User Management

Joomla!

Description

Managing user accounts, groups, and access rights in Joomla. This skill covers how to create and administer users, organize them into User Groups, and control content visibility through Joomla's Access Levels.

Goals

I know

• the difference between Users, User Groups and Access Levels in Joomla
• the default Joomla User Groups and their typical purpose
• how Joomla's hierarchical Access Control List (ACL) works
• basic security principles for user management in Joomla

I can

• create, edit, block, and delete user accounts
• assign a user to one or more User Groups
• configure global user registration settings

Maintainer

Sigrid Gramlinger-Moser