CMS Permissions for Fonto
Users require CMS group permissions to author and edit content from the Fonto custom tab. See Creating Groups for details to manage permissions for user groups.
Note
Security settings may additionally be set on individual asset items and folders that
determine which user groups can access them. See Managing CMS Asset Security for
details.
Permissions to Author/Edit in Fonto
Required user permissions to author and edit content in Fonto include:
Permissions on asset manipulations: Assigns or removes the following block of permissions related to asset manipulations.
- Allowed to work with asset system: When selected, group members can access the assets manager.
- Allowed to edit asset metadata: When selected, group members can edit metadata in the assets manager.
- Allowed to check in assets and asset folders assigned to others: When selected, group members can check in assets and asset folders that are assigned to other users.
- Allowed to assign assets and asset folders assigned to others: When selected, group members can assign assets and asset folders to other users.
- Allowed to create assets: When selected, group members can create new assets.
- Allowed to check in/check out assets and asset folders: When selected, group members can check in and check out assets and their folders.
Permissions on Assets Tree manipulations: Assigns or removes the following block of permissions related to modifying the Assets Tree.
- Allowed to see the assets tree: Enables group members to view the assets tree in the CMS client.
- Allowed to manage asset folders: When selected, group members can execute tasks such as moving an asset folder within the Assets Tree.
Permissions to Configure Fonto
For users to access Fonto Configuration settings, they require the administrator permissions. Enable the following permission:
- Allowed to have system administrator privileges & change all system
settings: Enables group members to modify and configure site-specific settings
such as adding users, user groups, creating workflows, etc. NoteEnabling this permission for a group keeps all permissions enabled.