User Help

For help on users please select one of the following:

• User Registration
• Loss of password
• User Login
• Changing User details
• User Roles

User Registration

To register a user must go to the registration page. If you wish to register a new user then:

1. Go to the Administer page
2. Click Users under User Management
3. Click "Add user" at the top
4. Fill in the form
   1. Status should be set to active to allow the user to use the site as soon as you have finished
   2. Choose the Role/s for the new user (see below for more)
   3. Select "Notify user of new account" if you want to send an email out to tell the user the account is created. Recommended
5. Click "Create new account" to finish.

Loss of password

If a user loses a password then they can simply go to the lost password page and follow the instructions. If you need to change a password for a customer then:

1. Go to the Administer page
2. Click Users under User Management
3. Click edit next to the users name (far right)
4. Type in the password in the "Password:" and "Confirm password:" boxes
5. Click Submit at the bottom to finish. The user will receive an email to tell them this has been done and what their new password is.

User Login

To login simply go to the login page and fill in the username and password.
If the password is wrong see "Loss of password" above.

Changing User details

If a user clicks on their account page and clicks edit they can change any of their personal details. If you wish to change a users personal details then:

1. Go to the Administer page
2. Click Users under User Management
3. Click edit next to the users name (far right)
4. Fill in the or change the form
5. Click Submit at the bottom to finish.

User Roles

User roles are a way to give groups of users access to do things on your site e.g. the Admin role will give access to a user to change anything on the site while the Authorised User may only be able to comment on other posts. To give a user a new Role (users may have more than one) then:

1. Go to the Administer page
2. Click Users under User Management
3. Click edit next to the users name (far right)
4. Under Roles select a Role to add or de-select a Role to take away (users can have many Roles)
5. Click Submit at the bottom to finish.