Deep dive into roles in Lotus Quickr services
for WebSphere Portal
Abstract: This article provides
a deep dive into the user roles shipped with Lotus Quickr services for
WebSphere Portal. Included are screen captures of the user interface
(UI) for the welcome page and each of the nine Lotus Quickr components
shipped with Lotus Quickr with respect to the four Lotus Quickr roles with
the default settings. The purpose of this article is to guide customers
who are adopting Lotus Quickr services for WebSphere Portal and need to
map or plan user roles.
Table of contents:
In
Part
2 of this article
Introduction
This article provides a deep dive into the user roles shipped with Lotus
Quickr services for WebSphere Portal. To illustrate the user roles,
we will discuss the welcome page and each of the nine Lotus Quickr components
with respect to the four Lotus Quickr roles with the default settings.
By default, Lotus Quickr ships with the following roles:
- Manager - This is the role given to the creator
of a place. A manager can edit the place and control membership.
A manager can also create, edit, and delete all content within a
place.
- Editor – An editor can edit and make comments
on all content and can create and delete personal content.
- Contributor – A contributor can make comments
on all content and can create and delete personal content.
- Reader – A reader can read content and make
comments.
Welcome Page
The welcome page is the first screen shown after you log in to Lotus Quickr.
The items that appear on the welcome page are determined by whether
or not you are a Lotus Quickr administrator. Here is a screen capture
of the welcome page for an administrator:
The Welcome page is built based upon the role of the logged in user. The
following table denotes with an X which items will appear based on the
user’s role:
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Administrator
|
Non-Administrator
|
| Create a Place
|
X
|
X
|
| Manage Places
|
X
|
X
|
| Work with Templates
|
X
|
|
| Site Administration
|
X
|
|
| Learn More
|
X
|
X
|
| Lotus Quickr Connectors
|
X
|
X
|
| My Places Portlet
|
X
|
X |
Footer
The items that appear on the footer
are determined by whether or not you are an administrator. Here is
a screen capture of the footer for an administrator:
The footer is built based upon the role of the logged in user. The
following table denotes with an X which items will appear based on the
user’s role:
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Administrator
|
Non-Administrator
|
| Explore
|
|
|
| Home
|
X
|
X
|
| Learn More
|
X
|
X
|
| Help
|
X
|
X
|
| Search Center
|
X
|
X
|
| Tools
|
|
|
| Find People
|
X
|
X
|
| Lotus Quickr Connectors
|
X
|
X
|
| Work
|
|
|
| Create a Place
|
X
|
X
|
| Manage Places
|
X
|
X
|
| Work with Templates
|
X
|
|
| Site Administration
|
X
| |
Blog Component
A blog is a Web site that displays
information in the style of a diary. In a place, the team blog is used
to record the milestones of a team or project. The items that appear
on the blog component are determined by the user’s role. Here is
a screen capture of the blog component:
The blog component is built based upon the role of the logged in user in
the place in which the blog resides. The following table denotes
with an X which items will appear based on the user’s role:
|
|
Manager
|
Editor
|
Contributor
|
Reader
|
| Edit Shared Settings
|
X
|
|
|
|
| New Post
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Manage posts
|
X
|
|
|
|
| Settings
|
X
|
|
|
|
| Subscribe to this blog
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Copy Links…
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Help
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Add a Comment…
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Edit a post by this user
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Edit a post by any user
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
| Edit a comment by this user
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Edit a comment by any user
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
| Delete a comment by this user
|
X
|
|
|
|
| Delete a comment by any user
|
X
|
|
|
|
| Delete a post created by this user
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Delete a post created by any user
|
X
|
|
| |
Wiki Component
A wiki is a Web site created and
maintained by the same people who use the Web site. In a place, a wiki
is used to display content in the form of editable Web pages called wiki
pages.
The items that appear on the wiki component are determined by the user’s
role. Here is a screen capture of the wiki component:
The wiki component is built based
upon the role of the logged in user in the place in which the wiki resides.
The following table denotes with an X which items will appear based
on the user’s role:
|
|
Manager
|
Editor
|
Contributor
|
Reader
|
| Edit Shared Settings
|
X
|
|
|
|
| New Page
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
| View history
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
| View versions
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
| All pages
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Subscribe to this wiki page
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Copy Links…
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Help
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Add a Comment…
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Edit Page created by this user
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Edit Page created by any user
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
| Edit a comment by this user
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Edit a comment by any user
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
| Delete a comment by this user
|
X
|
|
|
|
| Delete a comment by any user
|
X
|
|
|
|
| Delete a page created by this user
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Delete a page created by any user
|
X
|
|
| |
Announcements
Component
An announcements list contains news
items relating to a team or project. The items that appear on the
announcements component are determined by the user’s role. Here
is a screen capture of the Announcements component:
The announcements component is built based upon the role of the logged
in user in the place in which the announcements resides. The following
table denotes with an X which items will appear based on the user’s role:
|
|
Manager
|
Editor
|
Contributor
|
Reader
|
| Edit Shared Settings
|
X
|
|
|
|
| New Announcement
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Subscribe to this feed
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Settings
|
X
|
|
|
|
| Add a Comment…
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Edit an announcement created by
this user
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Edit an announcement created by
any user
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
| Edit a comment by this user
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Edit a comment by any user
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
| Delete a comment by this user
|
X
|
|
|
|
| Delete a comment by any user
|
X
|
|
|
|
| Delete an announcement created
by this user
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Delete an announcement created
by any user
|
X
|
|
| |
Contacts
Component
A contacts list contains a list
of contacts relating to a team or project. The items that appear on the
contacts component are determined by the user’s role. Here is a
screen capture of the contacts component:
The contacts component is built based upon the role of the logged in user
in the place in which the contacts resides. The following table denotes
with an X which items will appear based on the user’s role:
|
|
Manager
|
Editor
|
Contributor
|
Reader
|
| Edit Shared Settings
|
X
|
|
|
|
| New Contact
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Subscribe to this feed
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Settings
|
X
|
|
|
|
| Edit a contact created by this
user
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Edit a contact created by any user
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
| Delete a contact created by this
user
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Delete a contact created by any
user
|
X
|
|
| |
Note: There are no comments in the contact component.
Feedreader Component
The feed reader allows you to subscribe
to and consume available feeds that you want to be displayed. The items
that appear on the feedreader component are determined by the user’s role.
Here is a screen capture of the feedreader component:
The feedreader component is built
based upon the role of the logged in user in the place in which the feedreader
resides. The following table denotes with an X which items will appear
based on the user’s role:
|
|
Manager
|
Editor
|
Contributor
|
Reader
|
| Edit Shared Settings
|
X
|
|
|
|
| Feed Settings
|
X
|
|
|
|
| Refresh
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Help
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X |
Continue to
Part
2 of this article for the
overview of the remaining components