February 4, 2005 06:09PM (EST) |
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What
is a Trusted Reader?
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Trusted Reader is a reader who has permission to view all of the
categories of your blog, including any restricted categories. By adding a reader
as a Trusted Reader, you do not have to explicitly add permissions for them
for categories that you might create in the future. It's a convenient way of
allowing access to all restricted areas of your blog, even ones you
have yet to create.
Do
not enable a user as a Trusted Reader if you want that user only to have permission
to view some areas of your blog, and not other areas. For that you will
need give the user custom permissions on a per category basis.
Adding a Trusted Reader
To add a Trusted Reader, follow these steps:
Go
to the "Add User" Page of the User Permissions page
The first step is to click the Settings & Security tab in your control
panel. Then click on User Permissions in the row of Options
underneath that tab. The Content
Access Controls page will present you with the options to
List
Users, Add User, Invite User, or Manage Groups. Click on the link to Add Users.
You will be taken to the Add User page, which looks like this:
Select
"Trusted Reader" from the "Permission Type" Menu
The
Add User page is where you add a user to your weblog. The first step to
adding a user is specifying the type of user.
In this case, we want to make this user a Trusted Reader, so select Trusted
Reader from the Permission Type menu.
Enter
the User's Information into the Appropriate Form
The next step is enter the user's information. There are two places where you
can enter information, and where you enter it depends on whether the user already
has a BlogHarbor user account:
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If
the user already has a BlogHarbor user account:
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Click
the Existing User option and enter the user's username into the Username
field of the Existing User form.
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If
the user does not have a BlogHarbor user account:
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In
this case you will be doing two things at once: creating a new account for
the user and giving that account Trusted Reader privileges.
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Click
the New User option and enter the fill in the fields of the New
User form.
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You
must fill in these fields:
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Password
and Confirm Password
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Filling
in these fields is optional:
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Click
the "Add User" Button
Once you have finished filling out the appropriate form, click the Add User
button.
You will be taken to the User Permissions page for the user you just added
as a Trusted Reader:
If you look at your list of users (do this by clicking on List Users in
the User Permissions menu) you'll see the Trusted Reader you just
added is now in the list:
Deleting
a Trusted Reader
To delete a Trusted Reader, follow these steps:
Go
to the "List Users" Page of the User Permissions page
Click the Settings & Security tab of the Navigation Bar, then click
on User Permissions in the row of Options underneath that
tab. The Content
Access Controls page will present you with the options
to List
Users, Add User, Invite User, or Manage Groups. Click on the link to List
Users.
Select
the Trusted Readers You Wish to Delete
To select users to delete, check their corresponding Delete checkbox.
In the example below, the user whose username is "anotherexample" is marked
for deletion.
Click
the "Delete Selected" Button
Once you have finished selecting users to delete, click the Delete Selected
button.
Click
"OK" When the "Are You Sure?" Window Appears
A window will appear, asking "Are You Sure?".
To continue and delete the users you selected, click OK. To cancel the
operation and keep the users, click Cancel.
If you clicked OK, the users will be deleted and the page will reload and
display a "Changes saved" message near the top.
