NOTE: Needs revision for current version of Drupal

To add a new member:

Login as general administrator or member administrator

Click on the “wrench” in the upper left corner of the website to open the administration menu

Click on “administer”

Click on “user management”

Click on “users”

 

 

The screen should appear as the above photograph.

Click on the tab “Add user” to access the page to add a new member.

 

The screen should appear as the photograph above.

Fill in:

 the username (usually the first name and last name with no capital letters or spaces by convention),

the user email address,

 a dummy password.  The password will be replaced by the user during the first login.

Change status button to “Active”

 

NOTE:  The user email address must be unique and not used by any other member on the site.  Most websites, including this one, use the email address as their master identification key  for keeping track of users.  It is guaranteed to be unique on the internet and is used by the website to verify that the user is valid and make contact with the user.  The member first and last name is not used as a unique identification key.

The page should now look like the photograph below:

 

Scroll down the page and the screen should look like the photograph below:

 

Click on the box that describes the type of membership:

                “Associate member,”

                “Gullwing member”  (includes Roadsters of course!),

                “Honorary member,” or

                “Legacy” member.

IMPORTANT:

CLICK ON ONLY ONE BOX

IGNORE ANY HIGHLIGHTED CLICKS IN “Authenticated User” BOX

DO NOT CLICK ANY OF THE ADMINSTRATIVE USER BOXES

Scroll down to the bottom of the page:

 

Fill in the first name and last name of the new member.

Click on “Create new account”