Kentico CMS 6.0 Developer's Guide

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To prevent users from accessing and modifying categories, you will need to assign Categories module permissions. This procedure is described in more detail in the Membership, permissions and security -> Permissions chapter in the Development section of this guide.

 

The Categories module has the following permissions:

 

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Read - allows to read categories.

Modify - allows to create and modify categories.

Modify global categories - allows to create and modify global categories.

 

Example

 

To allow members of a particular role to read site-specific categories, you will need to assign this role the Read permission.

 

To allow members of a particular role to create and modify site-specific categories, you will need to assign this role the following permissions:

 

Read

Modify

 

To allow members of a particular role to read global categories, you will need to assign this role the Read permission:

 

To allow members of a particular role to create and modify global categories, you will need to assign this role the following permissions:

 

Read

Modify global categories

 

This can be configured in the Categories module permissions matrix in Site Manager -> Administration -> Permissions, as described in detail in the Permissions chapter in the Development -> Membership, permissions and security section of the Developer's Guide.