any changes an Editor makes to existing pages need to be published by a Publisher / Agency Manager.
All users can move items to the trash. However, only Agency Managers can PERMANENTLY purge files from the trash. This means those files will no longer be accessible.
Here is a list of information about the different author types.
Website authors have a Writer, Editor, Publisher, or Agency Manager role.
All users who can log into the site are called website authors.
All authors can create and edit content. They can also upload media, like images, documents (PDFs), and remote videos, such as YouTube links.
Writers have the ability to create and edit their own content.
Writers can save content in Draft format. Only the Publisher role and above can publish content. Writers create all content in Draft format. Publishers or Agency Managers change it to ready for publication.
Editors are able to do the same as Writers, but Editors can additionally:
Create and edit any content on the site. This includes updating Media Library items by replacing old document files with new document files. Only the publisher role and higher can publish content.
Publishers can handle all the tasks of a writer and editor. They can also:
Publish and unpublish content
Publishers must communicate with writers and editors to decide which items are ready for publication
Move a Review item to Published status
Move a Draft item to Published
Can edit a Landing page layout
Agency Managers have access to all functions. They also have elevated access such as:
Set homepage behavior with respect to search box
Create Google Tag Manager (GTM) codes
Assign and change authors for various content types in the content library
Create taxonomy
Permanently delete files from the site
Create alerts or schedule alerts to be published or unpublished
Create global URL redirection settings and administer individual URL redirects
If an author or user is removed from the site and you are unable to edit the content, change the author name on that page. This way another team member can edit or delete the content they created. If you don’t do this, you may see an error message when you try to delete it from the content library.
