How to add an administer

[ClaudeMobetta]

How do I add administer to my site?
Thanks fer any - Claude

[GregChapman]

Visit the Profile page of the user to be promoted to Administrator and then use the "Add / Remove Groups" option.

Normally, you can reach a user's profile page via the "People" link on the main page of your forum, but that does depend on whether you've made adjustments to the "Show_group_members" permission.

[ClaudeMobetta]

Thanks Greg - but I'm still lost - here's what I show with People and the user I want as a Administrator.
What do I do now - Check the Administrator box?


Thanks fer any - Claude

[GregChapman]

ClaudeMobetta wrote

What do I do now - Check the Administrator box?

Yes, check the "Administrator" box and then click the "Save changes" button which should appear under the "Add a new group" link.

That should return you to the user's profile screen and you should then see "Administrator" added to the list of groups to which that user belongs.

[ClaudeMobetta]

Thanks Greg -
You have always been a great help to all -
Claude

[ClaudeMobetta]

Hi -

If I add an administer - are they able to also add administers?

And does a appointed administer recieve NEW REGISTERS notices?

Thanks - Claude

[GregChapman]

ClaudeMobetta wrote

If I add an administer - are they able to also add administers?

Yes!

They can also remove your "Administrator" rights and effectively remove your control of your forum - so only grant that status to those you really trust.

If you think having additional administrators is too dangerous consider creating a special group. On some of my forums I add one called "Moderators" and give that group all the permissions I was prepared to allow.

However, if you look through the list of permissions you'll see that there are some things that only an Administrator can do and there is no way of granting those rights to any other groups.

And does a appointed administer recieve NEW REGISTERS notices?

Yes.

[ClaudeMobetta]

Hi Greg -

To get a moderator I ?click on the persons screen name >Add/Remove >Members box > add Moderator and save? Correct?

What powers does a Moderator have?
Can they delete a post?
Can they change any of the front page HTML code?
What else?

Not sure I understand the Show members permission in a previous post from you????

Thanks again - Claude

[GregChapman]

ClaudeMobetta wrote

To get a moderator I ?click on the persons screen name >Add/Remove >Members box > add Moderator and save? Correct?

That is the process to add someone to any group that is already available. By default, there are four types of user group available: Anyone, Registered, Administrator and Member. To add another group, such as "Moderator", at the top level of your forum, go to:

Options > Users > Manage Users & groups

On that screen there is a field where you can add a new group. You need to add both the new group name and at least one user's email address to place in the new group and then click the "Save changes" button. You can't create a new group without adding at least one name to it.

What powers does a Moderator have?

Once you have a new group available you also have a new column for that group on the "Change Permissions" screen, so having created your new group, at the top level of your forum, go to:

Options > Users > Change permissions

There you can add any of the available permissions to users in the new group.

Bear in mind that permissions are cumulative. i.e. any user in the "Moderator" group, must also be in the "Anyone" and "Registered" groups, so if a Registered users has the "View" or "Create_topic" permission then the Moderator will be able to do those things by virtue of being registered, so you should only add the extra permissions that you wish Moderators to have over Registered users.

Can they delete a post?

There is no available permission "Delete post". Normally only an author of a message can delete it. There is a permission "Edit_all", but that is only available to Administrators. "Edit_all" does add a "Delete this post and replies" option to the "More" menu on any message. However, there is a (better?) work around...

Create a new sub-forum (perhaps called "Moderated Posts") and remove the view permission for it for ordinary users. Then add the "Move" permission to the "Moderators" group. Now your moderator will be able to move any undesirable message to an area that ordinary users can't see. That gives you a chance to check on what the moderator has done and either move it back to the main part of the forum, or confirm his judgement by deleting it.

Can they change any of the front page HTML code?
What else?

It depends what you mean by "front page HTML code". The forum title and description can be edited if you grant the "Edit-app" permission. They can add extra sub-forums if you add the "Create_sub_apps". You need to look through the list of permissions and add those you wish them to have.

Not sure I understand the Show members permission in a previous post from you????

You were asking about the names that show when you click on the "People" link. By default, you will see options to view the list of "Registered" users and "Administrators" when you click "People". This is because, by default, Nabble adds those two groups to the "Show_group_members" permission on the "Change permissions" screen.

If you don't want your users to see who your administrators are then just remove the mark from the Administrator column on the ""Show_group_members" row.  If you want them to know who your moderators are, then add the mark to the "Moderators" column. etc, etc.