User's Manual

Version 0.01 5/15/2006
Manager A manager can be thought of as a publisher with access to the
backend administrator’s panel. Managers have access to all the
content associated controls in the administrator panel but are not
able to change templates, alter page layouts, or add or delete
extensions to Joomla. Managers also have no authority to add
users or alter existing user profiles
Administrator Administrators have a broader range of access than managers. In
addition to all the content related activities that a manager can
perform, administrators can add and delete extensions to the web
site, change templates or alter page layouts and can even alter
user profiles equal to their own permission levels or below.
What they cannot do is edit the profiles of Super Administrator’s
or change certain global characteristics of the web site, indeed,
Super Administrators do not even show up in the user manager
when users are logged in as an administrator.
Super Administrator The Super Administrator has the same kind of power as root in a
traditional Linux system and has unrestricted abilities to perform
all administrative functions inside of Joomla. Only Super
Administrators have the ability to create new users with Super
Administrator permissions or to assign Super Administrator
permissions to existing users.
The only user that exists after a Joomla! installation is the Super Administrator. The Super
Administrator has control over all aspects of a Joomla web site through the backend
administrator’s panel.
Registration
Other than the Super Administrator 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.
1. They may register themselves using the register link in the login form, if it’s provided.
2. The Super Administrator may enter them directly using the administrator’s panel.
The two images below show the Login Form with and without the “Register” link.
By default, the register link is displayed on a Joomla! web site. The Super Administrator may
disable this feature.
For direct registrations there is an optional email activation to ensure users are supplying a
valid email address. This is also enabled by default.