Creating a Role

Goal

Create a Vendor role to allow some - but not all - users to perform specific tasks.

Prerequisite knowledge

Concept: Users, Roles, and Permissions

Steps

1. In the Manage administrative menu, navigate to People > Roles (admin/people/roles).
2. You will find default roles Anonymous user, Authenticated user, and Administrator already present.
3. Click Add Role to add a custom role.
4. Type Vendor in the Role name field. Click Save.
5. You will see the message "Role Vendor has been added." displayed at the top of the page.

Expand your understanding

• Assigning Permissions to a Role
• Changing a User's Roles

Videos

Additional resources

Drupal.org community documentation page "User Roles"