# Members

ExcellentClaims provides a built-in permissions system for claim members using member ranks. With this system you can let your members to use doors, buttons, furnaces and other blocks in your claim, while keep it safe from griefing. Member ranks are fully configurable and can be customized or changed entirely in the config.yml config file.

There are the following ranks by default:

Rank	Priority	Permissions
Member	1	`BLOCK_INTERACT` `VIEW_MEMBERS` `TELEPORT`
Trusted	5	`CONTAINERS` `BUILDING` `BLOCK_INTERACT` `ENTITY_INTERACT` `VIEW_MEMBERS` `TELEPORT`
Officer	10	`CONTAINERS` `BUILDING` `BLOCK_INTERACT` `ENTITY_INTERACT` `VIEW_MEMBERS` `MANAGE_MEMBERS` `ADD_MEMBERS` `REMOVE_MEMBERS` `TELEPORT`
Owner	100	`ALL`

# Permissions

The following permissions are available to use in ranks:

Permission	Description
`ALL`	All permissions below.
`BUILDING`	Allows to place and break blocks.
`CONTAINERS`	Allows to open chests and other containers.
`BLOCK_INTERACT`	Allows to use functional blocks.
`ENTITY_INTERACT`	Allows to interact with entities.
`MANAGE_CLAIM`	Allows to open claim's GUI.
`MANAGE_FLAGS`	Allows to manage claim's Flags.
`VIEW_MEMBERS`	Allows to view claim's members.
`MANAGE_MEMBERS`	Allows to open member's manage GUI.
`ADD_MEMBERS`	Allows to add members to a claim.
`REMOVE_MEMBERS`	Allows to kick members from a claim.
`PROMOTE_MEMBERS`	Allows to promote claim's members.
`DEMOTE_MEMBERS`	Allows to demote claim's members.
`MERGE_CLAIM`	Allows to merge land's chunks.
`SPLIT_CLAIM`	Allows to split land's chunks.
`RENAME_CLAIM`	Allows to rename a claim.
`SET_CLAIM_DESCRIPTION`	Allows to set claim's description.
`SET_CLAIM_SPAWN`	Allows to set claim's spawn location.
`SET_CLAIM_ICON`	Allows to change claim's icon.
`SET_CLAIM_PRIORITY`	Allows to change claim's priority.
`TRANSFER_CLAIM`	Allows to transfer ownership of a claim.
`REMOVE_CLAIM`	Allows to remove a claim.
`TELEPORT`	Allows to teleport to claim's spawn location.

Some rank permissions are assigned to some Player Flags and required for members to have them to bypass the flag's value.

# Priority

Ranks have a Priority setting that is used to determine if one rank is "above" or "below" than another.

New members added in a claim gets the lowest rank available - the one with the lowest priority.

Promoting and Demoting members will lookup for the closest rank to the member's one, comparing it by priority.

Be careful with priority value when adding custom ranks, and ensure that the owner rank always has the greatest priority.