Managing User Accounts and Maker Records
This section describes how to modify and manage Manifold accounts in the backend and assumes you are in the User (or Maker) account drawer, accessed by clicking on a name from the list of Users (or Makers) under the Records menu.
Modifying User Accounts
Changing a User’s Password
To change a User’s password, click Reset Password
below the user’s name, beside the green key icon. A prompt will come up asking if you want to Generate a New Password or Set a New Password. If you click Generate New Password
the system will automatically create a new password and email it to the address on file. If you click Generate New Password
you can manually input a new password and save it to the system.
Deleting a User
To delete a User account, click the Delete User
button beside the red trashcan icon under the User’s name. You will receive a warning asking you to confirm you want to delete this particular Maker. Deleting a User permanently removes them from the system along with any highlights, annotations, or comments they have made.
Adjusting a User’s Email
Under the EMAIL
heading in the drawer you can directly modify a User’s email address. Click Save Maker
near the bottom of the drawer to push your changes into the system.
Adjusting a User’s Name
You can directly modify a User’s name using the First Name
, Middle Name
, Last Name
, and Suffix
headers. Click Save Maker
near the bottom of the drawer to push your changes into the system.
User Avatars
User avatars are not accessible from the User account drawer. User avatars can only be added or modified by users themselves from the Edit Profile
link attached to their avatar dropdown menu.
Modifying Maker Records
The Maker record drawer is also accessible from (1) the People
sidebar link under the Projects
menu and (2) the People
sidebar of a specific text, arrived at by clicking the name of a text under Texts
in the Projects
menu and then People
from the truncated sidebar.
Deleting a Maker
To delete a Maker account, click the Delete Maker
button beside the red trashcan icon under the Maker’s name. You will receive a warning asking you to confirm you want to delete this particular Maker. Deleting a Maker permanently removes them from the system. Projects to which they are associated will otherwise be unaffected.
Adjusting a Maker’s Name
You can directly modify a Maker’s name using the First Name
, Middle Name
, Last Name
, and Suffix
headers. Click Save Maker
near the bottom of the drawer to push your changes into the system.
Maker Avatars
You can add a Maker avatar in either JPEG, TIFF, GIF, or PNG format to the system under the Avatar Image
heading. Images should be in a 1:1 ratio and no less than 40 pixels wide. Maker avatars display beneath the title on the project landing page.