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Host and Permissions in v1.9

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In this presentation from dotCMS Boot Camp 2010 find out what we have changed in v1.9 in terms of permissions and hosts--and how you can increase profits because of it. We will also discuss why permission inheritance is important and how it can ease your daily permission maintenance. And, we'll show you how to take advantage of a Host as structured content and how to use the new Host variables to construct more dynamic websites on multi-tenant environments.

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Hosts ?and ?Permissions ?in ?1.9 ? Thursday, ?April ?15th, ?2010 ?
Permissions ?Pre ?1.9 ? Tradi<onal ?ACL ?model ?a?ached ?to ?every ?asset ? ¡ñ? (old ?Model) ? ¨C?Not ?really ?scalable ? ¨C?Unclear ?permission ?defaults ? ¨C?Management ?Nightmare ? ? Groups ?and ?Roles ?Management ? ¡ñ? ¨C?Di?cult ?to ?manage ?the ?backend ?setup; ?mapping ?between ?accessible ?pages ? and ?roles. ? ¨C?Cumbersome ?and ?Outdated ?UI ? ¨C?Not ?possible ?to ?simulate ?hierarchy ?of ?roles ?without ?having ?to ?repeat ? permissions ?setup ?
Hierarchy ?of ?Roles ? Hierarchy ?of ?Roles, ?why ?it ?is ?important? ? ¡ñ? ¨C?A ?parent ?role ?includes ?its ?children ?permissions ? Role ?management ?UI ? ¡ñ? ¨C?Roles ?Tree ? ¨C?Users ?in ?Role ?and ?Users ?from ?higher ?Roles ? ¨C?Tab ?Management ?(no ?more ?groups) ? User ?management ?UI ? ¡ñ? ¨C?Clean ?and ?streamlined ?UI ?focused ?on ?Simplify ?User ?crea<on ? ¨C?Role ?Assignment ? ¨C?Addi<onal ?Info ?and ?Marke<ng ?Data ?
Permissions ?in ?1.9 ? ¡ñ?What ?inheritance ?means ?for ?permissions ?in ? 1.9? ? ¡ñ?Who ?inherits ?what ?from ?who? ? ¨C?Inheritable ?permissions ?concept, ?deciding ?what ?gets ? pushed ?down ?in ?the ?inheritance ?hierarchy ? ¨C?Permission ?reference ?concept, ?how ?an ?asset ?might ?not ? be ?poin<ng ?to ?its ?direct ?parent ?in ?terms ?of ?permissions ? and ?how ?the ?reference ?gets ?updated ?on ?changes ?
Permissions ?management ? Permissions ?from ?the ?Assets ?View ? ¡ñ? ¨C?Holis<c ?view ?of ?Roles ?applied ?to ?certain ?asset ? Permissions ?from ?the ?Roles ?View ? ¡ñ? ¨C?Holis<c ?view ?of ?assets ?a?ected ?by ?a ?Role ?Permissions ? Di?erences ?between ?Reset ?Permissions ?and ? ¡ñ? Cascade ?Permissions ?
Hosts ?in ?1.9 ? Hosts ?are ?now ?Content ? ¡ñ? ¨C?Ability ?to ?control ?Host ?Fields ?as ?with ?any ?other ? structure ? Host ?Variables ? ¡ñ? ¨C?Di?erence ?between ?Host ?Fields ?and ?Variables ? Start/Stop/Archive ?Host ? ¡ñ? ¨C?In ?maintenance ?Vanity ?URL ? ¡ñ?New ?Host ?Management ?UI ? ¡ñ?Copy ?Host ?
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Host and Permissions in v1.9

  • 1. Hosts ?and ?Permissions ?in ?1.9 ? Thursday, ?April ?15th, ?2010 ?
  • 2. Permissions ?Pre ?1.9 ? Tradi<onal ?ACL ?model ?a?ached ?to ?every ?asset ? ¡ñ? (old ?Model) ? ¨C?Not ?really ?scalable ? ¨C?Unclear ?permission ?defaults ? ¨C?Management ?Nightmare ? ? Groups ?and ?Roles ?Management ? ¡ñ? ¨C?Di?cult ?to ?manage ?the ?backend ?setup; ?mapping ?between ?accessible ?pages ? and ?roles. ? ¨C?Cumbersome ?and ?Outdated ?UI ? ¨C?Not ?possible ?to ?simulate ?hierarchy ?of ?roles ?without ?having ?to ?repeat ? permissions ?setup ?
  • 3. Hierarchy ?of ?Roles ? Hierarchy ?of ?Roles, ?why ?it ?is ?important? ? ¡ñ? ¨C?A ?parent ?role ?includes ?its ?children ?permissions ? Role ?management ?UI ? ¡ñ? ¨C?Roles ?Tree ? ¨C?Users ?in ?Role ?and ?Users ?from ?higher ?Roles ? ¨C?Tab ?Management ?(no ?more ?groups) ? User ?management ?UI ? ¡ñ? ¨C?Clean ?and ?streamlined ?UI ?focused ?on ?Simplify ?User ?crea<on ? ¨C?Role ?Assignment ? ¨C?Addi<onal ?Info ?and ?Marke<ng ?Data ?
  • 4. Permissions ?in ?1.9 ? ¡ñ?What ?inheritance ?means ?for ?permissions ?in ? 1.9? ? ¡ñ?Who ?inherits ?what ?from ?who? ? ¨C?Inheritable ?permissions ?concept, ?deciding ?what ?gets ? pushed ?down ?in ?the ?inheritance ?hierarchy ? ¨C?Permission ?reference ?concept, ?how ?an ?asset ?might ?not ? be ?poin<ng ?to ?its ?direct ?parent ?in ?terms ?of ?permissions ? and ?how ?the ?reference ?gets ?updated ?on ?changes ?
  • 5. Permissions ?management ? Permissions ?from ?the ?Assets ?View ? ¡ñ? ¨C?Holis<c ?view ?of ?Roles ?applied ?to ?certain ?asset ? Permissions ?from ?the ?Roles ?View ? ¡ñ? ¨C?Holis<c ?view ?of ?assets ?a?ected ?by ?a ?Role ?Permissions ? Di?erences ?between ?Reset ?Permissions ?and ? ¡ñ? Cascade ?Permissions ?
  • 6. Hosts ?in ?1.9 ? Hosts ?are ?now ?Content ? ¡ñ? ¨C?Ability ?to ?control ?Host ?Fields ?as ?with ?any ?other ? structure ? Host ?Variables ? ¡ñ? ¨C?Di?erence ?between ?Host ?Fields ?and ?Variables ? Start/Stop/Archive ?Host ? ¡ñ? ¨C?In ?maintenance ?Vanity ?URL ? ¡ñ?New ?Host ?Management ?UI ? ¡ñ?Copy ?Host ?
  • 7. Q&A