# Users Overview ### Description A User is anyone that can log in to the application **and** children that cannot log in, but have a Christmas List on the system. The following are examples of Users: - [**Participant**](https://docs.kvwilliams.net/Participant.md) - Someone that logs on to the system, belongs to one or more groups, and has a Christmas List for themself. They are **not** a parent for any child. They can only see the groups they are a member of. - [**Participating Parent**](https://docs.kvwilliams.net/Participating_Parent.md) - Someone that logs on to the system, belongs to one or more groups, has a Christmas List for themself, and is a parent for one or more children. They can view the groups they are in **and** the group(s) their child(ren) are members of. - [**Nonparticipating Child**](https://docs.kvwilliams.net/Nonparticipating_Child.md) - Someone that cannot log on to the system, but belongs to one or more groups, and has a Christmas List for themself. *(They are usually children with no email)* This user must have at least one parent that **can** log on. - [**Participating Child**](https://docs.kvwilliams.net/Participating_Child.md) - Someone that logs on to the system, belongs to one or more groups, has a Christmas List for themself, but requires at least one parent because they are a minor. Items on their wish list will not be displayed to others until one of their parents approves them. - [**Nonparticipating Parent**](https://docs.kvwilliams.net/Nonparticipating_Parent.md) - Someone that logs on to the system, does not belong to any groups themselves, but is a parent for one or more children. They do not have a Christmas List. They can only view the groups of the child(ren) that they are a parent for. This is a nonparticipant with children. - [**Nonparticipant**](https://docs.kvwilliams.net/Nonparticipant.md) - Someone that logs on to the system, belongs to one or more groups, but does not have a Christmas List for themself, nor are they a parent for anyone. This is a nonparticipant with no children. ### User Capabilities The different types of users have different capabilities. The following table indicates the capabilities

Capability	Participant	Participating Parent	Nonparticipating Child	Participating Child	Nonparticipating Parent	Nonparticipant
Add gifts to their own list	X	X		X
Add gifts to their child's list that will not be marked as suggestion		X			X
Must have gifts approved				X
See child's gifts that have not been approved		X		X	X
See only their child's gift that have not been approved		X			X
Can have a parent			X	X
Can only have one proxy			X	X
Approve their child's gifts		X			X
View gifts for users in their group(s)	X	X		X		X
View gifts for users in their child's group(s)		X			X
See status of gifts not theirs	X	X			X	X
See suggestions for others in their group(s)	X	X			X	X
Add suggestions to users in their groups that they are a participant	X	X
Add suggestions to users in their groups that they are a nonparticipant
Add comments to any gift they can see	X	X			X	X
Add comments to their own gift	X	X		X
Change the status on any gift they can see	X	X			X	X
Subscribe to a group they are a member of	X	X				X
Subscribe to a group their child is a member of		X			X
Receive emails regarding any comment on their own gift that is flagged	X	X		X
Receive emails regarding any comment on their child's gift		X			X
Receive emails regarding any comment on others gifts that they have commented on	X	X			X
Own a group	X	X			X
Be admin of a group	X	X			X
Be a group participant	X	X
Be a group child			X	X
Be a group nonparticipant	X	X				X