Preferences and user management

To modify your preferences, click on the "Preferences" tab. To create or modify a user, choose the "Editors" tab. You must have administrator privileges for this last action.

Fields

First name
The user's first name is optional.
Name
The user's name is required.
Nickname
The user's nickname is optional.

Note: If the user doesn't provide his nickname, his name and eventually his first name will be used to indicate who is the author of the entry. If the nickname is provided, it will be used instead.

Email
The user's email address is optional. If you wish to activate email notification for your entries' comments, then you must fill this field.
Password
Choose a long enough password and rather cryptic. In case of updating user settings or preferences, leave this field empty in order to avoid changing your password.
Language
If the language exists in the translation files, it will be used for the user's private area. Each created entry will be automatically "tagged" with the same language code.
Prefered edit format
Selected format will be the default one for each new entry. User can of course change the mode punctually for a specific entry.
Default publication status
This option defines the online or offline state of each new entry.
Prefered category
Selected category will be the default one for each new entry.
Entry edit field height
Height in number of lines for the text area of an entry.
Number of hours between user's local time and the server time
This option allows to define a possible time shift between your server and your publication zone. Negative values are workable. Your server's time is displayed in order to define the difference in hours between the two zones.

Administration

These fields are only available for the administrator in the modification zone of an editor.

Login
Login identifies the user. It must only contain letters and/or figures. It is required.
Level
Level corresponds to the privilege you agree to give the user. There are three types of level: