Does anyone know how to allow a UserRole=Author (or Editor) to easily login into the back end of the site? Not sure how to avoid the default geocraft sign in page for User Roles other than Admin Thanks!
Hello, Go to Users > Add New and create new user from there and set it role. Sending image for reference
And then if you want to display them to login directly to the backend, Just add /wp-admin/ after your website link. So for example if your site is: www.mysite.com link them to go to: www.mysite.com/wp-admin/ then login that way.
Hey, thanks for the detailed responses! But I apologize, my question was not clear enough -- I understand how to create other users, I already have other user/user-roles created. Also had already attempted logging into /www.mysite.com/wp-admin/ -- but doing so does NOT give me the WP Login screen. I have installed the newest GeoCraft on 3 test sites and they all default to the GeoCraft login dashboard even when I type in /www.mysite.com/wp-admin/. On the GeoCraft dashboard, I can log in as my Admin and get to the backend, but logging in as an Editor only returns the GeoCraft dashboard. If going to www.mysite.com/wp-admin/ SHOULD get me to the backend ... well, it's just not... did something change in this version? is it something awry in my installs? I guess I don't know where to look at this point Otherwise how can I change the user role Editor to default to the load the backend when logging in rather the GeoCraft dashboard? Hope this helps clarify, thanks again!
Herm yeah sorry I have not tested what you were asking on my site, I was just going by previous experience with dashboard login. Perhaps the geocraft theme re-directs anyone but administrator so that any issues with site look is preserved, and so that people dont mess with your admin back end. However. If you have set your user to Editor, you can create a custom link or give your editors a custom link to the dashboard. After they login, they are processed to the homepage or the geocraft dashboard. If they want to go to view the wp-dashboard just have them paste the link with this at the end while logged in: http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/ or http://www.yoursite.com/dashboard/ The geocraft theme uses the slug dasboard without the h. If you are an editor and logged it, if you enter this link you should be re-directed to the editor version of WordPress. Hope that answers your question!
I really appreciate your input, kentoliver Yep, I too am assuming that redirect is in place as you described... and your other suggestions are quite reasonable as well, unfortunately, while logged in as the Editor or non-admin, typing in either of those url paths results in this message: "You are not allowed to access this part of the site" http://screencast.com/t/OIeIKO6kE Looks like basically the original question is still open ... What do I need to do to allow an Editor user, a NON-Admin user, to easily access the backend. In my case, I will have 1 User=Editor for each of my sites who will need to modify listings through the backend -- where do I give the permissions for this? Thanks?
Be sure that you log into your backend under your admin account. Go to the users page, and update the user to an Editor. Log out, and go back to the updated editor account and try the process again. I tested this process under my geocraft and was successful. Above you will see the wp-dash editor appearance using the geocraft theme. What version of geocraft are you using?
Ok, just tried on a fresh reboot w/cleared cache and it popped in fine as an Editor using that process -- sorry, should have tried the clearcache on that before last post Mucho gracias for your quick suggestions!
No problemo ^^ I should a mentioned to clear cache n cookies. Sometimes I answer without checking using what I know about wordpress. If it fails the first time, then I generally test to make sure my answer works out. Glad to hear you got it all working out!
