Add a user group
To add a user group:
- Click User Groups on the Manage tab.
- The table lists al of the groups in use on the site with the following columns, if there are a lot of groups on a site you may need to search by name
- Group Id
- Group Name - an understandable group name
- User Count -number of user in the group
- Admin - whether its a group ser to provide admin access or for front end users
- Auto IP - whether its limited by IP range
- Alt Auth - what alternative authentication methods are used
- Asset Classes - the asset classes associated with the group (added in 11.1)
- On the bottom of the table enter the names of the new group and Click Add .
- Group Name - type in the box a name for the user group.
- Personalisation - Use one or more of these boxes to create fields in the Add User screen that will categorise users.
For example, if you type 'Department' in Field Name 1 this will create a box labelled 'Department' in the Add User screen.
When adding a user, type the name of their department in the 'Department' box and the department name can be displayed when they log on. - Access - tick the appropriate boxes for this group of users.
In order to perform any tasks within Sitekit CMS the Users can access Admin box must be ticked. - Roles - tick the appropriate boxes for this group of users.
- User can access - access to specific features and functions can be granted to this group of users by ticking the boxes in this section.
- Auto Extranet Login - if you want to provide access to this user group without having to add individual users you can specify a range of IP addresses in these boxes. Anyone using a computer whose IP address is within the specified range will be automatically logged on as a user within this group. You can add a note to each IP range to remind you what it represents (added in 11.1)
- Alternate Authentication Methods - Sitekit CMS allows users to be authenticated against external URLs. Contact your administrator for more information on this feature.
- Click Save.