Provide users access to the Advanced User interface

A setting in the users.xml file determines whether users in IXIASOFT CCMS Web have access to functionality intended for SMEs and casual contributors, or the Advanced User interface that is aimed at technical writers.

The users.xml file must be editable. If it is locked by another CCMS Web administrator, a message appears on the User Management page saying that "users.xml is locked by [email] since [date]". Confer with the other administrator prior to breaking the lock on the file.

Add a user to the Advanced Users group within users.xml to provide access for the user to the Advanced User interface.

  1. From the Administration menu, click User Management.
  2. Click Edit.
    A message appears saying "users.xml has been checked out."
  3. Click Ctrl + F within the users.xml window to open a search dialog, and then enter the first or last name of the user. Click Enter.
    The file scrolls to the first match that appears, and the name is highlighted.
  4. Add <group name="Advanced Users"> within the <groups> section for that user.
    The result should look similar to the following example: 
    <groups>
	<group name="Advanced Users"/>
	<group name="Everyone"/> 
</groups>
  5. Click Save.
    A message appears saying: "users.xml has been saved and checked in."
The next time this user launches CCMS Web, the Advanced User interface for writers will appear.