Server Roles: PC Guide
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To start, you must own or have permissions in a Discord server to create a new role.
To create your own Discord server, click the '+' icon in the server list, and select 'Create My Own'.
Next, you'll need to access the server's settings, and visiting the roles tab - do this by right clicking the server's icon.
Once you've selected to edit your server's roles, you'll be met with this page:
To create a new role, select 'Create Role'.
Once selected, a new role will be created, waiting for you to edit its display, permissions, any links and an option to manage members.
Here, you can edit the role's name, colour, icon, and some miscellaneous settings.
The Role's Name may appear in the user list, as shown below. However, this only works if the option 'Display role members separately from online members' is toggled on, and if the role is the user's highest (see Managing Positions).
The Role Colour will be used to give users colour. Likewise with the role's name, if this role is the highest on the user, that colour will be used.
In the example below, I have selected a blue, and for most users, the role will appear as shown: (Some users will view the role colour differently, depending on their settings.)
Role Icons are only available to servers who have 7 total boosts. When selecting a role icon, these are images that will appear next to a user's name in their messages. When hovered over, the icon will display the role's name. Icons will also appear in the user's profile! In the example below, you'll see how Ducky has multiple roles with colours and role icons. Since "Bacio's Team" is the highest role, this role's icon, and colour is displayed.
Automatically, each role you create will have no permissions. Once you add permissions, any user who has this role will be able to perform any action you grant them, such as "Create Invite".
No matter the position of the role (highest, or the lowest), this role will still grant the permissions you have selected. However, channel overwrites will affect your role's permissions (unless you've chosen the 'administrator' permission).
Channel Overwrites are unique permissions you can set per category or channel. See Categories & Channels
The administrator permission will allow users' with the role to have every permission, including: accessing every channel, banning users, editing all server settings and more.
This is a dangerous permission to grant.
Links allow your roles to have requirements, such as users with a X / Twitter account with over 10,000 followers.
When creating a linked role, these roles will be given to users automatically once they meet your role's requirements. Therefore, I'd advise to have low permissions for these roles to keep the server safe.
This tab will allow you to view all members who currently have this role.
When creating a new role, it'll be unlikely that users have this role instantly (unless it is a linked role). However, you can select "add members to this role", to easily give members your newly created role.
After a few users are granted this role, you can easily remove the role from them by using this tab.
When you'd like to edit a role you've created, then you'll need to head back over to your Server Settings > Roles. Next, cover over the role you'd like to edit and click the pencil icon.
To delete a role, right click it and press "Delete". Once you have deleted a role, you can not get it back. Each member who was previously assigned this role, will no longer have it, along with the permissions that the role granted.
Discord roles each have their own position. The following usually determines how positions are set:
Roles with higher positions will often hold more permissions and be roles for admins or moderators.
Roles with low permissions, or are roles purely for decoraction or utility (such as a "Ping for Announcements" role) should have lower positions.
Using BotWiz as an example, the following is an example of how positions affect how roles work:
As shown, "Bacio's Team" is at the top of the user list, meaning it has a higher position than "Management Team", "BotWiz", "Moderation Team" and "Partner".
When moderating a user on Discord, for example, the moderator must have a role higher than the user they're moderating. Otherwise, they are attempting to moderate a user that, in theory, has greater permissions than the moderator.
Say for example, I Catnip, try to moderate Ducky. This will not work as Ducky has a role above my highest role. I am unable to timeout, kick or ban Ducky as they have a greater role, and greater role permissions than me.
Therefore, it's important to keep your roles in order, such as the image below.
To configure your roles and edit their position, head on over to your Server Settings > Roles tab.
Next, hover over the role you wish to edit, and click and drag the 6-dotted icon on the right; moving the role into your desired position.
If you are in the role editing tab (shown below), to edit a role's position is the same: click the role you wish to edit, and drag it into its new place.
