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User Management

Guide to managing user accounts, roles, and author profiles from the SkyCMS admin dashboard.

Audience: Administrators

Accessing User Management

Navigate to Editor → Users from the sidebar. User management is restricted to users with the Administrator role.

User Accounts

Viewing Users

The user inventory page displays a paginated, sortable table with:

  • Email address
  • Email confirmation status (confirmed / unconfirmed)
  • Two-factor authentication status (ON / OFF badge)
  • Phone number confirmation status
  • Assigned roles

Use the pagination and sort controls to navigate large user lists.

Creating a User

  1. Click Create on the user list page.
  2. Enter the user's email address.
  3. Optionally auto-generate a password or enter one manually.
  4. Click Create.
  5. A confirmation page is displayed. If email delivery is configured, the user receives a confirmation email.

Confirming Emails

If a user hasn't confirmed their email:

  • Click Confirm Email to manually confirm the account.
  • Click Resend Confirmation to send a new verification email.
  • Click Unconfirm Email to revoke confirmation status.

Password Resets

Click Send Password Reset next to any user to email them a password reset link. This requires a working email provider configuration.

Deleting Users

  1. Select one or more users using the checkboxes.
  2. Click Delete in the bulk actions bar.
  3. Confirm the deletion.

Safeguard: The system prevents deleting the last administrator account. At least one admin must remain.

Role Assignment

Viewing a User's Roles

Click Roles next to any user to see their current role membership.

Assigning Roles

  1. Open the Role Assignment page for a user.
  2. Toggle roles on or off.
  3. Click Save.

Users can belong to multiple roles simultaneously. See Roles & Permissions for the full permission matrix.

Bulk Role Actions

From the user list, select multiple users and use the bulk actions Add Role or Remove Role to modify roles in batch.

Author Profiles

Author profiles contain biographical information displayed on blog posts and article bylines.

Managing Author Profiles

  1. Navigate to Editor → Users → Author Profiles.
  2. Browse the paginated, sortable author list.
  3. Click Edit to update an author's profile:
  4. Display name
  5. Bio text
  6. Social media links (Twitter, Instagram)
  7. Click Save.

Deleting Author Profiles

Click Delete next to an author profile to remove it. This removes the profile data only — the associated user account is not affected.

Built-in Roles

Role Purpose
Administrator Full system access — user management, settings, CDN, storage, audit logs
Editor Full content creation and publishing, template/layout management, file manager
Author Create and edit own content, submit for review, file manager access
Reviewer View content and provide feedback only
Authenticated Reserved for future extensibility
Anonymous Reserved for future extensibility

Administrators can also create custom roles. See Roles & Permissions for the full permission matrix.

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