Roles & permissions

Forumera uses a role-based permissions model so that forums can be safely managed as they grow. This page gives a high-level overview of the most common roles and what they can usually do.

Exact roles and capabilities may vary per forum, but most setups follow a similar structure.

Common roles

Typical roles include:

• Owner – the person who created the forum. In practice this is treated as an admin for that forum.
• Admin – manages members, boards, and moderation.
• Moderator – keeps discussions healthy by moderating content and members.
• Member – can read and participate in most discussions.
• Guest / Visitor – can only see public content.

Forums can add more specialised roles over time, but these form the core.

What roles can do

At a high level:

• Owners and admins can:
  • Configure forum-level settings.
  • Create and manage categories and boards.
  • Define who can see and post where.
  • Promote or demote members.
• Moderators can:
  • Review and act on reports.
  • Hide or move threads and posts.
  • Help maintain a high signal-to-noise ratio.
• Members can:
  • Read content according to board visibility.
  • Start new threads where allowed.
  • Reply, react, and participate in discussions.
• Guests / visitors can:
  • Browse only the content that has been made public.

The exact mapping from roles to permissions is handled internally by Forumera's permissions system and may be adjusted per forum.

Designing roles for your forum

As an admin or owner:

• Start with the default roles.
• Add moderators once you see consistent activity and need help.
• Keep the permission model simple so it's easy to reason about who can do what.

If you need a more complex setup (for example, different roles per board), consider documenting your role model in a dedicated internal or canon page and linking to it from your onboarding material.