Creating a new User

New users would normally add themselves to the system by registering, but this can also be done by an administrator through the User Administration page.

To create a new user, fill in the username, email address and password of the new user in the form on the main User Administration Page, and click on the 'Add User' button.

Creating new users in this way does not alert the new user to the fact that they have been registered in the system and can start using it. The new user must be notified by the administrator that they have been gioven an account and that the account is now live. For this reason, it is not advisable to add new users this way - try to encourage potential users to use the registration system to register an account themselves.

Creating users this way does have some advantages: users can be given passwords which they find easy to remember (although these passwords should be secure!), and users can be added to groups as soon as they are registered so they see all their administration and access options the first time they log in.