Managing Users

 

Create a New User

 

  1. In the Administration section, click Users. In the toolbar click New.
     

  2. The User Properties dialog appears. Enter values and click OK to save changes.

 

Edit an Existing User

 

  1. In the Administration section, click Users. In the listing, click on the Edit icon in the appropriate row.
     

  2. The User Properties dialog appears. Modify values and click OK to save changes.

 

Delete a User

 

  1. In the Administration section, click Users. In the listing, click on the Delete icon in appropriate row.
     

  2. Confirm deletion.

 

User Properties Fields

 

Field Name

Compulsory

Description

User ID

Automatic number

Unique ID of the user.

User Name

Yes

Unique user name that will be used to in the logon form.

Full Name

Yes

Full name of the user (e.g. "John Williams").

First Name

No

First name.

Middle Name

No

Middle name (if applicable).

Last Name

No

Last name (surname).

E-mail

No

E-mail address.

Password

No

Password. Enter the new value only if you want to change the password.

Confirm Password

Depends on the Password field.

Re-type the password here. Enter the new value only if you want to change the password.

Preferred UI Culture

No

User's preferred culture of the Kentico CMS Desk user interface in format en-us, fr-fr, etc.

Preferred Content Culture

No

User's preferred culture of the content displayed on the Web site in format en-us, fr-fr, etc.

Starting Alias Path

No

Alias path of the root document displayed in the Content module. It can be used either with multilingual support or for restricting user's access for editing only particular part of the Web site.