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A user account is for a public user who has a member status within your site.

For example, if you have a member’s section on your site, a person needs a user account to access it. A user account does not have access to either the inline edit or administration interface within Matrix.

Only backend users, system administrators, or the root user can create a user account. The account should be in a user group under the Users folder. To view an asset, you need to grant a user read permission to the asset. You can create as many user accounts as you want within your system.

You can also create an Account manager page to allow a public user to create their user account and maintain their account details.

Read User account type quick reference to understand the different abilities each user account type has in a Matrix system.

Usage scenarios

Some usage scenarios for this user account type include:

  • You have an intranet that you want every staff member to access but do not want everyone to create content or edit pages.

  • You have a members-only area of your website that requires users to sign in to access the pages.