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How to add a new user as an OS Site author

baisong edited this page Aug 8, 2012 · 2 revisions

You will need

  • The new user's email address
  • User 1 or Administrator privileges
  • The URL path of the OS Site you want to modify

Instructions for Drupal 6 and 7

  1. Go to Administer > Users, then Add user
  2. Enter and make note of the username you select
  3. Enter the user's email address
  4. Enter a secure password
  5. Set Status to "Active"
  6. Set Roles to "vsite admin" and "vsite user" (D6: "scholar admin" and "scholar user")
  7. Navigate to the OS Site homepage you want to edit.
  8. Hover over the header and open the dropdown Configure link in a separate window or tab
  9. This is the node edit page for the OS Site node. Select Advanced Options > Authoring information
  10. Enter the new user's user name you just created, then Save
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