[WebCom] Next steps with web site

[Tyler Mitchell]

I'd like to (re)start the discussion around management oversight for  
the new web site.  We took a lot of liberties to "just get it done"  
and to meet the Dec 31 deadline.  There are virtually 2-3 user  
accounts and I deliberately keep them to a minimum.  I also disabled  
the creation of new accounts until we get to the point where we know  
why we'd want them, who should have and to avoid any holes left by  
authenticated permissions.

Can we please discuss the needed various types of access control  
needed.  I've attached a rough PDF showing the various 'roles' and  
permissions currently set on osgeo.org.  The two defaults are  
"anonymous", "authenticated" and I added one called "Project  
Manager" (gupt is for gupteshwar's testing).

As you can see, these are site-wide configurations - so to allow  
access control on certain portions of the site (e.g. a single page or  
set of pages) is currently not possible.

I know Swapnil and others have some ideas for how to do this, but my  
question is whether we can just have a couple roles and now worry  
about detailed level access at this point or not.  I can see in the  
medium term needing finer grained access, but for now I think it is  
good enough to get us set so WebCom and a few project managers (i.e.  
geodata, mapbender, etc.) can have a clear role.

Sorry for the rambling, trying to head out and get some things done  
today...

Tyler

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