Joomla! Documentation™

Description

This is where you can

• Add a new User.

• Edit an existing User.

How to Access

Add a new User

• Click the New button in the toolbar.

Edit an existing User

• Click on an User's Name.

• Check the User's Checkbox
• Click the Edit button in the toolbar.

Screenshot

Form Fields

Account Details

• Name. Enter the name of the user.

• Login Name. Enter the login name (Username) for the user.

• Password. Fill in a (new) password. Although this field is not required, the user will not be able to log in when no password is set.

• Confirm Password. Fill in the password from the field above again, to verify it. This field is required when you filled in the New password field.

• Email. Enter an email address for the user.

• Registration Date. Registration Date of the user.

• Last Visit Date. Date the user visited the site last time.

• Last Reset Date. Date and time of last password reset.

• Password Reset Count. Number of password resets since last reset date.

• Receive System Emails. (Yes/No) If set to yes, the user will receive system emails.

• User Status. (Blocked/Enabled) Enable or block this user.

• Require Password Reset. (Yes/No) If set to yes, the user will have to reset their password the next time they log into the site.

• ID. (Informative only) This is a unique identification number for this user.

Assigned User Groups

Basic Settings

• Backend Template Style. (Use Default/Hathor - Default/isis - Default) Select the template style for the Administrator Backend interface. This will only affect this User.

• Backend Language. (Use Default/English (United Kingdom)) Select the Language for the Administrator Backend interface. This will only affect this User.

• Frontend Language. (Use Default/English (United Kingdom)) Select the Language for the frontend interface. This will only affect this User.

• Editor. (Use Default/Editor - CodeMirror/Editor - None/Editor - TinyMCE) Editor for this user.

• Time Zone. (Use Default/Abidjan/Accra/Addis Ababa/Algiers/Asmara/...) Time zone for this user.

User Actions Log Options

Note: Tab available for Super Users only.

• Send notifications for User Actions Log. (Yes/No) If set to yes, the User will receive user actions log notification by email.

• Select events to be notified for. Select the user actions log notifications to be sent by email.

Toolbar

At the top left you will see the toolbar.

The functions are:

• Save. Saves the user and stays in the current screen.

• Save & Close. Saves the user and closes the current screen.

• Save & New. Saves the user and keeps the editing screen open and ready to create another user.

• Close. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made.

• Help. Opens this help screen.

Quick Tips

• Name, Login Name, and Email are required.

• If you did not fill in a particular language, editor and/or time zone, the default settings from the Global Configuration, Language Manager and/or Template Manager are set.

Related Information

• Users

• Users Groups

• ACL Tutorial for Joomla! 3.x