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The relationship between the MailPoet Newsletter system and the News Stories Post system requires the author of a story to be a user in our WordPress setup.


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The relationship between the MailPoet Newsletter system and the News Stories Post system requires the author of a story to be a user in our WordPress setup.

Here is how a new user is added:

Add a New User

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This is slightly different than just adding a new user. We do not want this person to actually use our WordPress website. It’s more like setting up a dummy account.

Step #1: Access the User Accounts

  1. Login to the District Website.
  2. Locate the Users function and click Add New
    (Left side of Dashboard)

Note: If you do not see the User function, ask the site administrator to upgrade your permissions.

Step #2: Add User Information

Add this info:

  1. Username (required)
    (I use the person’s first name with no caps)
  2. Enter their email address.
    (Must use a real email address.)
  3. First Name
    (This show up in the newsletter and News Stories)
  4. Last Name
    (This too show so make sure you use proper capitalization.)
  5. Website
    (You can leave this blank.)
  6. Make sure the “Send the new user an email about their account.” is UNchecked.
    (They do not need to be notified.)
  7. Change the Role to “Editor”
    (Otherwise, it will not show up in the drop-down window of the Author field in the news Story.)

Note: 

NOTE: This is a dummy account. It needs to have a difficult password, but the account will never be used (accessed).

Step #3: Set the Password

  1. Click the Show Password button
    (A difficult password will be automatically generated.)
  2. Leave it as is.
  3. Now click the Add New User button.
    (The user is create and their information is presented to be edited.)

Note: The administrator can change this at any time, if we really need this person to access the site.

There is one more setting to change which only shows up after the account is crated.

Step #4: Changes After Create

  1. Put a check-mark in the Hide Admin Area
    (It’s a dummy account, they do not need to see admin area.)
  2. Click Update User.
You are done.

Note: If you were creating a real account that was going to be accessed, we wouldn’t hide the admin area.