Security Settings

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1. To access the Settings Manager, place your mouse over the Administration tab at the top of the screen, select Settings Manager.
2. The Settings Manager screen opens. Scroll to the Security section.
3. The second section of the Settings Manager has to do with Security of the portal. Here you can change the settings with regards to user passwords, message boards, and registration.
4. The first three settings in Security are related to each other. If you leave User passwords expire: unchecked you do not need to change the other settings.
5. If you decide to have user passwords expire, click to place a check in the box next to User passwords expire:

Settings_Sec_Pwd_Expires

6. You'll then need to decide the Password expiration time:

Settings_Sec_Pwd_Exp_Time

7. Also, the Password history: the system remembers. This setting won't allow users to use passwords they've used in the past, depending on this setting.

Settings_Sec_Pwd_Remember

8. Choose the minimum number of characters for the passwords, the default is five.

Settings_Sec_Pwd_Min_Char

9. To disable the Remember Me box, click to remove the check mark. The default is checked.

Settings_Sec_Remember_Me

10. It is not recommended you make changes to the Account Lockout settings or the Account Access Window settings.

Settings_Sec_Account_Access

11. The default for Guest Account Access is 30 days, you can shorten or lengthen this time as appropriate for your community.

Settings_Sec_Guest_Access_Time

12. The Maximum Users per House is a contractual setting. Please contact IntelliCommunities with questions.

Settings_Sec_Max_Users_House

13. When new users are added to the portal, they are sent a randomly generated password. That password expires after a length of time to protect the privacy of the information on the portal. To change the length of time, type in the timeframe in days in the New user account expiration: text box. The default is 30.

Settings_Sec_New_User)Exp

14. The following settings are regarding anonymous submissions, and enabling registrations. You can also enable the weather here. If the weather is enabled, there must be a zip code in the Community Weather Information text box. The defaults are shown below.

Settings_Sec_Weather_Reg

15. To save your changes and close this screen, scroll to the bottom and click on the Save button.

Save_Button

16. To discard your changes, click on the Cancel button at the bottom of the screen.

Cancel_Button