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Manage users

User Management

User vs. Member

A Member is your website's visitor who can read the entire articles, receive your newsletter, rate articles or post comments (if you have defined that someone must be registered member to post comment in Preferences section).

A User (sometimes referred to as staff) is a member with privileges to post articles and who can be categorized into four different groups with different levels of access.

To access your user management panel select Users from the main navigation menu and new page containing quick links/search pane on the left and user management panel on the right will load.

Let's take a closer look at the left-hand side user menu.

Quick link menu tab contains + Add new user link that will instantly take you to the new user creation form.

Quick link user menu

In this section you may find general and right below it individual user classification according to the affiliation to specific user groups depending on privileges.

• All - Select if you want to see all users.
• Staff - By selecting this option you will limit your user search to a writer, trusted writer, editor and admin user group.
• Members - This filter will display in only the users that have member and premium member privileges.

• Writer - He is able to add articles in categories that are delegated to him, however the articles will have pending status by default.
• Editor - He is able to add articles to the website and to approve other people's articles. The editor can be delegated only to specific categories, or website-wide.
• Admin - He has a complete control over the system.
• Trusted Writer - He is able to add articles in delegated categories, without mandatory approval from editor.
• Member - He can read full free of charge articles.
• Premium member - You may have some have some sections, articles or any service that you offer to your members in exchange for some membership fee. In that case, only the premium members will be able to access these services.

Only administrator can create user accounts and grant privileges to them.

Search

Second tab in your left hand side navigation menu is reserved for the search within your users and users groups. Just like in articles or comments sections, you may limit your search query by entering one or more search parameters in a time.

• By name - In this field enter a name or part of the user name that you want to find.
• Search status - Select between options All, Active or Inactive.
• Usergroup - Limit your search to specific user groups. To select more than one option hold down the Ctrl key while selecting desired options.

When finished with defining your search parameters click on the search now button below and your results will appear on your right side.

If you often do your search using specific criteria, you may create permanent search filter for that query. All you have to do is to name your search filter and then pres save filter button. Your search filter will appear immediately at Search filter list on the Quick links menu.

How does you visitor become registered member?

At the home page on the right-hand side, you may see the registration form, similar to the one shown in the picture.

If you have previously registered, you will be prompted to enter your login details. If you check Remember Me box, you will not have to enter your username and password again, whenever you visit the site.

Clicking on Register link will load the form.

To become a member, you need to fill out the registration form with all required information.

You have to enter necessary information including a valid email address. When you submit this form you will be notified if your registration is incomplete.

A valid email address is required because he/she will receive a confirmation email to confirm that he/she requested access to your website.

Confirmation message and information that confirmation email is being sent will appear at the top of the page.

To confirm subscription, your visitor will have to click to link that will be sent to the user’s email. After subscription confirmation, your visitor becomes a member with full access to your content.