PHP CMS User Manual
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1. Web Pages Create a New Page Edit a Web Page Preview a Page Upload a File View Files Images Upload Image View Gallery Create a Gallery Edit a User Create a New User Tools Traffic Snapshot List All Pages Manage Templates Administrators content administration tool Panlours net Edit Document Document Settings Documen t Name New document Page Title Category Nav Items D Template PanTours Users Date fio DI 17 DI 2005 Save Changes Category The category selection mainly helps to keep your documents organized so you can find them more easily In certain cases this can also be used for some navigation elements and sitemaps Template Each document is displayed within a template Once the template is selected it can not be changed Date The date defaults to the current date In most cases this is not visible to the user When you are finished you must click Save Changes If you do not save your changes the document will not be created Copyright StarrTech Interactive 2005 Page 3 of 8 StarrTech Survey Generator User Manual Confidential Editing Web Pages To edit a document first choose the Category that the document is in Then click on the name of the document from the list The document s current content will be displayed ina WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get editor Adding Images To add an image place the curso2. Client PanTours Net Description PHP CMS User Manual Date Release 2 October 20 2005 STARRTECH INTERACTIVE PHP CMS User Manual EE ere Ee Re WO EE IF AS SW ONG EE Create New EE ee Addine Web Pap s enrenar nenn n E E STR PRPIVI ESPE E R ES reene EN IBI Sd rub ES RU RIEN NT FE ISIN E Editio un EE usine RENE E T T Sus ENEE PVA E uU NW NW IS 0 qc H soris S ABS NEN mmt Det a Dserndme and Eeer Adding PDF s and Other PIS scseuicssmemtiseer norat apnea i ET REII PST naue eos toT speso POUR NTARE aita 1001 BISHOP STREET e AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK TOWER 19TH FLOOR e HONOLULU HAWArI 196813 3469 TELEPHONE 808 544 3099 FACSIMILE 808 523 7443 e WWW STARRTECH COM StarrTech Survey Generator User Manual Confidential Configuration Configuration of the CMS is managed through two text files which can be edited with any text editor var www html config php sets configuration for displaying web pages var www html webadmin config php sets configuration for the administration system These files set the parameters used for accessing the database and tell the system where to find files The locations of files are set for both within the filesystem i e var www html and also how they are accessed on the web i e http domainname com During initial setup web locations will used the IP address of the server When the site goes live all references to the IP should be replaced with t
3. from the Admin navigation under the Tools section Enter a unique name for the category and click Create Category You may only delete categories once all web pages have been removed Copyright StarrTech Interactive 2005 Page 5 of 8 StarrTech Survey Generator User Manual Confidential Editing Templates Templates in this system are created using HTML with placeholders for the body content and other dynamic content Placeholders will always use all capital letters and numbers separated by underscores The placement of the placeholders is very important and should not be changed When editing templates it is always advisable to save a copy of the existing template as a backup It is easiest to just cut and paste the contents of the template into a notepad file and save it on your desktop This CMS does not save a copy of your old templates so there is no mechanism to undo your changes Meta tags can be added to the HTML between the head and lt head gt tags Creating Templates Once a site is setup there is generally no need to create a new template A new template would be created if there was a need for some pages to have a different design or navigation elements To create a new template first create a template giving it a unique name You can find the Create a New Template form on the Manage Templates page Next select the template in the Edit Blocks Assigned to a Template Add a block to the temp
4. as special stories To Pan lours net edit the navbars choose Edit a Web Pages Edit a Document Document and choose the category En Nav Items Select the navbar you d Prin a Page nume Marte Nar like to edit pai mmm Doo see un Den 3H e Upload Image The navbar will come up in the SS a WYSIWYG editor as a bulleted list of m PIUES SEE eek ae DE EE items To add an additional item add a Posee dee new line enter the text for the link and ee pem then use the Add Link process Mange Temp lt is very important that you do not add additional formatting to this list There should not be a carriage return after the last list item If you experience problems with the Navbar after editing it check the HTML to make sure it is free of other formatting To check the HTML click the Edit HTML Source button pm There should not be any other tags besides lt ul gt lt li gt and a Deleting Web Pages To delete a story click on List All Pages in the administrator s nav bar You ll see a list of every story in the CMS To delete a story click on the delete link and confirm that you wish to delete it Deleting a story will permanently remove the content from your site If you want to temporarily remove a page from the site without deleting it permanently just set its availability to Unavailable Editing Categories You can use categories to keep web pages organized To add a category select Edit Categories
