Advanced Control Panel Usage

These directions are for MFPL administrators or members who control their own servers.

The ​Members Control panel provides extra links from users who are logged in with "server" level permissions.

When logged in as a server admin, you will see three links at the top:

Top  Members Area  Hosting Order Area

The "Top" area provides a top-level view of all of the members on your server. This is where you go to add a new member.

The "Members Area" allows you to locate a particular member and look at their records. Note: if you want to add a hosting order to a member, you should do that from the Members area.

The "Hosting Order Area" allows you to operate on a specific, single hosting order.

The two items most frequently added are: new hosting orders and new members.

The first task is to determine which item you want to add. If the member already exists (you can to a search from the Top area), then you don't need to add the new member, you can just add the hosting order to that membership.

Adding a new member

• Click the Top link.
• Ensure that the Services drop down is set to Members
• Click Add Item
• Fill in the information. Set Dues to 0 unless you want MFPL to send them dues payment invoices.
• Click Submit

Adding a new hosting order

• Click the Members Area link
• Select the Member from the drop down menu
• Ensure that Services is set to Hosting Orders
• Click Add Item
• Fill in the details (for description, you can put anything you like - e.g. web site)