User accounts

Joomla integrates all the needed features to create and manage user accounts out of the box. Accounts allow users to log into the website, perform operations, and access content and pages for which they have the appropriate permissions. Accounts can be created either in the backend of the website by an administrator or in the frontend of the website by the user directly through a self-registration form.

Administrators can choose whether to allow self-registration to the website or not through the options available in the Users component’s options.

Users on the website may have different permissions and roles. In fact, each user belongs to one or more User Groups and, through the group, receives specific permissions. We’ll explore User Groups in depth in a later section.

Let’s now see how to create a user account from the website backend.

Creating a new user account

Starting from Users Dashboard, displayed in Figure 6.1, click on the...