Difference between revisions of "Adding Users - WordPress"

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#Login to your blog's dashboard
 
#Login to your blog's dashboard
 
#In the navigation go to '''Users'''
 
#In the navigation go to '''Users'''
#Type the email Evergreen address of the user you'd like to add. Note: They must have already created a blog or blog account at blogs.evergreen.edu
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#Type the email Evergreen address of the user you'd like to add. Note: They must have already [[Creating a new blog|created a blog]] or [[Create just a blog account|blog account]] at blogs.evergreen.edu
 
#Specify the role they should have and hit Submit.
 
#Specify the role they should have and hit Submit.
 
#*'''Administrator''' - An administrator can do everything. Complete power over posts/pages, comments, settings, theme choice, import, users - the whole shebang. Nothing is off-limits, including deleting the entire blog.
 
#*'''Administrator''' - An administrator can do everything. Complete power over posts/pages, comments, settings, theme choice, import, users - the whole shebang. Nothing is off-limits, including deleting the entire blog.

Revision as of 11:16, 22 June 2010

WordPress has the ability to let you create a group blog with multiple authors.

  1. Login to your blog's dashboard
  2. In the navigation go to Users
  3. Type the email Evergreen address of the user you'd like to add. Note: They must have already created a blog or blog account at blogs.evergreen.edu
  4. Specify the role they should have and hit Submit.
    • Administrator - An administrator can do everything. Complete power over posts/pages, comments, settings, theme choice, import, users - the whole shebang. Nothing is off-limits, including deleting the entire blog.
    • Editor - An editor can publish, edit, and delete any posts/pages, moderate comments, manage categories, manage tags, manage links and upload files.
    • Author - An author can edit, publish and delete their posts and they can upload files.
    • Contributor - A contributor can edit their posts but cannot publish.
  5. They will receive an email with a link to confirm that they must follow before they are added to the blog.