• Groups how and what
• Protecting a directory by creating a area
• Manage request to areas

Groups how and what

Groups are used to manage a cluster members with the same interest. We use them to make security easy you can assign one group to multiple areas, with the result that all members of the group have access to the area(s). Also members can be assigned a default group(s) when the register, reducing the administration of new users. You can manage groups form the admin web page by selecting edit groups. The following content will be show on your srceen.

Viewing groups 0 to 0 (of 0 total groups) New Groups Send Mail Id Full Name Description Active Pages:

Click on the New hyperlink at the left top corner to create a new group. Below we explain in more detail how the fields for a groups should be filled.

Edit Group This is a group, it can be active for different Areas or Members. (* = Required Information) Id: Active: Full Name: Description: Test Members Active Passive admin

First fill a short name of your group in to the Id field. Check active if group should be used when creating the passwords for a protected area. So only uncheck it if this group should not longer be used, but you don't want to delete it yet. The full name and the description are information fields which are shown when you browse the groups. You can use the buttons to move members form passive to active of the otherway arround. Hit Change Group to save the group information. When you are editing a group also a delete buttion will be shown. Editing a group is can be done by clicking on the hyperlink of the group in the group list. Also you can send a mail to all the members of the group by clicking on the mail icon for each group.

Viewing groups 1 to 1 (of 1 total groups) New Groups Send Mail Id Full Name Description Active Group1 Tester Group Test  Pages:1

 Protecting a directory by creating a Area

Directory on your webserver are protected by MCC through areas. In the directory you can place your HTML files that you want to be only accessible by a known group of members. We are creating .htaccess and .htpasswd files in the directory you want to protect. These files are read by you webserver forcing a you to provide username and password. In the admin menu you find the hyperlink Edit Areas click on it and the following content will appear.

Edit Area Use member access to area as less as possible. Id: Arealist sortkey: Active: Full Name: URL: Path: Description: Note: Include password in redirect to protected area Use script to open Area Script action Hide area from listindex Disable password file creation Is requestable Members Active Passive admin Groups Active Group1 Passive

 Manage request to areas

MCC has an feature that can be used to request access to an area. It is avaialble when you have choosen too show not authorized areas in "preference and settings" to your members. When a member clicks on the hyperlink of a not authorized area he can toggle between requesting access or not. Request can be approved by admin members via the admin page and the link "manage requests". The link will open the page below.

Viewing Requests 1 to 1 (of 1 total requests) Area requests Members Areas Active admin Area1 Pages:1

Click on the member hyperlink to process the request in the following screen.

Edit Profile This is your profile. You can choose which information to fill out, other than the required section. This information will be displayed in various places throughout J2Use - Demo. (* = Required Information) * Username: admin * Choose password: * Verify password: * Name: * Email: This must be a valid e-mail address. Admin: Active: Area requests: Area1 Areas Active Passive Area1 Groups Active Passive Group1 Continue Accepted Rejected Message only sent when not empty