In the previous chapter you learned how to install PHP-Nuke. In this chapter you'll familiarize yourself with a visitor's-eye view of the PHP-Nuke world and make your first modifications to the site.
We're going to look at our new homepage and from there move on to look at some of the main concepts of PHP-Nuke: blocks, modules, themes, and site security. Along the way, we're going to create the super user, a user with absolute power over our site; we will edit our first piece of content in PHP-Nuke, and begin the construction of the Dinosaur Portal.
Navigate to your site's homepage in your browser. For our newly installed PHP-Nuke site, this will be http://localhost/nuke/
. You should be presented with the following screen, which we saw at the end of the last chapter:
Considering that we've not really done anything, this is impressive. I'm sure you won't be able to resist clicking on some of these links and seeing what PHP-Nuke has in store for us...