In This Guide

· Adding a user with custom permissions 

· Deleting a user with custom permissions  



Adding a user with custom permissions
To add a user with custom permissions, follow these steps:

1. Go to the "Add User" page of the User Permissions 

2. Select "Custom" from the "Permission Type" menu  
 
3. Enter the user's information into the appropriate form 
 
4. Click the "Add User" button 

5. Specify the user's custom permissions 

6. Click the "Save Changes" button.  


Go to the "Add User" Page of the Address Book
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 User Permissions 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:

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Select "Custom" from the "Permission Type" Menu
The Add User page is where you give a user permissions to access your blog. The first step to adding a user is specifying the type of user.

In this case, we want to make this user a user with custom permissions, so select Custom from the Permission Type menu.

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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 Blogware account:

· If the user already has a BlogHarbor user account:  
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: 
In this case you will be doing two things at once: creating a new account for the user and giving that account user with custom permissions privileges. 

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: 

· Username 
· Password and Confirm Password 
· Display Name 
· Email 

Filling in these fields is optional: 

· First name 
· Last name 
· URL 
· Timezone 


Click the "Add User" Button
Once you have finished filling out the appropriate form, click the Add User button.

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You will be taken to the User Permissions page for the user you just added as a user with custom permissions:

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Specify the user's custom permissions
Farther down the User Permissions page is the Category Permissions checklist. It lists all the Categories and Photo Albums in your weblogs, with a Read and Post checkbox beside each. This checklist lets you assign the user permission to read or post to specific Categories or Photo Albums.

To give a user the permission to read a Category or Photo Album, check its corresponding Read checkbox.

To give a user the permission to post to a Category or Photo Album, check its corresponding Post checkbox.

In the example below, the user is being given permission to read the "Current Affairs" Category and post to the "Music" category.

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Being able to post to a Category or Photo Album implies being able to read it. Therefore, checking Post for a Category or Photo Album will also automatically check its Read checkbox.

The checkboxes work in a similar way with permissions. Let's suppose the following:

· The "Self-portraits" and "Cats" Photo Albums are set to inherit permissions from their parent, the "Photos" Photo Album. 
· The "Cheddar" Category is set not to inherit permissions from its parent, "Cheese", and "Cheese" is set not to inherit permissions from "Food and Drink". 

The screen shot below shows how the checkboxes work with inheritance:

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Click the "Save Changes" Button
Once you've specified the user's custom permissions, click the Save Changes button to activate them.

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If you look at your list of users (do this by clicking on List Users in the User Permissions menu) you'll see the user with custom permissions you just added is now in the list.

If the user you just added was given only "Read" permissions, s/he will have Reader in his/her Permissions column:

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If the user you just added was given "Post" permissions on at least one Category or Photo album, s/he will have Poster in his/her Permissions column:

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Deleting a user with custom permissions
To delete a user with custom permissions, follow these steps:

1. Go to the "List Users" page of the User Permissions 

2. Select the Trusted user with custom permissions you wish to delete 

3. Click the "Delete Selected" button 

4. Click "OK" when the "Are you sure?" window appears 


Go to the "List Users" Page of the User Permissions
Click the Settings & Security tab of the Navigation Bar, then click on User Permissions in the row of Options underneath that tab. The User Permissions 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 user with custom permissions 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.

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Click the "Delete Selected" Button
Once you have finished selecting users to delete, click the Delete Selected button.

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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.

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If you clicked OK, the users will be deleted and the page will reload and display a "Changes saved" message near the top.

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