1.      Preliminary: You will need a user ID that is authorized to work on user profiles.

2.      After you have logged in to the Admin section of the www.NEBridge.org website, click on the word “Users” on the Site administration menu.

3.      The list of users should appear.

A.     To return to a previous screen, click on one of the items listed above “Select user to change in the upper left corner.

B.     To add a new user click on the “Add user” button in the upper right corner.

C.     To work  on an existing user, click on the Username on the appropriate line.

4.      When you click on the “Add user” button, the following screen appears to allow you to enter the Username and Password.

A.     The Username can be any combination of up to thirty characters.

B.     The Password must be entered twice.

C.     The fields at the bottom are not used.

D.     When you have entered the Username and Password (twice), click on one of the “Save” buttons.

5.      The Change user screen appears when you have added a user or selected an existing user to work on. It is rather long. Here is the top half:

A.     The Username is the first field that is filled in on the login screen. You will probably never change this field for existing users.

B.     You cannot change the password in the Password field. You must click on the words “change password form” to enter a new password.

C.     The First Name, Last Name, and e-mail address are not required.

D.     Unless you have a good reason to deny the user access, you should check all three of the boxes.

E.      If a user is no longer allowed to use the administration software, deactivate him/her by unchecking the Active box.

F.      To reach the rest of the screen you can use the slidebar or press Page Down

G.     You should seldom or never need to change any of the fields on the bottom half of the screen. When everything seems OK, click on the “Save” button in the lower right corner.

H.     You can remove a user from the system by clicking on the red text “X Delete” in the lower left corner. However, you should only do this if the user was entered in error and has never used the system.  If a user is no longer allowed to use the administration software, deactivate him/her by unchecking the Active box as shown above.