[documentation] Administrator account 6 vs 7

[adept digital evolution]

On 08-26-2009 8:43 PM, Shai Gluskin wrote, in a message entitled "Re: 
[documentation] info needed for installation guide":
>
> Whoa... I hadn't noticed the new *role* that comes *pre-configured*, 
> the "Administrator." (Not sure if this is in the "minimal" install or 
> not).
>
> Here is the thread in the queue that created it:
> http://drupal.org/node/480660
>
> This administrator role is different from "user/1 that you create when 
> you install the site and who is still the "super-user." Not sure if 
> the initial help-text still refers to user/1 as an "administrative 
> account" which would be a bad idea with the new pre-installed 
> "administrator" *role*. User/1 should be referred to as "Super-user" 
> which doesn't have that "admin" sound in it all.


Thanks again for pointing out that change, Shai (and others who posted 
to that other thread).


I think it is !!!extremely unfortunate!!! that the label selected for 
the super-user name & pw during installation was "Administrator" which 
is the same word used for a different preconfigured role. Imagine the 
confusion a user experiences when they up an Administrator account 
during the installation, only to discover that this account is NOT 
assigned to the Administrator ROLE on the "People" page.

Imagine how difficult to explain the distinction in docs when two 
different types of accounts have been given the same name.

**Is it too late to change the labeling of the input fields on the 
"Configure site" installation page to say "Super-User"?**

I hope not.

Meanwhile, I would very much appreciate some feedback on this paragraph 
that I typed up on http://drupal.org/node/540246 (under "6. Configure 
site"). I'm not sure it this list is configured to accept rich text so I 
am putting slashes around any /italics/ (which might convert the 
rendering to italics depending on your email client) where I used 
italics the bullet-point paragraph in question:

<<
Under /Administrator account/ (Drupal 7), enter a user name, email 
address and password for logging into your site as the overall Drupal 
administrator. Note that there is a distinction, as of Drupal 7, between 
the /Drupal administrator/ that you set up on this page, and the 
"Administrator" /site administrator/ role that you will see when you 
visit the "Roles" and "Permissions" pages in the administration 
interface. The account you set up in the "Administrator" fields during 
installation is a super-user (who will be "/user/1", for those of you 
familiar with that account from earlier versions of Drupal) who has 
overall control over every aspect of the management and configuration of 
the site.
 >>


Is that accurate and clear? Thanks.

kazar