Front-end Matix Chart

Front End ACL Chart
In the chart were looking at below is a cutout of basically a matrix chart depicting the roles around the front-end of Joomla's ACL.
Basically every part in Joomla has some type of access level.

There are five front end levels
Guest
A guest is a user that does not have an account with your Joomla site.

Registered
A Registered member is a person that used the register form to start an account with your Joomla site.

Author
A Author member is a person the can by default submit articles and other items to your site.

Editor
A Editor member can submit and edit all articles even if they did not create them.

Publisher
A Publisher member can do everything an editor can do but they have the power to make an article live.

Back-End*
Any Back end member can do most of the front end roles.
Back end members are covered in the next page.



above is a matrix chart of what users assigned a roll can do.