[wp-hackers] Widgets and Roles

Robin Adrianse robin.adr at gmail.com
Thu Jun 21 20:56:57 GMT 2007


The capability that is currently shared between *switching* (NOT editing)
themes and widgets is manage_themes. Managing a theme includes widgets, if
your theme uses widgets, doesn't it?

On 6/22/07, Jairus Pryor <jairus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I don't think it's the same thing. I have non-technical users who
> couldn't hack HTML if their lives depended on it, but they know how to
> drag-and-drop. I want them to drag-and-drop and rearrange the page,
> but I don't want them being able to destroy the site accidentally by
> deleting a div tag.
>
> It's all presentation, but it's not all theming.
>
> Jairus
>
> On 6/21/07, Robin Adrianse <robin.adr at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It's the same thing, isn't it? By usage, widgets are a very big part of
> what
> > is shown to the user (the presentation).
> >
> > On 6/22/07, Jairus Pryor <jairus at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I agree, however I think 'widgets' should be the default tab, and
> > > there should be distinct permissions for 'manage widgets' and 'manage
> > > themes'.
> > >
> > > Jairus
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