When you log in, you'll notice the Administrative Menu at the top left of your screen. It defaults to the Shortcuts menu, which includes multiple submenus:
Home (this takes you back to your site's home page)
If custom features were built on your site, there could also be an additional submenu with those custom features.
Screenshot of the Shortcuts menu, which includes submenus of: Home, Add Content, Manage Content, Manage User Permissions, Site Actions, and Help.
Add Content Menu
This is where you start if you want to create something from scratch, whether that is a new Flexible Page, a new Event or Event Series, a new News article, etc. Hover over the Add Content menu to view a list of all of the types of content you can add to your site.
Screenshot of the "Add Content" shortcuts menu, which includes options to: Add Flexible Page, Add Course, Add Event, Add Event Series, Add News, Add Person, Add Publication, and Add Research Area.
New Flexible Pages, Events, News items, People, Publications and more can all be created from this menu.
Manage Content Menu
This is where you start if you want to edit something that already exists, such as an existing Flexible Page or an upcoming Event that has already been created. Hover over the Manage Content Menu to display a list of existing content types that you can manage.
Screenshot of the Manage Content Shortcuts menu, which includes options to: Manage Flexible Page, Manage Courses, Manage Events, Manage Event Series, Manage News, Manage People, Manage Publications, Manage Media, and Manage Webforms.
If you click "Manage Content" you will be directed to a page that shows ALL of your content.
Screenshot of the content that was pulled up from selecting the "Manage Content" menu of a sample website. It includes a list of all pages, events, news items, etc. on that website.
Clicking a specific item in the menu list, such as Manage News, will pull up a pre-filtered list of that specific type of content. Here is an example when "Manage Event Series" is clicked:
Screenshot of the content that was pulled up when selecting "Manage Event Series" menu option. A list of the website's 6 different Event Series is shown.
All content will show here, whether published or unpublished. To determine the publication status of your content, look in the "Status" column where you will see "Published" or "Unpublished." You can also filter your content by publication status.
Screenshot of the content that was pulled up when selecting "Manage Event Series" menu option. A list of the website's 6 different Event Series is shown. In this case, the filter for "published status" is highlighted, along with the status of each of the 6 different Event Series.
There's also a Manage Media option. This page lets you find particular images or documents to rename or remove. This list can be filtered by media type and/or publication status.
Screenshot of the content that was pulled up when selecting "Manage Media" menu option. The filter for "Embeddable" is selected, and a snippet of the list of results is shown.
Manage User Permissions
Clicking the shortcut for "Manage User Permissions," will take you to a page where you can view all of your site's users and their permission levels.
Screenshot of the Manage User Permissions page, which pulls up a list of all users on the website.
For more information about what you can do with the information on this page, see the wiki guide on Managing User Permissions.
Site Actions Menu
Start here for all other administrative actions to your site. The menu choices under Site Actions are options that are less frequently accessed.
Screenshot of the "Site Actions" shortcut menu, which includes options to: Manage Taxonomy, Manage Sorting, Manage Users, Add User, Edit Main Menu, Page Not Found Report, and Google Analytics.
Manage Taxonomy allows you to modify or add categories like faculty type (associate professor, emeritus professor) or news category (awards, faculty news, student news). See the Manage Taxonomy wiki guide to learn more.
Manage Sorting allows you to change the order in which certain items appear on your website. A common use is to change the default sorting of People profiles to place a certain person ahead of others, for instance a department chair at the top of the faculty page or a DFO at the top of the staff page. Visit the wiki guide to learn more about Changing the Display Order on your People Page.
Edit Main Menu allows you to change the order of the site's pages using a drag and drop interface. Visit the wiki guide to learn more about Placing a Page in the Menu.
Page Not Found Report provides a list of links to broken pages.
Google Analytics takes you to your site's Analytics page.