2.2. 'User Management' (XooNIps>>Maintenance>>User Management)

How to manage user information (editing/deleting user information, registering new users, etc.).

"User Management"

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.

"Register New User"

Figure 4.18. "Register New User"

The entered information can be viewed at the "User Information" (on a XooNIps website, User Menu >> User List).