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Manage User Accounts in Dolphin

This guide shows you how to look at, change, approve and remove members on a Dolphin community website.

CMS and Apps2 min read17 steps

What is Dolphin?

Dolphin is a script for building a social network site. Members make profiles, add friends and chat. As the site owner, you are the administrator. An administrator is the person who runs the site and can control all members.

Menu names change between Dolphin versions, so look for the closest match on your screen. If you cannot find a setting, ask Hostvento support.

Open the admin panel

  1. Go to your Dolphin site address and add /administration at the end.
  2. Log in with your admin username and password. These were set when you installed Dolphin.
  3. Look at the menu for a section named Builders, Settings or Members. Click the one for member management.

See all members

  1. Open the Members area.
  2. Click Browse or Members to see the list.
  3. Use the search or filter box to find one person. You can search by name or by email.

Approve a new member

Some sites check each new person before letting them in.

  1. Open the list of members.
  2. Filter by Unconfirmed or Pending.
  3. Tick the box next to the name.
  4. Click Approve or Activate.

Edit a member

  1. Find the member in the list.
  2. Click their name or the Edit button.
  3. Change the details, such as their name or email.
  4. Click Save.

Block or delete a member

Warning: deleting a member removes their profile, photos and messages. You cannot get them back, so back up your database first. If you only want to stop someone for a while, suspend them instead.

  1. Tick the box next to the member.
  2. Click Suspend to pause the account. Or click Delete to remove it for good.
  3. Confirm when asked.

Change a membership level

A membership level is a group of rights, like a free or a premium group. Look for Memberships in the admin menu. Open a level to set what it can do. Then assign members to it from the member list.

Tip: Dolphin is older software. Newer versions work in a similar way, though the menus may look different.

Quick recap

  • Log in to /administration on your Dolphin site.
  • Use the members section to find, approve and edit people.
  • Suspend an account to pause it. Delete only if you are sure.
  • Back up before you delete anyone.