When you login to the content management system you will find a lot of different buttons and editor options. Find our more about what each one does.
ACCOUNTS BAR (top right)
Contains help links, account information, the GO LIVE button and a dropdown to allow you to switch websites.
MAIN TOOLBAR
This menu contains the main options for editing your website, changing design elements, accessing E-Commerce etc.
DASHBOARD/EDITOR
The main area of the CMS for changing content and settings.
Contains account information and help
Help
Access the CMS Help website (which you are on currently), or send a support ticket.
Select Website
If you have more than website under your accounts, this allows you to move between them.
Your Name
Account Options, Security and Logout Button
Preview
Preview your full website in a new browser.
Go Live (with your website)
Start the process to make your website live, by organising the domain name, confirming email address, choosing hosting plan and paying first month in advance.
Publish
Publish your recent changes so you will see these on your live site, or cement filenames and links.
Welcome Section
View system messages, check usage, account summary
E-Commerce (if you have an e-commerce page added)
Create and manage products, categories, bookings, payment options, vouchers and freight.
Products
Quick link to products if you have an e-commerce page
Orders
Quick link to orders if you have an e-commerce page
Reviews
Quick link to your reviews if you have a reviews plugin enabled.
Enquiries
View messages submitted through contact forms on your site.
Managing Members
Manage your website members, download reports and more
Bookings
Quick link to your bookings if you have an appointment page.
Events
Quick link to your events if you have an events page.
Managing Web Pages
Edit your page content here. Add, rename, move, remove pages etc
Design Template, colours
Change your template style, font colours and advanced web design functions.
Managing Domains and Email
Search, setup or transfer existing domain names. Manage your email settings, accounts.
Search Engines and SEO
Submit your website to Google, Bing and more, Optimise for SEO (Search Engine Optimisation), check visitor statistics, enter advanced tracking codes.
Bulk Emailer
Create and send newsletters, campaigns and other bulk emails to your members.
Search
Search your whole site. Search and replace words. Product search only is available in the products tab.
Files and FTP
Manage all your website files, images, PDFs. Find FTP settings, instructions.
Security
Manage passwords, additional website administrators, site-wide passwords
Settings
Manage Global Contact Details, API Data.
Edit Page Options (otherwise known as the LITTLE TABS ON THE TOP RIGHT)
When you choose to edit a page, a series of shortcuts to various options will appear on the right hand side of the editor, sitting below the accounts bar.
The tabs are the quickest way to navigate around the different options available for any given page type.
e.g. Top Level EDIT PAGE Options
- Edit - Will take you to the main editor window for adding text and images
- Intro - An additional content area for adding text and images. Appears above content added in the mainEDIT window
- Footer - An additional content area for adding text and images. Appears below content added in the main EDIT window
- Options - A shortcut to the page options. Change the template used for the page, add a captcha or inquiry form, where contact forms get sent etc.
- Layout - A shortcut to the change layout options area for the page. You can change the page layout to another, similar page type.
- Sub Menu - Navigate your sub menu or add a new page to it.
- Security - Security options for the page, show only to certain site members, set administrators for the page etc
- Delete - Delete the page
- View - Opens a preview of the current page in a pop-up window.
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You may find it easier to print out the following steps to help create your website.
This page quickly outlines the toolbar functions in the editor
How to add a logo to your website
A quick overview of the editor buttons and what they do
Read here about the importance of publishing changes
You can change the fonts used by the website via the DESIGN > Fonts and Text Colours button
Where to go to change/rename the text that appears in the heading of the website (standard templates)
You can edit your templates footer area via the Design menu.
How to change your contact details on the site and your account
You can give your pages unique filenames and rename in bulk as needed
How to use the Drag and Drop editor including adding links
Add or create a button link in your content using the drag drop editor
Select the text you want to link and click the chain icon to launch the link wizard
You can style a link as a button in the TinyMCE editor.
If you have more than one website here is how to switch between them.
You can change settings to do with any page via the OPTIONS tab.
Not sure about website terminology? Find the definitions of all the web-related terms we use
Detailed instructions on removing stored information from your browser.
This is the most common issue our support desk faces. Browsers cache pages and this causes you to see old/stale content. If this is your issue, there are several answers...
The preferred web browsers for editing content in our CMS is Google Chrome - for both PC and Mac. However, we do widely support Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera, etc. Usage of our WYSIWYG rich content component may differ from browser to browser.
Here is a quick list of things that everyone should know.
If you keep getting logged out after only a few steps, then the problem is to do with session cookies... You need to enable these... here are some tips
Adding a Favicon to your site.
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