WCM roles and tasks

There are four user roles available within Alfresco Web Content Management (WCM): Content Manager, Content Publisher, Content Contributor, and Content Reviewer.

When a user is invited to join a web project, the role assigned to the user dictates the functionality available to that user within that specific web project.

Note that the WCM roles are different from the Alfresco roles.

Role	Responsible for
Content Manager	Creating a new web project, including: Setting up a basic Staging and Promotion model Configuring web forms and templates for web publishing Configuring workflow for editorial review of site changes Reviewing and approving content from the Alfresco dashboard Rolling back published website changes by reverting to an older site snapshot
Content Publisher	Creating and updating reusable XML content using browser-based forms Automatically generating web pages from multiple XML content Promoting changes to the website and submitting for editorial review Staging and scheduling content releases for future publication Reviewing expired content for update or removal from the site Maintaining link integrity of a site for any promoted set of changes
Content Contributor	Creating new documents and automatically promote PDF renditions to the website Creating and updating reusable XML content using browser-based forms
Content Reviewer	Reviewing and approving content from the Alfresco Dashboard Checking quality, correctness, and integrity of the site prior to content approval

A fifth role, Web Developer, is not configured as a role within the application. The Web Developer will be an administrative user responsible for:

Creating new users
Creating new web forms in the Alfresco Web Forms library
Creating and associating templates with web forms for multi-channel output
Developing and maintaining application code using standard development tools against Alfresco’s virtual file system interface (CIFS)