Exploring People

Managing users is an important part of any CMS, and Drupal is no different. Being able to quickly glance at a list of users along with their status and roles can help a site admin know which users have an account and what are their limitations. The process of managing users begins with People.

We can navigate to the People panel by directly entering /admin/people or using the Admin toolbar and clicking on Manage | People.

The People panel is divided into the following three sections:

• List: Displays all users within Drupal and allows to manage them individually or using bulk operations
• Permissions: Allows us to assign granular permissions to one or many roles that either permit or restrict a user from being able to view or perform some action
• Roles: Allows us to add, update, or delete roles within Drupal

All three of these tabs combined provide us the workflow to create users and assign them one or more roles with specific permissions.

By default, Drupal creates a single user during...