Wiki source code of User Management
Version 48.1 by DavidSowerby on 2011/02/11
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44.2 | 1 | {{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="**Contents**"}}{{toc/}}{{/box}} |
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44.1 | 2 | |
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46.1 | 4 | These instructions assume you're using XWiki 1.2 or later with **[[Albatross, Toucan or Colibri skins>>AdminGuide.Skins]]** (screenshots for Colibri). |
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44.1 | 5 | {{/info}} |
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48.1 | 6 | {{info}} |
| 7 | Note: The default skin skin is Colibri | ||
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44.2 | 10 | = Adding users to your wiki = |
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34.2 | 12 | 1. Log in as an administrator. |
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48.1 | 13 | 1. Go to the [[administration]] page. (Colibri: Select **##Wiki/Administer Wiki##** from top left of screen) (Toucan: Select **##Administration##** link in the top right corner of the screen) |
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44.1 | 14 | 1. Click on the **##Users##** icon to bring up an overview of all users. |
| 15 | 1. Click on **##Add new user##** button to open a registration page as shown on the image below. | ||
| 16 | 1. Complete the user information and press the **##Save##** button. | ||
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46.1 | 19 | [[image:AddUser.png||style="border:1px solid black;]] |
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44.2 | 20 | = Changing a user's password = |
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44.2 | 22 | == Changing the password for any user == |
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| 24 | 1. Log in as an administrator. | ||
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48.1 | 25 | 1. Go to the administration page. (Colibri: Select **##Wiki/Administer Wiki##** from top left of screen) (Toucan: Select **##Administration##** link in the top right corner of the screen) |
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44.1 | 26 | 1. Click on the **##Users##** icon to bring up an overview of all users. |
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35.1 | 27 | 1. Click on the name for the user for which to change the password. This lead you to the user's page. |
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46.1 | 28 | 1. Go to my Preferences tab and click Change Password button. |
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44.1 | 29 | 1. Modify the password and click the **##Update##** button to save your change. Don't forget to tell the user! |
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46.1 | 31 | [[image:ChangePassword.png||style="border:1px solid black;]] |
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44.2 | 32 | == Changing the password for the logged in user == |
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44.1 | 34 | To change **your own password**: |
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35.1 | 36 | 1. Click on your user name in the top right corner of the screen. This will redirect you to your profile. |
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46.1 | 37 | 1. Click on the Preferences tab and the click on **##Change password##** button. |
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44.1 | 38 | 1. Modify the password and click the **##Update##** button to save your change. |
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46.1 | 40 | [[image:ChangePassword.png||style="border:1px solid black;]] |
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44.2 | 42 | = Editing an existing user = |
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35.1 | 44 | 1. Log in as an administrator. |
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44.1 | 45 | 1. Click on the **##Administration##** link in the top right corner of the screen to go to the main Administration page. |
| 46 | 1. Click on the **##Users##** icon to bring up an overview of all users. | ||
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10.1 | 47 | 1. You have two options: |
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47.1 | 48 | 11. Click the user name for the user to edit. |
| 49 | 11*. On the user's page click **##on the button corresponding to the information you want to edit (info, password, etc)##**. This will open a page editing view containing the attributes than can be changed. | ||
| 50 | 11*. Click "**##Save and View##**" - to save the changes you have made. | ||
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35.1 | 51 | 11. Click on the pencil icon near the user you want to edit. |
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47.1 | 52 | 11*. This will open up a lightbox with the main information of that user, which you can edit in place. |
| 53 | 11*. After your modifications press ##**Save**## to be redirected to the **Users** view. | ||
| 54 | 11*. There is also a link to the complete user profile, where you can proceed as above (first option). | ||
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46.1 | 57 | [[image:EditUserProfile.png||style="border:1px solid black;]] |
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44.2 | 58 | = Deleting a user = |
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35.2 | 60 | 1. Log in as an administrator. |
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44.1 | 61 | 1. Click on the **##Administration##** link in the top right corner of the screen to go to the main Administration page. |
| 62 | 1. Click on the **##Users##** icon to bring up an overview of all users. | ||
| 63 | 1. Delete the user by using the **##X##** button for the user to delete. The user will automatically be removed from all the groups it belonged to. | ||
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44.1 | 65 | {{info}} |
| 66 | You won't be able to delete the currently logged in user and you'll need to log using other credentials. This is to prevent mistakes... | ||
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46.1 | 69 | [[image:DeleteUser.png||style="border:1px solid black;]] |
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44.2 | 71 | = Customizing the Registration page = |
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44.1 | 73 | You can also customize the way users are registered in your XWiki by creating a ##XWiki.Registration## page which will override the default registration page. |
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44.1 | 75 | {{info}} |
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47.2 | 76 | Since 2.2M2 this is done by the Verified Registration Page, part of the [[Administration Application>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application]]. This provides more features such as captcha and client side validation of user input. For more information about how to configure it, visit the application page. |
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44.1 | 77 | {{/info}} |
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44.2 | 79 | If you don't know what to put in the page you can start by copying the content of ##http://yourserver/xwiki/templates/registerinline.vm ## and paste it in your ##XWiki.Registration## page. You'll have to be careful to remove the first test in the template or your registration page will loop forever: |
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| 81 | {{code language="none"}} | ||
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41.1 | 82 | #if(!$xwiki.hasAccessLevel("view","XWiki.Registration")||$xwiki.getDocument("XWiki.Registration").isNew()) |
| 83 | [...] ## here is the code you want to keep | ||
| 84 | #else | ||
| 85 | $xwiki.getDocument("XWiki.Registration").getTranslatedDocument().getRenderedContent() | ||
| 86 | #end | ||
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44.1 | 87 | {{/code}} |
