# 2.2. 'User Management' (XooNIps>>Maintenance>>User Management)
How to manage user information (editing/deleting user information, registering new users, etc.).
**Figure 4.17. "User Management"**
Click on a pen-icon to edit user information.
Click on a X-icon to delete user information.
## 2.2.1. "Register New user" (click on \[Register New User], upper right of the "User Management" screen).
Edit the new user's information. The required fields are indicated by "\*". Fill out the fields and click on \[UPDATE] below.
Use this screen for changing passwords.
The required fields vary with the setups made on (XooNIps - Site Policies -) User Information.
* Username
Enter a handle (online name) of the user to be displayed on XooNIps
* Real Name
Enter the user's real name
* Email
Enter email address. Check the checkbox if allow other users to view the email address.
* Website
Enter the URL to be published.
* User's Groups
Choose a XOOPS group which the user belongs to.
**Table 4.8. "User's Groups"**
| Pulldown menu | Description |
| --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Webmasters | Make the user belong to the webmasters group as XOOPS indicates. |
| Registered User | Make the user belong to the registered users group as XOOPS indicates. |
| Moderator | Make the user belong to the moderator group of XooNIps. |
* Position
Choose the user's position from the pulldown list.
* Division
Enter the division the user belongs to.
* Company Name
Enter the company/university/institution name the user belongs to.
* Phone Number
Enter the telephone number if wish to publish it.
* FAX Number
Enter the fax number if wish to publish it.
* Address
Enter the address if wish to publish it.
* Country
Enter the country where the user live.
* Zipcode
Enter the ZIP code, if wish to publish it.
* Time zone
Choose a time zone according to the user's country.
* Interests
Enter the user's interests, if wish to publish it.
* Free Description
Describe anything you want.
* Signature
Enter the user's signature. Check/uncheck the checkbox "Always attach my signature".
* Password
Register a password.
* Verify Password
Enter the password again to confirm it.
* New Item Mail Notification \[per day]
Set the frequency of email notification by the day.:" (Listed later in this section).
This is applicable only if it's been set as "Email (Pulldown menu)" at "Notification Method:" (Listed later in this section).
* Maximum Private Items
Enter the maximum number of items to be registered in a private area.
Default value: 500
* Maximum Private Indexes
Enter the maximum number of indexes for a private area.
Default value: 200
* Maximum Disk Space for Private Items \[MB]
Enter the maximum disk capacity for a private area by the MB.
Default value: 500
* Comment Display Mode
Choose a comment display mode from the pulldown menu.
This is for XOOPS standard comment function. Note that this is not for adding comments to the items on XooNIps3.4.
**Table 4.9. Comment Display Mode**
| Comment Display Mode (Pulldown) | Description |
| ------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| Nested | Comments will be nest-displayed. |
| Flat | Comments will be flat-displayed. |
| Threaded | Comments will be sorted by groups according to the title. |
* Comments Sort Order
Choose either of "Oldest First" or "Newest First" from the pulldown menu.
**Table 4.10. Comments Sort Order**
| Pulldown menu | Description |
| ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| Oldest First | Comments will be sorted out from the oldest to the newest. |
| Newest First | Comments will be sorted out from the newest to the oldest. |
* Rank
Setup for ranking
Leave it as it is.
* Notification Method: When you monitor e.g. a forum, how would you like to receive notifications of updates?
Define a manner of receiving notification messages of updated events.
**Table 4.11. Notification Method**
| Pulldown menu | Comment |
| --------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| Temporarily Disable | Temporarily stop receiving the messages. |
| Private Message | via PM function of XOOPS. |
| Email (use address in my profile) | via the registered email address. |
* Default Notification Mode
Define the timing for being notified.
**Table 4.12. Default Notification**
| Pulldown menu | Comment |
| ------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Notify me of all selected updates | To be notified every time events are updated. |
| Notice me only once | To be notified only once |
| Notify me once then disable until I log in again. | Once it notifies, it won't notify until it is logged in again. |
* Receive occasional email notices from administrators and moderators?
Choose "Yes", if wish to receive email messages about news update on XooNIps.
**Figure 4.18. "Register New User"**
The entered information can be viewed at the "User Information" (on a XooNIps website, User Menu >> User List).
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