Discord server setup like a pro
Roles, permissions, channels, onboarding and safety. The stuff that makes a server feel run by someone.
We've set up a lot of servers and fixed even more. Most problems come from the same five things: a messy role ladder, permissions set channel by channel, too many channels, no first impression, and no plan for a raid. Five levels, one per thing. No bots required, although we'll show you where one saves time.
By Dispresso
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Roles are the skeleton
About 6 minutes
Open Server Settings, then Roles. The order of that list matters more than anything else in your server. A role can only manage roles that sit BELOW it. That goes for people and for bots.
Owner (you, top of the list)
Admin (1 or 2 people you'd trust with your house keys)
Mod
Bots (put bot roles here, above the roles they hand out)
Booster
Member (people who passed verification)
Color / ping roles
@everyone (always at the bottom, it's everyone)- Give Administrator to as few people as possible. It skips every other rule in the server.
- Mods get what they need: Timeout, Kick, Ban, Manage Messages. Not Manage Roles or Manage Server unless they really need it.
- Color and ping roles get zero permissions. They're cosmetic.
"The bot can't give the role" is almost always this: the bot's own role sits below the role it's trying to give. Drag the bot's role up. Done.
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