Account Management

The Administrator can add, remove and update all user accounts on the website. These actions are performed on the Users page, to display this page:

  • As the Administrator, navigate in the website menu to administer > users
  • Or go to http://<website>/admin/user

To manage accounts on the website you must be assigned the Administer users permission.

Exercise:

  1. Login to the website
  2. Enter the URL http://<website>/admin/user
  3. Why do you receive an error page?

Exercise:

  1. Reload the current web page (press F5 on the keyboard)
  2. Enter the URL http://<website>/admin/user
  3. Click on the Add user tab
  4. Enter a Username, E-mail address and Password. Make sure the email you enter hasn't been used before, and that you are able to check it
  5. Check Notify user of new account option
  6. Click on Create new account button
  7. The user should now be present in the user list, and will have been sent an email at the address you specified
  8. Log out and try to log in as the new user

You can view an example Flash tutorial here.