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authorDave Whiteland <dave@mysociety.org>2015-01-07 15:55:00 +0000
committerDave Whiteland <dave@mysociety.org>2015-01-08 12:23:10 +0000
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@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Definitions
<ul class="definitions">
<li><a href="#alaveteli">Alaveteli</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#admin">admin interface</a></li>
<li><a href="#agnostic">asker agnostic</a></li>
<li><a href="#authority">authority</a></li>
<li><a href="#blackhole">black hole</a></li>
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ Definitions
<li><a href="#sass">Sass</a></li>
<li><a href="#staging">staging site</a></li>
<li><a href="#state">state</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#super">superuser</a></li>
<li><a href="#theme">theme</a></li>
</ul>
@@ -79,6 +81,40 @@ Definitions
</dd>
<dt>
+ <a name="admin">admin interface</a> (also: admin)
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ The <strong>admin interface</strong> allows users who have
+ <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/glossary/#super" class="glossary__link">super</a>
+ administrator privilege to manage some aspects of how your
+ Alaveteli site runs.
+ <div class="more-info">
+ <p>More information:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ You can access your installation's <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/glossary/#admin" class="glossary__link">admin interface</a>
+ at <code>/admin</code>.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ To grant a user admin privilege, log into the admin and change
+ their <em>Admin level</em> to "super" (or revoke the privilege
+ by changing it to "none").
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ On a newly-installed Alaveteli system, you can grant yourself
+ admin privilege by using the
+ <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/glossary/#emergency" class="glossary__link">emergency
+ user</a>.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ For lots more about running an Alaveteli site, see the
+ <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}running/admin_manual">adminstrator's guide</a>.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt>
<a name="agnostic">asker agnostic</a>
</dt>
<dd>
@@ -266,7 +302,7 @@ Definitions
</dd>
<dt>
- <a name="foi">Freedom of Information</a> (also FOI)
+ <a name="foi">Freedom of Information</a> (also: FOI)
</dt>
<dd>
<strong>Freedom of information</strong> laws allow access by the general public
@@ -287,7 +323,7 @@ Definitions
</dd>
<dt>
- <a name="git">git</a> (also github, git repository, and git repo)
+ <a name="git">git</a> (also: github, git repository, and git repo)
</dt>
<dd>
We use a popular source code control system called <strong>git</strong>. This
@@ -617,7 +653,7 @@ Definitions
</dd>
<dt>
- <a name="rails">Ruby on Rails</a> (also Rails)
+ <a name="rails">Ruby on Rails</a> (also: Rails)
</dt>
<dd>
Alaveteli is written in the Ruby programming language, using
@@ -721,6 +757,31 @@ Definitions
</dd>
<dt>
+ <a name="super">superuser</a> (also: super privilege)
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ A <strong>superuser</strong> is an Alaveteli user who has been granted
+ the privilege to use all features of the
+ <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/glossary/#admin" class="glossary__link">admin interface</a>.
+ <div class="more-info">
+ <p>More information:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ To grant a user admin privilege, log into the admin and change
+ their <em>Admin level</em> to "super" (or revoke the privilege
+ by changing it to "none").
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ On a newly-installed Alaveteli system, you can grant yourself
+ admin privilege by using the
+ <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/glossary/#emergency" class="glossary__link">emergency
+ user</a>.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt>
<a name="theme">theme</a>
</dt>
<dd>