XOOPS Operations Guide
  • Introduction
  • GENERAL PRINCIPLES
    • The XOOPS Core
    • Modules
    • Blocks
    • Users and Groups
    • Content
    • Language Files
    • Themes and Templates
  • The Admin Interface
    • Logging
      • As Site Administrator
      • As Registered User
      • Incorrect Login Procedure
      • Logging Out
    • Control panel home
      • Some preliminaries before we get started in the admin area
        • JavaScript
        • Cache
    • Working with the new Admin GUI (en/book/our Dashboard)
      • Help Functions
    • Avatars
      • Adding avatars
      • Edit and delete Avatars
      • System Avatars
      • Custom Avatars
    • Banners
      • What are they?
      • Current active banners
      • Add new banner
      • Editing banners
      • Finished banners
      • Advertising clients
      • Add new client
    • Blocks
      • Overview
      • Editing/Configuring a block
      • Adding custom blocks
      • Cloning a block
    • Comments
      • Overview
      • Manage comments
    • Groups Overview
      • The different sets of rights
      • Edit members of this group
      • Creating a new group
    • Image Manager
      • Adding image categories
      • Editing and deleting images and categories
      • Adding image files through the control panel
      • Accessing the image manager from the user side
    • Mail Users
    • Maintenance
    • Modules
      • Acquiring a module
        • Module origins
        • Ancillary files
        • Copyrights and GPL notices
      • Uploading the module
        • Preparing the module files for upload to a remote server
        • Using FTP or browser file uploader
        • Upload the module package
        • Setting file/directory permissions
      • Installing the module
      • Setting module visibility and menu order
      • Configuring module settings and options
        • Renaming module
        • Display and position options for the module
      • Setting user access rights for a module
    • Preferences
      • General Settings
      • User Info Settings
      • Meta Tags and Footer
      • Word Censoring Options
      • Search Options
      • Mail Setup
      • Authentication Options
      • System Module Settings
    • Smilies
      • Using smilies
      • Adding and editing smilies
    • Templates
      • The default template set
      • Cloning and downloading template sets
      • Editing templates
      • Uploading a new template set
    • User Ranks
    • Users Management
    • Feedback
  • About XOOPS CMS
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The Admin Interface

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Last updated 6 years ago

2.1 Logging in

The XOOPS content management system comes with an integrated membership registration section. Once registered, users can login by entering their username and password in forms displayed in a login block on the page. New registration is accomplished by pressing the �register now� link. This opens a page where an anonymous user may register by inputting basic details, like a user name and contact email. Registration allows access to restricted content of the site as defined by the site administrator. Site administrators can elect not to display the login form if they wish, or simply disallow registration. However the form is displayed on the home page by default on initial installation.

Login is required to access any restricted content of the site. Successful login is accomplished by inputting a correct username and password as confirmed during the registration process.

If an unregistered user submits a URL that deliberately or accidentally calls a file or page that is designated as 'restricted content', then the login page is automatically returned by default. This defeats the URL call until authorised access is confirmed by successful login.

Site administrators need to login to access the admin part of a site.

Registered users may login to access other parts of the site that have been designated as registered members content. Registered users may also be given extra rights, such as posting in forums, commenting and submitting news items etc.

Administrators of a site can also define extra-restricted areas (not accessible to registered members) that display unique content. They can then assign any registered member access rights to that area.

All these access features are defined and controlled in the 'groups' section in admin and are discussed in detail later in the manual.

For now let's describe the login procedure as follows:

  • As site administrator

  • As registered user

  • Failed login procedure

  • Logging out

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