Webmaster - Creating new Accounts in Drupal

Overview

When a new user starts editing on our www.saultcollege.ca site they will need an account.  

Areas that need Drupal Accounts:

  1. Marketing
  2. Solutions Specialists
  3. Human Resources
  4. Employment Solutions
  5.  

Target Audience

Solutions Specialists, Marketing

Adding a user

  1. Navigate to www.saultcollege.ca/user
    1. Login with your account
  2. In the top menu click People then Add user

You will now see this FORM.  Follow the example below

Once you've created the account you should be in the People menu, if not click People in the top menu

Click the Username of the new account your just created

In the mid-menu click WORKBENCH ACCESS

LASTLY:

Choose the EDITORIAL ACCESSES they require.

Click SAVE

Providing information to the user

{I created the below set of instructions for Employment Solutions, but steps could vary depending on the area using Drupal}

Once you've created the new account for the user send them any required information, such as:

Username: firstname.lastname
Password: {newpassword}
URL: www.saultcollege.ca/{friendlyname}
Navigate as needed ...
Look for Edit button in the top right hand corner, clicking this will reveal the Pencil icons throughout the page.
Click the Pencil icon in the section you want to edit, it will get squished (not sure why), click it again and then click EDIT.
Look for Layout in the top menu and click that next
Again find the Pencil icon of the section you want to edit, click it twice then click the CONFIGURE option this time.
Change CONTENT as needed
At the Top of the page click "Save Layout"

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