5. ane P E Web Pages Create a New Page Edit a Web Page Preview a Page Upload a File View Files Images Upload Image View Gallery Create a Gallery Users Edit a User Create a New User Tools Traffic Snapshot List All Pages Manage Templates Administrators content administration tool PanTours net Edit Administration Template admin Name PanTours Administrator Email dfry sta rtechmai l com i lt DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC W3C DTD HTML 4 01 Transitional EN http www w3 org TR html4 loose dtd lt html gt lt head gt lt meta http equiv Content Type content text html charset iso 8859 i lt title gt PanTours CMS lt title gt lt style type text css gt lt td lncell border 1px solid 999999 background color cCCCCCC Post template lt table gt lt table gt another administrator s settings The pre template 1s all the code for the header and navbar The post template is all the code that comes after the main administrator content Adding Web Pages When you create a new web page you are first asked to specify the document name The document name is for your own use and is not displayed to users You should choose a name that is unique and describes the document In the next screen you ll be asked to set the properties of the document Page Title The page title is displayed to users and is the HTML title for the page
6. e or company You can then choose the user from the list if more than one user meets the search criteria Make changes to the information and click Save Changes There is currently no process for deleting users in this system Instead you can remove their access to the site in the user authorizations form Copyright StarrTech Interactive 2005 Page 7 of 8 StarrTech Survey Generator User Manual Set a Username and Password You can set or edit a user s username and password When editing a user click on the User s Authorization link at the top of the screen Type a username and password for the user and check the PT Users box to allow them to see those pages If you d like to temporarily shut off a user s access to the private pages you can uncheck the PT Users box in the User Authorizations form Confidential User Security Authorizations User Information User Authorization User Login dtryz cet Password mET Confirm Password RETT Authorize this user for these secure areas Iv PT Users Update Account Adding PDF s and Other Files To add a PDF or another type of file click on Add File in the Admin nav bar You will be prompted for a file to upload Click Browse and find the file on your hard drive When it uploads you will be given the full location of the file Cut and paste that location into the URL field when you add links to the file in your web pages If you want to see t
7. he full list of files choose View Files Please note that this file upload is not recommended for image files For images please upload through Upload an Image so that resizing will happen automatically Copyright StarrTech Interactive 2005 Page 8 of 8
8. he location of the site Please keep in mind e All locations use full absolute paths e Al file locations will end with a e Always backup your config file before making changes Change Admin Password Admin passwords may only be changed using SSH access to the server Passwords are stored in etc auth htpasswd To change a password Login as a user 2 Usethe su command to start a superuser session as root Enter the root password 3 Type htpasswd etc auth htpasswd admin 4 Enter the password and confirm it Create New Administrator To create a new administrator you ll first need to create a password using SSH access to the server Passwords are stored in etc auth htpasswd To create an administrators login password 1 Login as a user 2 Use the su command to start a superuser session as root Enter the root password Copyright O StarrTech Interactive 2005 Page 2 of 8 StarrTech Survey Generator User Manual 3 Type htpasswd etc auth htpasswd newusername 4 Enter the password and confirm it Next you ll need to set the user account up in the toolbox Click on the Administrators link in the Admin navbar Type the username you just created in the text field On the next page you will need to enter the users e mail address and full name You will also create the admin template for the administrator You can cut and paste this from Confidential wi PANDA ranne m
