User accounts on michigandaily.com are managed through Wordpress by site administrators. These usually include the EIC, ME, DME, and MOEs.

Adding Users

Single User

For one-off additions (e.g. if someone joins staff in the middle of the semester), a user can be added using the Wordpress interface.

1. Log into michigandaily.com as an administrator.
2. On the dashboard sidebar, click “Users”, then “Add New”

3. Fill in the form, and select a role that aligns with their position in the Daily.

4. Wordpress should force them to set a new password when joining, but if not, remind the new user to pick a new (secure) password.

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Bulk

For bulk additions (e.g. at the beginning of each semester), compile a spreadsheet with a list of users to be added. It should be in this format:

First Name	Last Name	Uniqname	Email	Role
Naitian	Zhou	naitian	naitian@umich.edu	administrator
… more users

Send this spreadsheet to the MOEs, who will forward it to our Newspack technical contact to have the users added. Plan for this process to take two or three business days.

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Removing Users

When a user has left The Daily, we need to remove their edit privileges. You can do this by changing their role to No Role. This will keep their bylines, but prevent them from making any edits to the website or their profile whatsoever.

Note: if you delete a user, their bylines will also be removed or reassigned to another user.

1. Log into michigandaily.com as an administrator.
2. On the dashboard sidebar, click “Users”
3. Select the user(s) you want to remove

4. Click on the “Change role too…” dropdown and select “No role for this site.” Then click change

User Roles

There are several levels of permissions on this website.

Administrators have full access to the site. Only the Big Three, the MOEs, certain business staff and some professional staff have administrator access. Only people that absolutely need full administrator access should have it so that we can maintain a secure and stable site.

Editors can create, view and edit any posts on the website, as well as publish to the live site.

The majority of staffers have contributor permissions. Contributors can create, view and edit their own drafts, but not others’. They cannot publish, but they can submit to editors for review.

Subscribers can only edit and maintain their author profiles. They have no other privileges on the site. Most authors imported from our legacy site have this role.