User Editor
Add, Edit, or Delete your users and their information.
The default location where the user’s data is kept here:
/EZUser_Support_Files/userdata/
Each user has their own file called “(email-address).dat”. For example, if you
had a user with a username of me@coolbeans.com their corresponding data file
would be named me@coolbeans.com.dat. These “user files” contain the attributes
for each user. If you were to open a user file with a text editor, you would see
something like this:
|me@coolbeans.com|password|Mike||1|||||||| 1245368689|1|1245475444|30|0|0|0|||||||||| |||1|1|||||||
This is a “flat File” database. Each element of this “flat file database” is
separated by a “|” character. For a list of what each variable is, take a look
at this spreadsheet.
You can edit this file with a text editor to change each user’s attributes. But
it is much easier to use the User Editor to do this for you instead.
Here is a description of what options are in the User Editor.
User Name: This MUST be a valid email address. If not, email functions will fail
for this user.
Password: This is the user’s password. No requirements are placed on length or
character types. Just type in any password. You can even leave the field blank
for no password if you want (not recommended).
Personal Information: Enter the users name, address, etc
Subscribed to list 1, 2, 3: Check this box to subscribe the user to email list
1, 2, and/or 3. These “lists” can be chosen as email distribution lists. (See
“Select Users” for more info).
Access Lvl: This is the access level of the current user. Access levels are used
to limit access to certain pages in your website. (See “Access Levels” for more
info).
Expires Date: This is the date that the user’s account expires. You can enter a
date in plain text (like Dec 20 2012) and on that date, the user will no longer
be allowed to log in to their account. This feature is used mainly for the
optional Paypal subscription functions. When an account is expired, the user is
re-directed to Paypal to purchase more time. (See “Paypal Subscription” for more
info).
Banned until: By entering a date here, you will disable the user’s account until
that date. For example, entering a date like feb 26 2020 will disable that
user’s account until after that date has passed.
Suspend Account: Checking this box will disable this user’s account. It will
stay disabled until you uncheck the box.
View User Log File: Clicking this link will bring up that user’s log file and
list every action taken by that user since their account was created. Very
useful for tracking users and seeing what they are up to.
Editing an Existing User
To edit an existing user, click on their email address in the right panel. This
will load the account info into the left panel of the editor. Once loaded, you
may edit any field that you want. Be sure to re-save the account when you are
done editing by clicking the “Save Changes” button at the bottom of the form.
Deleting an Existing User:
To delete an existing user, click on their email address in the right panel.
This will load the account info into the left panel of the editor. Once loaded,
simply click the “Delete THIS User” button and the account will be deleted. When
a user is deleted, their user file is moved to a deleted folder, so the user is
can be “un-deleted” by moving the file back into the “userdata” directory.
IMHO, you should never delete an account. Instead, simply suspend the
account. This keeps the user from logging in and keeps them from opening another
account under the same email address. It also gives you the option to keep them
on your mailing list or not simply by checking or un-checking the “subscribes to
list 1, 2, or 3”. It also keeps their log file intact so you can see why you
wanted to delete the user in the first place.