Users can be assigned to contribute information to this website with varying levels of capability.
Contributor:
Can write and submit articles. Content will not be published immediately to the web. Instead, it will wait pending approval by an Editor or Administrator. Contributors can only edit or delete their own posts.
Author:
Submitted content will be published to the web right away. Authors can only edit or delete their own posts.
Editor:
Editors can publish their own content as well as edit or delete posts made by others. Editors can approve posts that are pending as well as approve or delete comments. They can not modify any settings.
Administrator:
Admins have all the capabilities of the above roles and can modify website settings. Only admins can create new users or delete user accounts.
A full list of user privelges and restrictions is available at http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities
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