Contributor's Guide
This is meant to be a guide for contributors to Say "Got it"... These are only guidelines, not rules. However, the closer you stick to the guidelines, the less work there is for the Administrator.
Roles and Permissions
In drupal, there are permissions for every action that must be specifically granted by the Administrator. These are bundled into roles. Below is a description of each role and a summary of it's permissions.
Anonymous User: This is anyone visiting the site who has not logged in. You are anonymous if you see the "User Login" block in the right sidebar. Anonymous Users can see all content, whether it has a menu link or not, except comments.
Authenticated User: This is a user that has an account and has logged in with it. You are an Authenticated User if you see your name in the top/right. Authenticated Users can view comments, polls, and user profiles, but they can not create content (stories, forum topics, polls). They can create comments, but they must be approved by a Moderator.
The remaining roles add permissions to an Authenticated User
Qualified User: This allows users to post comments without approval. They can also contribute "trivial" content like forum topics and polls.
Moderator: This allows users to approve pending comments. A Moderator is also permitted to delete any "trivial" content like forum topics and polls that they deem inappropriate (see Terms of Use)
Contributor: This allows users to create non-"trivial" content like stories and post them on the front page.
Administrator: Run the site, fix anything, worry!
Tags
Any content can be tagged with any term. Tags do not need to be predefined. The only restriction is the term "Blog" is used for the general-audience RSS feed. You should not use "Blog" unless you intend to post to that feed.
Content Types
A Comment is not public and is a response to other content (not all content types allow comments, and you can change this when you publish).
A Forum topic is public, but is not meant for a general audience.
A Poll is public, but is not meant for a general audience.
A Story is public. If your Story is meant for a specific audience (eg. a school ensemble), so not promote it to the front page or tag it with the term "Blog". Promote only Stories meant for a general audience.
