GIS users are encouraged to become registered users of this portal, become regular consumers and contributors to the site's content, and to provide comments and suggestions that will lead to enhanced utility of this site.

Registered users can apply for "Author' privileges on the GIS Portal. Content Authors have the ability to submit content items and web links for inclusion on the site. Please note that registered users can submit comments on content and event items to the GIS calender without being upgraded to Author.

If you would like to be upgraded to Author status, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and include word Author in the email subject line.

Once you have author privileges, you can submit a web link or a content item to one of the pending content categories where it will await approval by a site administrator. Please feel free to include a note in your submission specifying where you would like the content to be placed on the site.

All content and link submissions must be consistent with the Utah GIS Portal's acceptable use policies.

Front-end groups

1) Registered - This group allows the user to login to the Frontend interface. Registered users can't contribute content, but this may allow them access to other areas, like a forum or download section if your site has one.

2) Author - This group allows a user to post content, usually via a link in the User Menu. They can submit new content, select options to show the item on the front page and select dates for publishing but they cannot directly publish any content. When content is submitted by an Author level user, they receive the message, “Thanks for your submission. Your submission will now be reviewed before being posted to the site.”  They can edit only their own articles but only when that article has been published and is visible.

3) Editor - This group allows a user to post and edit any (not just their own) content item from the Frontend. They can also edit content that has not been published. If your site uses the default installation’s menu option “News”, which is a Table List – Content Section type, Editors will see unpublished articles in the list that they can select for editing, where as an Author or Public (unregistered) user will not even see the unpublished items in the list. Still, Editor users cannot, publish or change the publishing status of any articles, even their own.

4) Publisher - This group allows a user to post, edit and publish any (not just their own) content item from the Front-end. Publishers can review all articles, edit and change publishing options but the can also determine when an article is ready for publication, making it visible to Registered, Author and the Unregistered Public (depending on what visibility was chosen in the article, of course!)