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The visitor can register theirselves to become member in Joomla! In Joomla!, it is usually called as user. Every user has their own rule about their play a part in your Joomla! site. You can manage the access right of each user. For a while, you only have one user that is Admin. You are the Admin itself. You can do everything you want into your Joomla! site.

Picture 3.5 The user management page

Adding New User

Here are the steps in adding new user:

1. Click the New button in the toolbar menu that is located in the upper right. You will get the register form (as you can see in the picture 3.6).

2. In the form, there are items that you should to fill as the following:

• Name. The complete name from the new user.

• Username is the name that is getting used for login.

• Email. The address email of user.

• New Password. New password for user.

• Verify Password. Repeat in typing the new password.

• Group. Choose the group according to the role of user.

Picture 3.6 The register form of new user

There are two kinds of group that are public front-end and public back-end. You will get the explanation about the access right detail after the steps of this register.

• Click the Save button.

Picture 3.7 New user is succeeded in made

If the making of user is succeeded, you will get the appearance as in the picture 3.7. Because of it is only work in the local computer which does not connected with the Internet, possibility you will also get the error message as in the picture 3.7. It is because Joomla! fails in sending throught the email into the user address email. Just ignore it.

The Access Right

In the time of fulfilling the registration form of new user, you are asked to choose the group for user. The choosing of this group will affect the user access right. Next are the detail explanations about this access right.

Group	Access Right
Registered	A registered user can login and can see some parts which cannot be seen by usual visitor.
Author	Author can do anything as the registered user does. An author can also write information and modify information that the author•s made. There is a link in user menu that you can use to do this progress.
Editor	Editor can do anything as the author does. The editor can also write and change the information about anything that appears in the front end.
Publisher	Publisher can do anything as the editor does. A publisher can write and change anything that appears in the front end. As the addition, he can also decide which information that can appear and which one is not.

Briefly, it can be described as the following:

Picture 3.8 The access right summary of group front end

Beneath are the accesses right for back end:

Group	Access Right
Manager	A manager can make content and can see various kind information of system, but he is not allowed to: • Manage user • Install component and module • Upgrade use into super administrator or modify super administrator • Work on the site menu > configuration • Change template and language
Administrator	An administrator is not allowed to: • Upgrade user into super administrator or modify super administrator • Work on the site option menu > configuration • Sent mass mail to user • Change or install template and language
Super Administrator	Can do anything in Joomla! Even super administrator can make another super administrator

Here are the summary mindmap of the access right for group back end:

Picture 3.9 The access right summary of group front end

Update User

Beneath are the steps in updating user:

1. Open the user management page.

2. Click the username that you want. You will get form to edit user.

3. Change information in the form.

4. Click the Save button in the upper right.

Delete User

Beneath are the steps in deleting user:

1. Open the user management page.

2. Check the checkbox that is located in front of the username that you want to delete. You can choose more than one user.

3. Click the Delete button in the upper right.

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