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How to add a new user

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How to add a new user to a Plone site and assign one of the existing roles to that user.

To add a new user to a Plone 3.x site, perform the following steps:


  1. Log in as a user with the manager role
  2. Click on the site setup link in the top right corner
  3. Click on Users and Groups
  4. Click the Add New User button
  5. Fill in the fields as required. These are usually Full Name, Username, and Email Address. If you have selected "Allow users to create their own passwords" from the security settings in the control panel, you will be required to set a password for the user. Otherwise, a password will be mailed to the user with an invitation to log in to the site
  6. Click Register
  7. To give the user additional roles (such as "manager"), click onĀ  the Show All button or use the search button to find the user you created above
  8. Click "Manager" in the row containing the user you just created and click Apply Changes
  9. Be careful! A manager user can create other users -- assign this role with extreme caution

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