Getting Started with PHP MicroCMS (for version 2.0.0 or above)
1. Settings and account parameters.
In this section described how to change settings and Account parameters.
1.1 Setting up site parameters.
Select Settings from General Menu. On the page you will get you can easy change a text of header and footer. Also you can change site template. Just select template according to your needs and press Change button.
Select Settings from General Menu. On the page you will get you can see 3 tabs: General Settings,
Visual Settings and Templates & Styles.
On General Settings tab you can change:
- - Text Direction
- - SEO URLs
- - E-mail address
- - RSS Feed Type
On Visual Settings tab you can change:
- - Header Text
- - Slogan
- - Footer Text
- - Tag <TITLE>
- - Meta Tag <KEYWORDS>
- - Meta <DESCRIPTION>
On Templates & Styles tab you can change:
- - Template
1.2 Changing account parameters.
1.2.1 My Account.
Log in to your account, using administrator username and password. Then select My account from Accounts Menu. You will get a page where you can change Admin email and password. Enter new password or email and then press Change button.
1.2.2 Admins Accounts.
Select Admins from Accounts Menu. You will get a page where you can change Admins accounts. You can add, edit or delete existing accounts.
1.2.3 Users Accounts.
Select Users from Accounts Menu. You will get a Users Management page. On this page you can add, edit or delete existing accounts.
2. Languages Management.
In this section described how to manage languages and edit language settings.
2.1 Inserting/Editing Language.
Click on Language Menu from Languages Settings. On a page that opens you will see a list of existing languages. You can edit them and/or add new language, change display order etc. When you add or edit existing language you need to insert name of language, abbreviation, text direction, icon image and some other data. When all needed data was entered - press on Create/Update button to save it.
2.2 Editing language vocabulary.
When you add new language, MicroCMS creates for new language a vocabulary (the list of predefined constants, used by the system) and you will need to translate them into the new language.
3. Managing menu.
In this section described how to manage menu categories and items.
3.1 Creating menu categories.
Click on Add New Menu from Menus Management. In the text box enter a proper name for menu category and select placement (left, top, right or bottom) from dropdown list, also choose language. Menu categories will appear sorted by order from smallest to highest (last added category automatically gets lowest priority). Press on Create button to finish creating new menu category process.
3.2 Editing menu categories.
To edit existing menu category - select Edit Menus from Menus Management page, then click on
appropriate category from the list. Perform all changes you need and then press on
Save Changes button. Also you may change display order of each category.
If you want to delete menu category - go to Edit Menus, then select it from the list
and click on delete link at the right side.
4. Pages Management.
In this section described how to manage pages.
4.1 Editing Homepage.
To edit Homepage - select Edit Menus from Pages Management. Perform all
changes you need in all fields and then press on Save Changes button.
If you need to insert/upload images - click on Insert Image icon in the toolbar of
WYSIWYG editor, then upload/select your image and press Submit button.
4.2 Creating new pages.
Click on Add New Page from Pages Management. In the Page Header text box enter
a proper name for this page. Choose appropriate value from dropdown list to
relate this page to selected menu and enter a text in Page Text textarea.
You may also define is a page will be an article or just a link, allow comments,
enter meta tags data, publish or just save changes without publishing. Click on Create
button to finish the process.
If you need to insert/upload images into page text - click on Insert Image icon in
the toolbar of WYSIWYG editor, then upload/select your image and press Submit button.
4.3 Editing pages.
To edit existing page - click on Edit Pages from Pages Management, then select an
appropriate page from the list. Perform all changes you need and then press on
Save Changes button.
If you need to insert/upload images into page text - click on Insert Image icon in
the toolbar of WYSIWYG editor, then upload/select your image and press Submit button.
5. Modules.
In this section described how to work with embedded modules.
5.1 Modules Management.
Select Modules Management from Modules Menu. On this page you can easy install/uninstall exisiting modules, for example news, backup etc.
5.2 Backup & Restore Module.
Creating a backup.
ApPHP MicroCMS allows you easily create backup of your database. To do this go
to Modules -> Backup & Restore -> Backup Installation. On this page you can see a list
of existing backups. If you want to add new backup click on BackUp button.
After backup is created it will appear in the list of existing backups.
Restoring from backup.
To restore database from existing backup - go to Modules -> Backup & Restore -> Backup Restore
and look on the list of existing backups. Select a backup you want to restore and then
click on Restore link at the right side. After restoring is completed, refresh the site
or re-login.
5.3 News Module.
In this section described how to work with News Module.
News Settings.
This page allows you to define News settings, like:
- how many news will be shown in news block
- length of news header in block
- using of RSS channel
Creation and Management.
The news module allows you to create and manage news on your site.
To do this go to Modules -> News -> News Management. On this page you will
see a list of previously added news. News are managed with a standard
MicroGrid page. You can add, delete or edit news.
5.4 Users Module.
In this section described how to work with Users Module.
Users module settings.
This page allows you to define Users settings, like:
- possibility to adding new users by Admin
- require confirmation for registration process
5.5 Gallery.
In this section described how to work with Gallery Module.
Gallery Settings.
This page allows you to define Gallery settings, like:
- Types of Gallery
- keyword that will be replaced with gallery
- Album icon width and height
- Number of album icons per line
Gallery Management.
The Gallery module allows you to create and manage gallery albums on your site.
To do this go to Modules -> Gallery -> Gallery Management. On this page you will
see a list of existing albums. Albums are managed with a standard MicroGrid page.
You can add, delete or edit albums info. To upload/delete images from the certain
album - click Upload link.
5.6 Contact Us Module.
In this section described how to work with Contact Us Module.
Contact Us module settings.
This page allows you to define Contact Us settings, like:
- Email address, that will be used to get data
- Keyword that will be replaced with Contact Us form
5.7 Comments Module.
In this section described how to work with Comments Module.
Comments module settings.
This page allows you to define Comments settings, like:
- Allow or not comments to articles
- Type of users, who can post comments
- The maximal length of a comment
- Allow or not image verification
- How much comments will be shown on one page
