Joomla - User Setup

In this chapter, we will study Joomla User Configuration . It gives options for setting up new users and provides various options that help restrict new users from providing unwanted details.

Customizing Joomla Users

Following are the simple steps used to configure Joomla user settings.

Step 1 − Go to System → Global Configuration as shown in the following screen.

Then click on User Manager in Joomla Global Configuration . You will get a screen like below and select the fields with the corresponding values.

We can view the different tabs presented on the screen shown above. By default, the Component tab is displayed.

Below we have mentioned the details of the fields provided in the Component tab.

• Allow User Registration - Allows you to register a new user and set it to Yes .

• New User Registration Group is the default group that allows the user to register through the interface.

• Guest User Group - Set up a guest user.

• Send Password - if set to Yes , the password will be sent by mail to the registered user as part of the registration email.

• New User Account Activation - If set to No, the new user will be registered immediately. If set to Self , the new user receives an activation email that helps them activate the account on their own.

• Mail notification to admins - If set to No , it sends a new user activation email to the admin.

• Captcha - Provides captcha options for activating a new user.

• UI Options - It shows that the user will be able to change their language, editor, and help websites.

• Interface language - set to show , the language option will appear when registering a new user.

• Edit Login - If this option is set to Yes , this allows the new user to edit the login.

• Maximum Reset Count - Specifies the maximum password reset for a user, and 0 indicates no limit.

• Time in hours — counter reset time in hours.

• Minimum Password Length - Specifies the length of the password.

• Minimum Integers in Password - Specifies the minimum number of integers that must be included in the password entry.

• Minimum password characters - Specifies the minimum number of characters that must be included in the password entry.

• Uppercase Password Minimum - Specifies the minimum number of uppercase characters that must be included in the password entry.

Allow User Registration - Allows you to register a new user and set it to Yes .

New User Registration Group is the default group that allows the user to register through the interface.

Guest User Group - Set up a guest user.

Send Password - if set to Yes , the password will be sent by mail to the registered user as part of the registration email.

New User Account Activation - If set to No, the new user will be registered immediately. If set to Self , the new user receives an activation email that helps them activate the account on their own.

Mail notification to admins - If set to No , it sends a new user activation email to the admin.

Captcha - Provides captcha options for activating a new user.

UI Options - It shows that the user will be able to change their language, editor, and help websites.

Interface language - set to show , the language option will appear when registering a new user.

Edit Login - If this option is set to Yes , this allows the new user to edit the login.

Maximum Reset Count - Specifies the maximum password reset for a user, and 0 indicates no limit.

Time in hours — counter reset time in hours.

Minimum Password Length - Specifies the length of the password.

Minimum Integers in Password - Specifies the minimum number of integers that must be included in the password entry.

Minimum password characters - Specifies the minimum number of characters that must be included in the password entry.

Uppercase Password Minimum - Specifies the minimum number of uppercase characters that must be included in the password entry.

Step 2 − The User Notes History tab is used to save the user notes history.

• Preserve History - Preserves the version history of the component if Yes is selected . Otherwise, no version history is saved.

• Maximum Versions - The maximum number of versions for an element is always kept.

Preserve History - Preserves the version history of the component if Yes is selected . Otherwise, no version history is saved.

Maximum Versions - The maximum number of versions for an element is always kept.

Step 3 − The Mass Mail tab is used to save bulk mail settings.

• Subject Prefix - text is automatically inserted before the bulk mail subject.

• Mail suffix - the text is automatically inserted after the body of the letter.

Subject Prefix - text is automatically inserted before the bulk mail subject.

Mail suffix - the text is automatically inserted after the body of the letter.

Step 4 − In the Permissions tab , we can view six actions as shown in the screen below. This tab is used to manage permission settings for user groups.

• Configure - Allows users to edit a user option.

• Access Administration Interface - Allows users to access the administration interface.

• Create - Allows users in the group to create content that is present in the extension.

• Delete - Allows users in the group to delete the content present in the extension.

• Edit - Allows users in the group to edit the content present in the extension.

• Change State - Allows users in the group to change the state of the content present in the extension.

Configure - Allows users to edit a user option.

Access Administration Interface - Allows users to access the administration interface.

Create - Allows users in the group to create content that is present in the extension.

Delete - Allows users in the group to delete the content present in the extension.

Edit - Allows users in the group to edit the content present in the extension.

Change State - Allows users in the group to change the state of the content present in the extension.

Toolbar

Following are the toolbar options in user settings.

Save - saves user settings.

Save and Close - saves the user's settings and closes the current screen.

Cancel - Cancel user settings in Joomla.