Operation Manual

80 Developing Sites and Pages
User sign in
A user login box can be added to
the page to allow registered users
to Sign in to all groups that are
"sign up enabled", otherwise
restricted pages will be protected.
A new visitor to the site can sign
up to become a registered user
(click the Sign up link).
Add the login box to the Web site's master page. Any Web page
will then offer the user the opportunity to sign up to the site.
To add a user login for sign up:
1. Follow the procedure for
To enable access control (see p. 70) but instead of
exiting the dialog, pick a page to place your login box, then click the
Insert button.
2. Position the
Paste cursor where you want the user login box, then
click the mouse to insert the object at a default size.
3. Right-click the login box and choose Manage Smart object....
4. Enter a Group Name in the Create New Group section; this should reflect
the type of users that will belong to the group, e.g. "Homeworker".
5. Check Add new users on signup—on user sign up, the user's account
login details are added to the user group.
6. Click the Create Group button, verify dialog settings then click Done.
The group will be added to the Group drop-down menu in User Group
Management.
As users are signing up by themselves you don't need to manually add users in
the Add New Users section (although you can still add manually; see
To add a
user manually p.
77). When users sign up they will appear automatically in
every user group which is "user sign up enabled."