Wiki source code of User Management

Version 54.1 by Manuel Smeria on 2012/12/14

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Silvia Macovei 52.3 1 {{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="**Contents**"}}
2 {{toc/}}
3 {{/box}}
Silvia Macovei 44.1 4
5 {{info}}
Manuel Smeria 52.5 6 * These instructions assume you're using XWiki 1.2 or later with the **[[Albatross, Toucan or Colibri skins>>AdminGuide.Skins]]** (screenshots for Colibri).
7 * The default skin is currently Colibri.
Silvia Macovei 44.1 8 {{/info}}
Vincent Massol 50.3 9
Silvia Macovei 44.2 10 = Adding users to your wiki =
JanEldenmalm 1.1 11
Manuel Smeria 52.5 12 1. Log in as an administrator
13 1. Hover over "Wiki" and click on "Administer Wiki"
14 1. Click on the "Users" link to bring up an overview of all the users
15 1. Click on the "Add new user" button to open a registration page as shown on the image below
16 1. Fill in the user information
17 1. Click "Save":
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Silvia Macovei 52.4 19 {{image reference="AddUser.png"/}}
Manuel Smeria 52.5 20 )))
DavidSowerby 48.1 21
Silvia Macovei 44.2 22 = Changing a user's password =
EvelinaSlatineanu 34.1 23
Silvia Macovei 44.2 24 == Changing the password for any user ==
Vincent Massol 35.1 25
Manuel Smeria 52.5 26 1. Log in as an administrator
27 1. Hover over "Wiki" and click on "Administer Wiki"
28 1. Click on the "Users" link to bring up an overview of all the users
29 1. Click on the name of the user for which you want to change the password (this will take you to the user's profile page)
30 1. Click on the "Preferences" tab
31 1. Click on the "Change Password" button
32 1. Enter the new password twice
33 1. Click on the "Update" button
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Silvia Macovei 52.4 35 {{image reference="ChangePassword.png"/}}
Manuel Smeria 52.5 36 )))
37 (((
38 {{warning}}
39 Don't forget to notify the user!
40 {{/warning}}
41 )))
Silvia Macovei 52.3 42
Silvia Macovei 44.2 43 == Changing the password for the logged in user ==
JanEldenmalm 1.23 44
Manuel Smeria 52.5 45 To change **your own password** follow these steps:
Silvia Macovei 44.1 46
Manuel Smeria 52.5 47 1. Click on your user name in the top right corner of the screen (this will redirect you to your profile)
48 1. Click on the "Preferences" tab
49 1. Click on the "Change password" button
50 1. Enter the new password twice
51 1. Click on the "Update" button
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Silvia Macovei 52.4 53 {{image reference="ChangePassword.png"/}}
Manuel Smeria 52.5 54 )))
EvelinaSlatineanu 32.1 55
Silvia Macovei 44.2 56 = Editing an existing user =
JanEldenmalm 1.14 57
Manuel Smeria 52.5 58 1. Log in as an administrator
59 1. Hover over "Wiki" and click on "Administer Wiki"
60 1. Click on the "Users" link to bring up an overview of all the users
EvelinaSlatineanu 10.1 61 1. You have two options:
Manuel Smeria 52.5 62 11. Click the user name for the user you want to edit
63 11*. On the user's profile page click on the small yellow pencil corresponding to the information you want to edit (profile or preferences)
64 11*. Click "Save and View" to save the changes you have made
65 11. Click on the small yellow pencil near the user you want to edit (this will open up a lightbox with the main information of that user)
66 11*. Make your modifications and click "Save"
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68 {{info}}
69 There is also a link to the complete user profile, where you can proceed as above (first option).
70 {{/info}}
71 )))
72 (((
Silvia Macovei 52.4 73 {{image reference="EditUserProfile.png"/}}
Manuel Smeria 52.5 74 )))
EvelinaSlatineanu 30.1 75
Silvia Macovei 44.2 76 = Deleting a user =
JanEldenmalm 1.25 77
Manuel Smeria 52.5 78 1. Log in as an administrator
79 1. Hover over "Wiki" and click on "Administer Wiki"
80 1. Click on the "Users" link to bring up an overview of all the users
81 1. Delete the user by clicking the red "X" corresponding to the user you want to delete (the user will be automatically removed from all the groups it belonged to)
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Silvia Macovei 44.1 83 {{info}}
Manuel Smeria 52.5 84 You won't be able to delete the currently logged in user and you'll need to log-in using other credentials. This is don in order to prevent mistakes.
Silvia Macovei 44.1 85 {{/info}}
Manuel Smeria 52.5 86 )))
87 (((
Silvia Macovei 52.4 88 {{image reference="DeleteUser.png"/}}
Manuel Smeria 52.5 89 )))
EvelinaSlatineanu 31.1 90
AdrianFita 51.1 91 = Modify the number of users displayed in the list =
Silvia Macovei 52.3 92
AdrianFita 51.1 93 This is valid as of v3.5 (I think it works on any 3.x version).
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Manuel Smeria 52.5 95 You have to edit ##XWiki.AdminUsersSheet## for users. The page contains a line like this:
AdrianFita 51.1 96
97 {{code}}
98 var ta = new XWiki.widgets.LiveTable("$url", "userstable", callback);
99 {{/code}}
100
Manuel Smeria 52.5 101 Replace it with:
AdrianFita 51.1 102
103 {{code}}
104 var ta = new XWiki.widgets.LiveTable("$url", "userstable", callback, {limit: 100});
105 {{/code}}
106
107 where 100 is the number of items displayed per page.
108
Silvia Macovei 44.2 109 = Customizing the Registration page =
110
Silvia Macovei 44.1 111 {{info}}
Manuel Smeria 52.5 112 Since [[XWiki Exterprise 2.2M2>>xwiki:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise22M2#HNewRegistrationpage]] customizing the registration page 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>>extensions:Extension.Administration Application]].
Silvia Macovei 44.1 113 {{/info}}
Caleb James DeLisle 43.1 114
Manuel Smeria 52.5 115 In order to customize the registration page you must follow these steps:
Silvia Macovei 44.1 116
Manuel Smeria 52.5 117 1. Log in as an administrator
118 1. Hover over "Wiki" and click on "Administer Wiki"
119 1. Click on the "Registration" link
120 1. Make your modifications and click "Save":
121 (((
122 {{image reference="Registration.png"/}}
123 )))

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