Roles and permissions determine the content users can see and the kinds of tasks they are allowed to perform within your Telligent community. A role is, at its simplest, a group of permissions, customizable to your specific community. Each role can also have a role icon associated with it so that wherever the user is shown throughout the community, that role icon is displayed as well.
As an administrator, you can:
You can also customize the roles specific to a group as well as configure permissions at the application level.
Site-wide roles grant access to site content and functionality and group-specific roles define access to particular groups' content and functionality.
Site permissions (for groups, blogs, forums, media, and wikis)
By default, we include five site and group roles.