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Promoting users to admin: how to get to Network Admin & Dashboard?

Paul S
Participant

@sobercatholic

14 years, 1 month ago

I need to promote one or more users to Administrator (or Super Administrator) status to approve/delete new or spammer/abusive members, along with patrolling Groups and Forums to clean up content. I did that with a test account to see what level of access a promoted user gets. When I logged into my network under this newly promoted test account, it didn’t seem to have any greater level of function than before.

How does an Administrator get to the Dashboard, so that if needed he/she can delete users, add plugins, etc? The way I do it now is to go to Blue Host, login under the Control Panel (cPanel) and the login as Admin through there. Then I see the Network Admin with the “Super Admin” functions.

Is a promoted user supposed to have a WordPress account, and are they supposed to login with that at the NetworkName dot com/wp-login.php address? I want any new Admins to NOT have access through Blue Host.

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modemlooper
Moderator

@modemlooper

14 years, 1 month ago

Are you making them admins in the WP backend or just groups?

pcwriter
Participant

@pcwriter

14 years, 1 month ago

@Paul

Under “Super Admin” > “Users”, click “Edit” under the username of the member you want to promote.
Then, on the member’s WP Edit User screen, check the box labeled ” Grant this user super admin privileges for the Network”.
Save.

bplove
Participant

@bplove

14 years, 1 month ago

Would be nice if there was a “BuddyPress” Admin setting that did not have to be “Super Admin” for the whole network but still had access to the BuddyPress adminning…

Paul S
Participant

@sobercatholic

14 years, 1 month ago

@Modemlooper: in the WP backend

@pswriter: Pardon me if this is a stupid questiont, as I am new to a lot of this, but why do I need to give them “SuperAdmin” status? Why can’t regular “Admin” status work? All I need is for some people to approve/ban new members (spammers) and maybe patrol the forums/groups.

I’ll do that if needed, but then what does “Admininstrator” do?

Thanks!

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