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# Assign a user to a different role
| About user accounts and roles
User accounts let you control who can access the Web site. In most cases, you'll want to assign a username and password to each person who works with your Web site. User roles are assigned to accounts, and determine the types of access that users are allowed when using the Web site. For example, if you have a group of users who will view site content and make changes, you can assign them to the Author role. This role is created by default. As a site administrator, you can modify the access rights for the default roles or create new roles. You can assign a user to more than one role. However, if you're using the default user roles, you need only select one role for the user account. Each default role has all of the rights of those lower on the list plus additional rights. For example, an author has browser rights in addition to the right to author pages.
| Default user roles
The following roles are available for Microsoft FrontPage-extended Webs by default. Each role gives the user rights to perform specific actions on a Web site or virtual server. Browser View the pages in the Web site. Contributor View the pages in the Web site. Author Add pages to the Web site. This role contains all Browser rights as well. Advanced Author Edit a Web site in Microsoft FrontPage. This role contains all Author rights plus the following rights: Border Web, Theme Web, Link Style Sheets, and Recalc Web. Administrator Manage a Web site or virtual server. This role contains all rights.
| Access rights list
The following rights are available. Each right gives the user permission to perform a specific action on a Web site or virtual server. ## Web design rights Author Pages Create, edit, or delete HTML pages and directories. Browse Browse pages in this Web site, including those with Web bots. Register Components Upload new components (runtime code) and have them run by the server. Set Source Control Set the source control options. Theme Web Apply a theme to a Web site. Border Web Apply a border to a Web site. Link Style Sheets Apply a style sheet to an entire Web site. ## Web administration rights Configure Access Create, delete, and modify roles, including adding users to the roles and specifying which rights are assigned to a role. Set Permissions Specify permissions for individual files. Create Accounts Create local machine accounts. Manage Server Health Run the server health features for a virtual server. Manage Usage Analysis Modify the usage analysis settings for a virtual server. Manage Subweb Create, rename, or remove subwebs. Recalc Web Recalculate a Web site.
| About anonymous user access
If you're creating a public Web site, you can allow permissions for anonymous users who don't have accounts
| About user accounts and roles for subwebs
If you have created subwebs on your Web site, you can allow the subwebs to have unique accounts and user roles or you can specify that they use those of their parent Web site. On the Site administration page, under Users and roles, click Manage users . Click the user account to which you would like to assign a new role. Select the check boxes next to the user roles that you want to enable for the user account. Click Submit. Notes If you're using the default user roles, you need only select one role for the user account. Each role has all of the access rights of those lower on the list plus additional rights. For example, an author has contributor rights in addition to the right to create, edit, and delete HTML pages. If you don't see the Manage users option, you are probably in a subweb that uses the user account and roles settings of a higher-level Web site of the server or virtual server. To work with accounts and roles, either navigate to the top-level Web site, or set up unique permissions for this subweb. See your network administrator or ISP for more information.