I have been using Role Scoper on a few sites and it's been working great so far. Thanks for all your hard work on this.

I have a project that I'm having trouble figuring out.

My client wants his pages to be open to the public, but the blog posts to be available only to subscribers (their distributors/affiliates).

I found this post you made in the comments, but it doesn't seem to follow in the most recent Release Candidate:

Comment from Kevin Time: July 10, 2008, 10:49 am

Define Exclusive Categories

* Go to WP admin >Roles > Exclusive Sections * For each category of concern, click the "Post Reader" and "Private Post Reader" checkbox * click the Update button

Assign Category Roles

* Go to Groups > Section Roles * Select WP Role group(s) to assign category roles to * For each category this user group gets, click the "Post Reader" and/or "Private Post Reader" checkbox * click the Update button * repeat for each set of category roles

In all the roles documentation, there doesn't seem to be a role of a site visitor that is not a subscriber. The minimum role seems to be Subscriber.

Is there a way to introduce a default "Visitor" role for this?

I thought you had a case study page somewhere, but I can't seem to find it now…

Thanks again for a great plug in!

Go to Roles > Options > Realms Make sure that Category Restrictions and Roles for Posts is checked

Go to /wp-admin/admin.php?page=role-scoper/admin/restrictions/category

Scroll down to the category you wish to protect

Check the box next to the type of user that should be able to access that category's posts.

So far, so good. Hope that helps!

Maida

maidanet said:

Go to Roles > Options > Realms Make sure that Category Restrictions and Roles for Posts is checked

Go to /wp-admin/admin.php?page=role-scoper/admin/restrictions/category

Scroll down to the category you wish to protect

Check the box next to the type of user that should be able to access that category's posts.

So far, so good. Hope that helps!

Maida

No, that's not quite right, and helps me understand how I need to clarify the documentation and/or UI. Category Restrictions are all about disregarding blog-wide roles for selected categories.

In Restrictions > Category, you specify which roles must be assigned explicitly for the Category in question. That required role assignment must then be done via Roles > Category (or via a Post-specific role assignment).

If you restrict the Post Contributor role for Category A, then users who have the Contributor role blog-wide will not be able to post in Category A unless you give it to them as a Category Role. Blog-wide Authors, Editors and Administrators will still be able to post into Category A even without a Category Role. For this purpose, it's not necessary to set a restriction on the Reader roles because users without any blog-wide edit capability cannot post there anyway.

If you restrict the Post Contributor and Post Author role for Category A, blog-wide Contributors and Authors will be unable to post in Category A unless you give it to them as a Category Role. Blog-wide Editors and Administrators will still be able to post into Category A even without a Category Role.

If you restrict the Post Contributor and Post Author and Post Editor roles for Category A, blog-wide Contributors, Authors and Editors will be unable to post in Category A unless you give it to them as a Category Role. Administrators can never be restricted.

Does that make sense?