You must be an administrator to do create users.

Collect the following information before you start to create the user:

• Preferred username.
• First name.
• Last name.
• Email address.
• Link to website (optional)
• Role

To create the user’s credentials, go to Users > Add New.

This opens an Add New User screen.

Next, fill out the form using the information collected above.

Make sure to pick an appropriate role for each user.

• Administrator – can do anything to this site. Powerful and dangerous.
• Editor – can create new content and edit content created by others.
• Author – can create new content and edit content created by this user.
• Contributor – can create and edit their own posts, but not publish them.
• Subscriber – can submit comments.

Check the “Send password” box if you want to notify the user via email. (Note: this is a potential security risk because the site name, username, and password are sent unencrypted via email.)

Best practices

• For users who will be listed as authors of articles, add the person’s photo and bio to the profile for that user.
• Behind the scenes users, such as the XS team, need not have photo and bio.

To add author photo and bio

• After creating the user, go to Users > All users
  
• Select the user you just created (click on either the username or the “Edit” link that appears when you hover on the username.) This brings up an “Edit User” screen.
• Scroll down to the box labeled “Biographical info”. Enter the bio there.
• Upload a photo. Use the Browse button to upload a photo from your workstation. Square is best.
• Select “Update User” to save your changes.