How to create an account

Key point: For administrators to quickly create a new member.

Prerequisites

You must be an administrator.

From the user accounts page:

  1. Click the member-plus icon Create account button at the bottom of the page – the create a user account panel opens on the right.
  2. Enter the new member’s:
    1. First name.
    2. Surname.
    3. Email address – when the email address has been entered, the “Send a welcome email option” is selected – clear by clicking the checkbox.
  3. The welcome email instructs the new member on choosing their own username and password, but for testing they can be set by entering:
    1. username, and
    2. password – it’s best to choose a strong password.
  4. A link in the welcome email activates the account but to bypass this for testing, click the Automatically activate account checkbox.
  5. Click the Create account button – you see confirmation that the account was successfully created.
  6. Close the panel by clicking the status-closed icon icon in the top right corner.
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The Create user account panel is for administrators to create special accounts – not necessarily for end-users. Typically, new users are added to groups instead.