Member Management - File Upload

To upload a list of members, you must create a tab-delimited text file with the names and email addresses of the people you wish to add to your intranet. The format must be: last name, first name, middle initial, and email address, one person per record and all fields separated by tabs. The middle initial field may be left blank, but must be present. The simplest way to create a file in this format is from a spreadsheet program such as Excel. Save your information in "Text (Tab delimited)" format.

When you upload your file to SiteScripter, the file will be verified before being loaded. If the file cannot be verified or if you attempt to load more people than the maximum number you are allowed, nothing will be loaded and an error message will be displayed. You can correct any problems and upload the file again. If there are records in your file with email addresses that are already present on your intranet, they will not be loaded; however, the rest of the records will be loaded normally. A summary message will be displayed indicating how many members were loaded and how many duplicates were found.

Each member that is loaded will be sent an email message with the initial random numeric password that the system creates for them. Each member should login using this password and then use the Password tool to change the password to something they can remember. SiteScripter passwords much be at least six characters long.

Once you have completed uploading your members, you may wish to change the member type of some of these people. By default, new members are not given Editor or Admin privileges.

For more information about how Members and Groups work in SiteScripter, read the Members and Groups tutorial.