USERS
Miki includes a variety of ways to control who can see and edit your pages.
¶ Managing Users
- From the Administration page, click Users.
¶ Adding a New User
- Click NEW USER.
For better security, we recommend you turn on
Require password change on first login.
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Type the user's Email Address.
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Choose a Temporary Password or click to generate one randomly.
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Type the user's Name.
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Click CREATE.
¶ Allowing Social Logins
- You can add users via their social media logins such as
FacebookandGoogle. - Social logins let you avoid creating and managing user emails and passwords.
Social logins require significant setup, including developer accounts from each social media service you plan to support.
- To allow social logins, click Authentication on the Administration page.
- Click ADD STRATEGY and choose a site to allow users to login with their login from that site.
¶ Reading without a Login (Guests)
- A
Guestuser and group are defined by default, meaning anyone with access to the web address can view your wiki.
¶ Requiring a Login
- To require a login, click Groups.
- Click
Guestsin the Group panel. - Click the PERMISSIONS tab.
- Turn off the
read:pagespermission. - Click UPDATE GROUP.
¶ Assigning Administrators
Administrators have full access to every aspect of the wiki.
- To assign an administrator, first add the User if they don't exist.
- Click Groups.
- Click
Administratorsin the Group panel. - Click the USERS tab.
- Click ASSIGN USER.
- In the Search Users box, type any part of the user's
email. - Click the user who should be assigned adiministrator permissions.
- Click UPDATE GROUP.
¶ Creating Custom Groups
- Create your own custom groups to assign groups of permissions to groups of people such as readers and editors.
- To create a group, click Groups.
- Click NEW GROUP.
- Type a Group Name and click CREATE.
- In the Groups panel, click the name of your new group.
¶ Assigning Permissions
- Click the PERMISSIONS tab.
- Turn on only the permissions you want for the group.
- Click UPDATE GROUP.
¶ Example
- The example above creates an
Editorgroup. - Users in this group can read and write pages, edit them, and add media.
- They cannot delete pages or change users or navigation.
¶ Adding Existing Users to a Group
- Click the USERS tab.
- Click ASSIGN USER.
- In the Search Users box, type any part of the user's
email. - Click the user who should be assigned this group's permissions.
- Click UPDATE GROUP.
¶ Adding New Users to a Group
- You can add a new user to a group from the New User dialog.
- Choose the new user's group from the Assign to Group menu.
¶ Removing a User from a Group
- To remove a user from a group, click Groups.
- Click the name of the group you want to remove the user from.
- Click the USERS tab.
- Find the user on the list of names.
- Click the menu button to the right of the user's name.
- Click Unassign.