User's Manual
Chapter 3: Joomla! Users
Joomla! 1.0.11 User Manual 35 Version 1.0.1.
Registration
Other than the Super Administrator’s (admin) account, that is created by default when Joomla! is
installed, there are two ways that guests have of becoming registered members on a Joomla!
web site.
First, they may register themselves using the register link in the login form, if provided. Second,
the Super Administrator, or Administrator if there is one, may enter them directly using the
Administrator panel (Back-end).
The two images below show the Login Form with and without the Register link.
Figure 15: Front-end Login box
The Login Form displays the Register link by default. The Super Administrator may disable this
feature.
L Further Information: Chapter 8: Global Configuration.
For a direct registration, there is an optional e-mail activation to ensure that the potential user is
supplying a valid e-mail address, the default for this is also - enabled. When enabled, the user will
receive an e-mail containing a validation link that they must follow in order to complete the
registration process.
RecoveringaLostPassword
If you are like most people these days, you have too many passwords and it is inevitable that you
are going to forget one eventually. Joomla!, like most systems today, allows you to automatically
reset your password should you forget it.
The following dialogue appears when you click on the
Lost Password? prompt in the Login Form:
Figure 16: Lost Password Request
When you fill in your username and e-mail address, Joomla! will e-mail you a new password that
you can use to access the system.