Site Roles

When the various roles for Web site creation and management within the organization are determined, each can focus on specific tasks in making the Web site work.

Designers would focus on how the Web site looks: the structure of the pages, the way the pages are laid out, the imagery, and the corporate identity. This document focuses on the role of designers.

Contributors are then able to place the content on the page without having to code the pages. More importantly, the contributors can update and edit the content without affecting how the page is displayed, and without having to make multiple changes to multiple areas of the Web site. The designer, for the most part, does not control the content, and contributors, for the most part, do not control how the content displays on the site. The contributor role is discussed in more detail in the Site Studio Contributor Guide.

Managers are able to reorganize the site navigation and hierarchy. They can add or remove sections to the site without using Site Studio Designer by using a web-based tool that the site designer makes available to them. The manager role is discussed in more detail in the Site Studio Administrator and Manager Guide.

In addition to these three Site Studio roles, there may also be separate site administrators, who could take on responsibility for assigning web addresses to the site, backing up the site, replicating the site, and so on. All these administrative tasks are performed on the content server. The site administration tasks are discussed in more detail in the Site Studio Administrator and Manager Guide.