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Wednesday November 04 2026
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Module 1: Getting oriented as a site administrator Updated Markdown page
The first module of Site administration, the administrator's job, the training installation, the Setup area, System information, the settings page and exp:ini. Five lessons, 2 hours 55 minutes.
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Lesson 1.2: A tour of the Setup area Updated Markdown page
Learners find their way around the Setup area of the administration, name what each group of the Setup menu is for, and find any Setup page in under a minute. 35 minutes.
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Lesson 1.5: INI files and exp:ini on the command line Updated Markdown page
Learners find the INI files of an installation, read and write a setting with exp:ini in every common scope, preview changes with --dry-run, and know where backups and the audit record go. 35 minutes.
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Lesson 1.3: System information and health checks Updated Markdown page
Learners read the System information page, act on its health checks, compare it with the command-line report, and produce a masked report for a support request. 35 minutes.
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Lesson 1.4: The settings page Updated Markdown page
Learners read where an INI value comes from on the settings page, compare two siteaccesses, and change and remove one setting safely on their training installation. 40 minutes.
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Lesson 1.1: What a site administrator does Updated Markdown page
Learners describe the duties of a site administrator, tell the administration, editor and public siteaccesses apart, and start their own training installation for the course. 30 minutes.
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Module 2: Users and groups Updated Markdown page
The second module of Site administration, users and user groups, creating and managing accounts, passwords and lockouts, unactivated users and Check user accounts, and changing the owner of content. Five lessons, 3…
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Lesson 2.5: Changing the owner of content Updated Markdown page
Learners change the owner of one item and of a subtree from the administration with a preview first, and preview the same change on the command line, as part of handing over a departing user's content. 30 minutes.
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Lesson 2.2: Creating and managing user accounts Updated Markdown page
Learners create user accounts at example.invalid, place a user in a second group, move a user, and disable and enable an account. 40 minutes.
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Lesson 2.3: Passwords, resets and lockouts Updated Markdown page
Learners change their own password, set another user's password, reset a password on the command line, and lock and unlock an account after failed sign-ins on their training installation. 45 minutes.
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Lesson 2.4: Unactivated users and checking user accounts Updated Markdown page
Learners clean up registrations nobody finished, use Check user accounts to find unused, disabled, locked and orphaned accounts, act on them in bulk, and retire accounts without removing them. 40 minutes.
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Lesson 2.1: Users and user groups Updated Markdown page
Learners explain how users and user groups are content in the Users tree, read a user's groups and roles, and create a user group for a team. 35 minutes.
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Module 3: Roles and policies Updated Markdown page
The third module of Site administration, roles, policies and limitations, building a role, assigning it with and without limitation, testing it, and anonymous access and registration. Five lessons, 3 hours 15 minutes.
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Lesson 3.5: Anonymous access and open registration Updated Markdown page
Learners read what the Anonymous role lets every visitor do, check it as a signed-out visitor, and switch open registration on and off with the user/register policy. 40 minutes.
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Lesson 3.3: Assigning roles, with and without limitation Updated Markdown page
Learners assign a role to a user group, assign the same role limited to a subtree or a section, read who a role reaches, and remove assignments. 40 minutes.
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Lesson 3.2: Building a role with limited policies Updated Markdown page
Learners create a role with the policy wizard, add limited policies for reading, creating and editing content, put the policies in order, save the draft, and copy a role. 45 minutes.
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Lesson 3.1: Roles, policies and limitations Updated Markdown page
Learners explain how roles, policies and limitations combine into what a user may do, and read any role's page as plain sentences, including full access and roles that can change roles. 35 minutes.
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Lesson 3.4: Testing what a user may do Updated Markdown page
Learners test a role by signing in as a test user, read a user's Policies tab, diagnose missing access, and fix it by narrowing or adding a policy. 35 minutes.
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Module 4: Sections, siteaccesses and object states Updated Markdown page
The fourth module of Site administration, sections and a members area, reading siteaccesses and their matching, object states with a review example, and content languages. Four lessons, 2 hours 50 minutes.
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Lesson 4.4: Content languages Updated Markdown page
Learners tell content languages from interface languages, read Setup > Languages, add a language, make a siteaccess show it with SiteLanguageList, and know what removing a translation or a language does. 40 minutes.