What can an Author Do?

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  cheergirl149 · Member · Mar 16, 2010 at 12:43 am

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  I know that an author can edit their own posts, but can the edit pages? create pages?
  i really need to know, the link i got on the last thing didn’t really help, because it only had a brief discription.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  cheergirl149 · Member · Mar 16, 2010 at 1:00 am

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  seriously? hello?

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  arifsali · Member · Mar 16, 2010 at 1:09 am

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  Does this page not answer your questions?

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/

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  timethief · Member · Mar 16, 2010 at 2:09 am

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  I don’t see “pages” mentioned at all under Author, only posts.
  I do see “posts/pages” under Editor and I see under “posts/pages” Administrator.
  I have no personal experience to offer as I’ve never been an Author, Editor, or Contributor.

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  justpi · Member · Mar 16, 2010 at 3:19 am

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  @cheergirl149: As timethief suggested, posts yes, pages no. An author sees a limited version of the dashboard sidebar, which only includes Posts, Media, Comments, Ratings, Polls, Profile, and Tools. In Posts, Media, and Comments, Author sees all items but can only edit own items.

  PS What does “seriously? hello?” (17 minutes after your original post) mean? This is a forum, not a phone answering service: you post once, and you wait for a reply.

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  cheergirl149 · Member · Mar 16, 2010 at 12:06 pm

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  ahh thanks!