Ionize User Guide Version 0.9.6


Users and Groups

An Ionize user can or not connect to the website and/or to the admin part of Ionize.
Each user is in a group.
Each group has a level which define its rights in Ionize.

Users and groups are securely stored in the database. The password of each user is strongly encrypted, make it uncrackable in case of database hack.

Groups are defined as follow.

Group Level Description
Super Admins 10000 Users in this group have all rights in Ionize. The user created during installation is member of this group.
Admins 5000 Users in this group have all rights but no access to the Advanced settings panel (DB modification, thumbnail edition, extended fields activation / inactivation, etc.)
Editors 1000 Users in this group can edit all content but have no access to :
  • Website settings,
  • Users settings,
  • Modules administration,
  • Some module panel depending on the module's access restriction.
Users 100 This group has no access to Ionize, but can have access to restricted part of the website.
Pending 50 Contains users waiting for registration acceptation
Guest 10 Users not logged to the website have this level.
Banned -10 Users in this group have no access to the website.