Roles and permissions
How Basker decides what each user can see and change — the built-in roles and how content is shared
Each staff member on your site has a role that decides what they can do — which content types they can edit, whether they can publish, whether they can manage other users or change site settings.
Basker comes with three built-in roles plus the Site Owner role for the person with overall responsibility for the site.
The roles
Site Owner
The site owner has overall responsibility for the site. Each site has one owner, set on the Users & Permissions screen. The owner has full access by default and is the canonical contact for the site.
Administrator
Full access to the site. Administrators can:
- Edit any content across all content types.
- Publish, schedule, and unpublish.
- Manage staff and assign roles.
- Change site settings and install apps.
- View site activity.
Use this for senior editors, operations leads, and anyone who needs unrestricted access.
Non-Admin Site Manager
Broad management without admin powers. Non-Admin Site Managers can:
- Edit any content.
- Publish and schedule.
- View site activity.
But cannot:
- Manage staff or change roles.
- Change security or domain settings.
- Install or configure apps.
Use this for content team leads who shouldn't be changing site-wide configuration but need full content access.
Blog Manager
Focused on the blog. Blog Managers can edit posts, authors, categories, and tags within their blog, and publish their own posts. They typically can't edit pages, events, themes, or site settings.
Use this for editorial staff whose work is scoped to the blog.
Picking the right role
For most editors:
- A trusted senior who needs to do everything → Administrator.
- A content lead who shouldn't be changing settings or staff → Non-Admin Site Manager.
- An editorial-only contributor → Blog Manager.
If none of the built-in roles fit, contact sales — additional roles or finer-grained permissions can be added depending on your plan.
Sharing content with other tenants
If your organisation runs multiple Basker sites — or works with partner organisations that do — content can be shared between sites. A shared record can be edited by users on either site, controlled by the role they have on the site they're working from.
Sharing is set per record. Open a record's sharing options and pick the sites it's shared with.