Manage Users
Description
The Users Sub-Menu allows you to search, add, edit, or delete your forum's users.
The main part of the Users Sub-Menu displays a table of all the users listed by Username order.
The table of Users contains the following columns:
- Username - The login of the User.
- Email - The User's e-mail address.
- First Visit - The first time the User visited your forum and signed up.
- Last Visit - The last time the User visited your forum.
- Options - Allows you to Edit or Delete a User.
Search Users
At the top left of the User Table is a search box to help find users. Enter a string in the box and click the Go button. Any User that contains the search string in the Username, Name, or E-mail fields will be displayed, by Role. You can then add, edit, and delete those users. A "0 user(s) found." will be displayed to the right of the Search box if no Users can be found that match the search string you entered.
Add User
At the top left of the User Table below the Search box click the Add User button. The Add User window will pop-up.
Add User window
- Username - Create a new Username.
- Password - Create a password for you new user or use the Generate Password option below the password field.
Tip: If you click on Reveal Password you will be able to see the hidden generated password.
- Email - Enter the users e-mail address. You can also check the box "Email visible to other users".
- Roles - Choose a Role for your new User. See Roles & Permissions
Click the Save button. You have now created a new user.
Edit User
Under the Options column click Edit, the Edit User window will pop-up.
Edit User window
- Username - Change Username.
- Email - Change e-mail address.
- Roles - Change Role. See Roles & Permissions
- Reset Password - This will reset the users password and send them an e-mail notification.
Click the Save button.
Delete User
Under the Options column click Delete, you will be re-directed to the Delete User options page.
Delete User options
- Keep User Content - Just delete the user record, and keep all of the user's content.
- Erase User Content - Delete the user, but just replace all of the user's content with a message stating the user has been deleted. This will give other users a visual cue that there is missing information so they better understand how a discussion might have flowed before the deletion.
- Delete User Content - Delete the user and all of the user's content. This will cause discussions to be disjointed, appearing as though people are responding to content that is not there. This is a great option for removing spammer content.
Click the option you want. A warning message will appear, example; By clicking the button below, you will be deleting the user account for a forever. The user content will remain untouched. This action cannot be undone.
Click the Delete User Forever button. A message will appear "The user has been deleted".
Video Tutorials
Manage Users
Users Sub-Menu
| Edited September 2010 by digibomb |