There are 2 kinds of users in the Connected Apps CMS.
A CMS user or just “user” is a user type within an organization that owns and operates a Connected Apps CMS account. Once authenticated a user is allowed access to the workspace where items and drafts can be created/updated/deleted, items published, nodes created and general site settings configured.
If a user is marked as an “Administrator”, then the user is granted permission to all security restricted actions.
If a user is marked as a “Media Administrator”, then the user has the ability to upload, edit and delete media files.
Access and actions of non-administrators can be restricted based on security policies. Learn more about how security works.
Custom information can be stored for a User by first defining profile fields. To learn more about User Profiles, click here.
Membership users are users without access to the workspace and whose view of an item is the same as that of a regular web site visitor. When authenticated, membership users can be granted exclusive access to items that are restricted by security policies. Membership users can be created by a CMS user or if provided, a register form on the website whereby on successful registration, the user has elected to become a member of the website.
CMS and membership users are defined with standard fields such as First Name, Last Name and Email. Custom information can be stored for a Membership User by first defining profile fields. To learn more about Membership User Profiles, click here.
Containers can be created to group a set of users together. A user can be a member of more than 1 group. Grouping users allows its members to be granted a permission set collectively and eliminates the need to apply permissions on each user individually.