User's Manual

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User Manager - New/Edit
How to access
You can access the User Manager New/Edit screen through the User Manager. Go to the User Manager by
clicking on the User Manager icon in the Control Panel, or by clicking on 'User Manager' in the 'Site' menu
in the back-end of your Joomla! installation. Click on the name of a user, select a user and click on the Edit
button, or click on the New button in the User Manager to access the New/Edit screen.
Description
In this screen, you have the ability to create a new user (if you clicked on the 'New' button in the User
Manager), or edit an existing user (if you selected a user and clicked on the 'Edit' button in the User
Manager, or clicked on the name of a user).
Screenshot
User details and parameters
You will see different fields where you can fill in or edit information of the user. These are:
Name. The (full) name of the user.
Username. The username of the user is displayed here. When a user wants to log in, he has to fill in this
username.
E-Mail. The e-mail address from the user is displayed here.
New password. Fill in a (new) password. Although this field is not required, the user will not be able to log
in when no password is set.
Verify password. Fill in the password from the field above again, to verify it. This field is required when
you filled in the New password field.