Administration

Longboxed has a browser administration system. There are currently three levels of users that Longboxed knows about: user, admin, super.

• User Role (user)
  • Everyone with an account has the user level role
  • No administrative privileges
• Admin Role (admin)
  • Must be assigned admin role by a Super User
  • Can only edit / create / delete the following objects:
    • Issue
    • Title
    • Publisher
• Super Role (super)
  • Can only be assigned from someone who has access to the command line (or another Super User)
  • Can edit / create / delete the following objects:
    • Issue
    • Title
    • Publisher
    • User
    • Role

Creating a Super User from the command line

1. Make sure roles have been created
   • python manage.py create_roles
2. Create a user account
   • Through web interface OR
   • With Flask-Script: python manage.py create_user
3. Confirm your email address
4. Give yourself Super User privileges.
   • python manage.py add_super_role
5. Navigate to localhost:3000/admin
   • You should now have super user administrative privileges