[ajithkpunnoose]

I need to know what the different types of users : Key-Master, Administrator, Member etc can do on the bbpress forums and topics. I searched for about an hour and can’t find a suitable answer. Any post or link will help.

[johnhiler]

Here are all the capabilities of each role, as defined in bb-includes/functions.bb-capabilities.php:

function bb_init_roles( &$roles ) {

$roles->add_role( ‘keymaster’, __(‘Key Master’), array(

‘use_keys’ => true, // Verb forms of roles – keymaster

‘administrate’ => true, // administrator

‘moderate’ => true, // moderator

‘participate’ => true, // member

‘keep_gate’ => true, // Make new Key Masters //+

‘import_export’ => true, // Import and export data //+

‘recount’ => true, // bb-do-counts.php //+

‘manage_options’ => true, // backend //+

‘manage_themes’ => true, // Themes //+

‘manage_plugins’ => true, // Plugins //+

‘manage_options’ => true, // Options //+

‘edit_users’ => true,

‘manage_tags’ => true, // Rename, Merge, Destroy

‘edit_others_favorites’ => true,

‘manage_forums’ => true, // Add/Rename forum

‘delete_forums’ => true, // Delete forum

‘delete_topics’ => true,

‘close_topics’ => true,

‘stick_topics’ => true,

‘move_topics’ => true,

‘view_by_ip’ => true, // view-ip.php

‘edit_closed’ => true, // Edit closed topics

‘edit_deleted’ => true, // Edit deleted topics/posts

‘browse_deleted’ => true, // Use ‘deleted’ view

‘edit_others_tags’ => true,

‘edit_others_topics’ => true,

‘delete_posts’ => true,

‘throttle’ => true, // Post back to back arbitrarily quickly

‘ignore_edit_lock’ => true,

‘edit_others_posts’ => true,

‘edit_favorites’ => true,

‘edit_tags’ => true,

‘edit_topics’ => true, // Edit title, resolution status

‘edit_posts’ => true,

‘edit_profile’ => true,

‘write_topics’ => true,

‘write_posts’ => true,

‘change_password’ => true,

‘read’ => true

) );

$roles->add_role( ‘administrator’, __(‘Administrator’), array(

‘administrate’ => true,

‘moderate’ => true,

‘participate’ => true,

‘edit_users’ => true, //+

‘edit_others_favorites’ => true, //+

‘manage_forums’ => true, //+

‘delete_forums’ => true, //+

‘manage_tags’ => true,

‘delete_topics’ => true,

‘close_topics’ => true,

‘stick_topics’ => true,

‘move_topics’ => true,

‘view_by_ip’ => true,

‘edit_closed’ => true,

‘edit_deleted’ => true,

‘browse_deleted’ => true,

‘edit_others_tags’ => true,

‘edit_others_topics’ => true,

‘delete_posts’ => true,

‘throttle’ => true,

‘ignore_edit_lock’ => true,

‘edit_others_posts’ => true,

‘edit_favorites’ => true,

‘edit_tags’ => true,

‘edit_topics’ => true,

‘edit_posts’ => true,

‘edit_profile’ => true,

‘write_topics’ => true,

‘write_posts’ => true,

‘change_password’ => true,

‘read’ => true

) );

$roles->add_role( ‘moderator’, __(‘Moderator’), array(

‘moderate’ => true,

‘participate’ => true,

‘manage_tags’ => true, //+

‘delete_topics’ => true, //+

‘close_topics’ => true, //+

‘stick_topics’ => true, //+

‘move_topics’ => true, //+

‘view_by_ip’ => true, //+

‘edit_closed’ => true, //+

‘edit_deleted’ => true, //+

‘browse_deleted’ => true, //+

‘edit_others_tags’ => true, //+

‘edit_others_topics’ => true, //+

‘delete_posts’ => true, //+

‘throttle’ => true, //+

‘ignore_edit_lock’ => true, //+

‘edit_others_posts’ => true, //+

‘edit_favorites’ => true,

‘edit_tags’ => true,

‘edit_topics’ => true,

‘edit_posts’ => true,

‘edit_profile’ => true,

‘write_topics’ => true,

‘write_posts’ => true,

‘change_password’ => true,

‘read’ => true

) );

$roles->add_role( ‘member’, __(‘Member’), array(

‘participate’ => true,

‘edit_favorites’ => true,

‘edit_tags’ => true,

‘edit_topics’ => true,

‘edit_posts’ => true,

‘edit_profile’ => true,

‘write_topics’ => true,

‘write_posts’ => true,

‘change_password’ => true,

‘read’ => true

) );

$roles->add_role( ‘inactive’, __(‘Inactive’), array(

‘change_password’ => true,

‘read’ => true

) );

$roles->add_role( ‘blocked’, __(‘Blocked’), array(

‘not_play_nice’ => true // Madness – a negative capability. Don’t try this at home.

) );

http://svn.automattic.com/bbpress/trunk/bb-includes/functions.bb-capabilities.php

Hope that helps!