To add a new user, within the Users screen, click Add user. The Add new user screen is displayed:
Enter the first name, last name and email address of the the new user. Once the email address is entered, either an existing domain will be displayed (if the email address matches it) or the following new field will be displayed:
From here, you can either associate the new email address with an existing organisation, a new organisation or add as a new exception domain and associate it with an organisation.
Associating the new domain with an existing organisation, will disply the following field:
Where you can search for an existing organisation and select it.
Associating with a new organisation, displays the Add new organisation screen:
Where you can add a new organisation to associate your domain with.
Adding as a new exception domain and associate with an organisation, allows you to do both of the above, at once:
If a new domain isn't found, simply click Add. You will receive a confirmation message that the user has been added:
Once the user has been added successfully, you will be able to view them in the user screen:
To learn how to bulk upload users, click here
Setting the default dashboard preferences
As of 5.4, administrators can now pre-set what a sites language preference and dashboard preferences are. This means that users who have been newly added to the site (whether they are added as a bulk user, a single user or created externally), will have the language and dashboard preferences that are set on the organisation, as their default settings.
can be set in the organisation preference page, found via your Profile dropdown > System admin > Users, organisations & groups > Organisations:
The Organisations page is displayed:
Within the Organisations screen, select the More actions menu for the Organisation you wish to set a language for and select Edit preferences:
The Organisation system preferences screen is displayed. Within the Organisation system preferences screen, navigate to the Metadata section:
Please ensure you access the metadata within the Organisation system preferences section and not the metadata within the Email preferences section
Within this section, select the Metadata that you want the user who is a part of the organisation, to be displayed to by default.
Please note, this information will only be displayed if the Respect user dashboard preferences check box is selected within the content list panel.
Setting the default language
The language can also be set in the organisation preference page, found via your Profile dropdown > System admin > Users, organisations & groups > Organisations:
The Organisations page is displayed:
Within the Organisations screen, select the More actions menu for the Organisation you wish to set a language for and select Edit preferences:
The Organisation system preferences screen is displayed. Within this screen, select the Language drop down and choose the language you want to set as default for this organisation:
Once you have selected the language you want to set as a default for the organisation, click Save to save your changes. Users now added will have the set language, as their default.
