Users and Roles

The Users and Roles admin tool allows you to create/edit/approve website users.  This tool is a direct interface to the .NET user and role provider on the server.

The main Users dialog contains a paged view of all your website users.

Creating a new User

To create a new user click the Add User button, you will be presented with the User Details dialog which will need to be completed.

This dialog accepts the following data to be entered in order to create the new user.

Username, a unique username.

Password, a password for the user.

Email, the users email address.

Approved, indicates whether the user is approved.

Roles, the roles the user will exist in.

When the above data has been entered you will be able to click the Save button to complete the creation of the user.

Editing an Existing User

To edit a user simply click the username and you will be presented with the User Details dialog:

When editing a user you can only change the Email, Approved and Roles information.  When you have finished editing click the Save button to commit the changes.

Unlocking a Locked User

If a user is locked out of the website you can click the Unlock button to clear the lock.

Resetting a Password

The Reset Password button can be used to reset the users password.  A new password will be emailed to the user.

Roles

The Roles tab contains all the available roles for the website.

To display all the users within a role select the role from the left pane.  The right pane will be populated with all the users in the selected role.

Creating a new Role

To create a new role click the Add Role button.  You will then need to enter the unique role name, click OK to create the new role.

Deleting a Role

Select the role you wish to delete from the left pane and click the Delete Role button.  This action cannot be reversed so ensure you have selected the correct role before continuing.