9. late giving the block a generic name such as Main In most implementations including Pan Tours use you will never need more than one block in a template The system will provide you with a placeholder to add to the template such as CONTENT BLOCK 4 Return to the Manage templates page and edit the new template Enter the HTML you want to use for the template putting the placeholder where you want the body content to go The placeholder should not be wrapped by any text formatting tags such as lt b gt lt i gt etc Any tags that are wrapping the placeholder will wrap the entire body content of the page content administration tool Creating Galleries PanTours net The gallery has been created Please con To create a gallery first assign a name to the gallery This is not displayed to users On the next screen you ll be asked for a Web Pages e Create a New Page Edit gallery Gallery Settings e View Files Gallery Name New Gallery description which is optional You will also set the maximum size in pixels for the u images that are uploaded Each image that mE S is uploaded is automatically resized to oe mune ES create a thumbnail and a full sized image es PE Generally you will want the maximum sized EH e List All Pages of a full sized image to be 550 pixels and a Manage Templates thumbnail to be 150px Copyright StarrTech Interactive 2005 Page 6 of 8 Sta
10. nk select the text you would like to use for the link and click the link icon e You can then enter a URL to a web page or select a page on PanTours net from the drop down menu You can then choose whether the link should open in a new window or the same window By default most links should open in the same window Publishing Pages In a drop down box below the WYSIWYG editor each web page can be set as Unavailable Public or PT Users Availability Public Unavailable Pages set as Unavailable can not be viewed on the web Public by anyone Use this status for pages that are being ET Urs created or are no longer relevant If you change a page to Unavailable you will also need to remove links from any pages that are linking to it Copyright StarrTech Interactive 2005 Page 4 of 8 StarrTech Survey Generator User Manual Confidential Public Pages are viewable by anyone on the Internet Once you set a page as public you will need to add links to it so that visitors will be able to find it PT Users pages are viewable on the Internet but are password protected If a user is logged in he will see the page immediately If a user is not logged in he will be prompted for a username and password You can view all pages on the site and change the availability using the List All Pages feature in the Tools menu Editing Navigation The site s navigation bars are editable through the CMS
11. r inside the editor window and click the image con The editor allows you to add images to a web page from a gallery or to upload a new image To add an image from a gallery choose the CHOOSE an Image gallery and select the picture from the drop down list You will see a preview of each T P image Choose whether you d like to display arandview2 tipa E the thumbnail or the full sized images See Choose Image To upload a new image choose Browse and C Thumbnail find the image on your hard drive When you Centinue upload a new image it will be automatically resized to the preset dimensions for the gallery Once you ve selected the image you ll be Midi padece asked to set other properties It s important to always add a description for each picture which helps to make the site accessible for visually impaired visitors Image URL http 207 40 240 213 images hawaii from spaci Image description A photo of Hawaii from space courtesy of NASA Image title amp photo of Hawaii from space courtesy of NASA Dimensions 549 x 262 Border Alignment Once an image has been added you can E move it within your document by dragging it in Hpac the WYSIWYG You can also edit it s W properties by clicking on the image and then lar m ussc aueh clicking the image icon Cancel A Adding Links o Internet To add a li
12. rrTech Survey Generator User Manual Confidential Placeholders Placeholders let the system know where to insert dynamic content in your template and documents Placeholders will always use all capital letters and numbers separated by underscores Some examples of placeholders are CONTENT_BLOCK_1 inserts the body content for the selected document The number designates the block to use DOCUMENT BLOCK 25 inserts another document The number designates the document id LOGIN DOCUMENT 6 inserts a login screen The number designates the document id of the page to refer to after a successful login PAGE TITLE inserts the title of the page into the document usually as a title tag and above the body content REMOTE LOGIN is a customized function that adds the button for auto login to Agent Direct for users or the login button for guests Placeholders can be inserted in documents and templates It is highly recommended that you do not change placeholders Any HTML code that surrounds a CONTENT BLOCK placeholder will affect all code within the body content For example lt b gt CONTENT BLOCK 1 b will display the content of the page in bold text Create a New User To add a new user fill out the form and check the PanTours Users box at the bottom of the page Once the user is added you need to assign a username and password using the instructions below Editing a User To edit a user type in some or all of the users nam
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