You can change the default settings for if and how sites allow new users, the content of the emails sent out for when a new user registers and for when they want to change their password.

User Registration Approval

Administrators have three options on how they let new new users sign up to a site:

• "Only site administrators can create new user accounts." This means that only users with the 'administer users' permission can create users. See our instructions and information on managing roles and permissions. Creating users is done through Administer » User management » Users » Add user tab.
• "Visitors can create accounts and no administrator approval is required." Users sign up and automatically receive permissions assigned to the 'authenticated user' role.
• Visitors can create accounts but administrator approval is required." This means that administrators must click into Administer » User management » Users and edit each user that signs up and set their status to "Active". Administrators can also assign new users to roles while enabling their access.

Administrators can write a description of their new user policy, i.e. who will be allowed and disallowed, in the box beneath User registration guidelines.

To Change the New User Emails Automatically Sent

If you want new user emails to conform to your writing style or site's 'brand', you can edit the automatic emails that your site will send when new users register or when they request a new password. This may be a good opportunity to list site policies as well.

1. If you haven't already, click Administer » User management » User settings.
2. Scroll down to "User email settings".
3. Type in text for Subject of welcome e-mail:. (See the next section for 'variable' names, which are replaced with the names specific to your site.) This text appears in the subject line for new users when they receive their welcome message.
4. Type in the text for the email itself. Bryght sites have the WYSIWYG editor disabled for this section, since all email packages understand plain text.
5. Repeat for the email given to let users know their account is pending and for the email when a user requests a new password.
6. Click "Save configuration".

Email Variables

• %username:
• %site: the name of the site you chose when you first signed up or if you changed it in Administer » Settings » Site information.
• %password: the user's password.
• %uri: the full URI of your site. (Note that a URI, which stands for Uniform Resource Identifier. Basically, a URL, which is the more commonly-known acronym, is a subset of a URI.)
• %uri_brief: is a short version of %uri, meaning it usually strips the http:// part.
• %mailto:
• %login_uri: where the user is sent to login to the site.
• %edit_uri: where the user is sent to edit their account.

Avatar (User Pictures) Support

Administrators can set whether users can add an image or avatar in their user profile, and whether that user picture appears next to comments or content.

1. Click Administer » User management » User settings.
2. Under the "Pictures" heading, select "Enabled" under "Picture support".
3. Choose a path for the user pictures to reside in. pictures is generally a good default setting, but this will be relative to the files directory in Administer » Settings » File system .
4. (optional) Add a URL for a default user picture. This file must exist either on your site or an external site.
5. Choose a maximum for picture dimensions.
6. Type in a maximum picture size, in kilobytes.
7. (optional) Type user picture guidelines, such as what types of pictures (not the file type, but what the pictures depict) are appropriate.
8. Click "Save configuration".
9. Click Administer » Site building » Themes and check either "User pictures in posts" or "User pictures in comments" (or both).

The "Who's Online" Block

In Administer » Site building » Blocks, you are given the option to enable the "Who's online" block, which shows the logged-in users who visited the site recently.

1. Choose a length of time after which a user visited the site that means "recently" to you.
2. Choose a maximum number of users to show in the list.
3. Click "Save configuration".