How to Manage Author Accounts

Author accounts are created for authors who will add, update and delete content on the Web site. Each author is assigned a user name and a password.

How to create an author account

Login to the Admin Account
In the upper right corner click on Site Setup
Under the Plone Configuration section click on Users and Groups Administration
In the User Search box click on the Show all button
Review user names and verify that the author account does not already exist
Click on the add new user button
In the Full Name field enter the author's full name
In the User Name field enter the author's user name
In the E-mail field enter the author's e-mail address
In the Password field enter a password for the author, use a minimum of 5 characters, use a combination of letters, numbers and special characters
In the Confirm password field, re-enter the password, make sure the passwords are identical
Leave the Send a mail with the password box unchecked
Click on the register button
Repeat steps 4-13 for each new author
Click on the Groups tab
Under the group name click on the Authors link
Under the Search for New Group Members click on the show all button
Click in the checkbox next to each user name
Click Add Selected groups and users to this group button
In the left column click on the Users and Groups Administration link
In the User Search box click on the Show all button
For each new author account click on the user name
Scroll down the page and check the checkbox next to Allow editing of short names
Click on the Save button
Repeat steps 20-14 for each user

Login to the Admin Account
In the upper right corner click on Site Setup
Under the Plone Configuration section click on Users and Groups Administration
In the User Search box click on the Show all button
Review user names and verify that the author account already exists
Under the Remove user check the checkbox next to the user name
Click the Apply Changes button
In the User Search box click on the Show all button
Verify that the account was deleted