To register a new account on the portal, do as follows:
Procedure 3.1.
Go to the portal by inputting the URL in the address bar (e.g: http://localhost:8080/portal/public/classic).
The anonymous homepage will appear:
Click the Register link on the top of the site, the Register form will be displayed:
(*) required
The Account Setting information includes:
Table 3.1.
Field Information User Name The user name that is used to login into the system. It must be unique. The user name must be started with a character. Password The security characters are used to login. It must have at least 6 characters. Confirm Password The re-typed password above. The password in Password field and this field must be the same. First Name Your first name Last Name Your last name Email Address Your email address. It must have a right format: username@abc.comInput values for the fields in this form.
Click the
icon to search and check if the inputted user name is available or not.
Input values in the fields of User Profile tab, including: Profile information, Home information and Business information.
Click Save to register a new account, or Reset to renew all inputted values. There is an alert message, and you cannot add a new account successfully if at least one of these cases occurs:
User name is existing or invalid.
Password has less than 6 characters.
Password and Confirm Password are not the same.
Email Address has invalid format.
Required fields are empty.
After adding a new account, contact with the administrator to get the confirmation.
You should enter your email address exactly because when you forget username or password, you can recover it by using this email address.
This function enables you to go into eXo Content in the private mode.
Procedure 3.2. Sign in
Go to the eXo Content in the public mode by inputting the URL in the address bar (e.g: http://localhost:8080//portal/public/classic/).
Click the Login link at the top of the home page. The Sign in form will appear:
Input your registered User name and Password.
Click Sign in to accept, or Discard to exit from the Sign in form.
Table 3.2. Options
Option Information User name To input the registered username. Password To input the password of your username. Forgot your User Name/Password To retrieve the forgotten user name or password when you forget. Sign in To sign into the eXo Portal with the inputted user name and password. Discard To close the Sign In form without any changes. If the User Name does not exist or the inputted User name/Password is invalid, there will be an alert message that requires users to input right values. The page will be redirected to the private security checking mode.
To login again, enter User Name and Password again.
After signing in, you will be redirected to the authenticated homepage like the illustration.
The function lets you get back to the anonymous portal. It ends your current portal session.
To sign out, click the Logout link on the right access banner:
or click eXo > Sign Out from the menu:
If you forget your account or password, you can recover them by doing as follows:
Procedure 3.3.
Click the link Forgot your User Name/Password? in the Sign in form.
This form offers two options:
- Forgot my password:
If you forgot your password, you need to select this option.
- Forgot my username:
If you forgot your username, you need to select this option.
Select one of these two options in this form. The selected option will be shown:
If the Forgot my password option is selected the form to recover the password appears:
If the Forgot my username option is selected, the form to recover the user name appears:
Enter your username or email in the corresponding form.
Click Send to send the inputted values.
Once information has been sent, you will receive an email with your User name/ Password in your email address that you registered.
If you forget User Name: when a username is retrieved, your old username is restored and can be reused and a new password is also sent to your email with the old username.
If you forget old password: a new password will be set (as temporary, then you will be directed to change the password for the next time you sign in).
The function enables you change your account information, such as your profile and password.
Procedure 3.4.
The first thing to do is to directly click your own account name.
The Account Profiles tab will appear:
Procedure 3.5. To Change Account Profiles
Select the Account Profiles tab.
This tab displays your current basic information.
Change your First Name, Last Name and Email. You cannot change your User Name.
Click Save to accept changes.
Procedure 3.6. To change your Password
Select the Change Password tab.
Input your current password to identify that you are the owner of this account.
Input your new password, it must have at least 6 characters.
Input your password again in the Confirm New Password field.
Click Save to accept changes.
The priority order of display language is shown to the following order:
User's language
Browser's language
Portal 's language.
Thus, to display your preferred language, you should pay attention to this order to change the language type appropriately.
Procedure 3.7.
Move the mouse on eXo > Change Language on the top left corner of the portal:
The Interface Language Setting form appears:
Select the another language in the list. The currently selected language will be marked with the
icon.
Click Apply to change the display language temporarily, and wait few seconds to take effect, or click Cancel to quit without any changes.
The eXo skins are attractive user interface styles for displaying a portal. Each skin has its own characteristics with different backgrounds, icons, and more. To use the portal easily and effectively, you are allowed to change the skin of the current site.
Procedure 3.8.
Move the cursor to eXo > Change Skin item in the drop-down menu:
The Skin Setting form appears.
Select the skin you want by clicking its name.
Click Apply and wait a few seconds to take affect.
These actions can be done by users who have the right to use the administration bar with a personal preferences menu.