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concrete5 Beginner's Guide

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concrete5 Beginner's Guide

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
concrete5
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Time for action – logging in to concrete5


Follow these steps to log in to concrete5:

  1. If you followed the first chapter step by step you can enter http://localhost/ and get to the default concrete5 home page.

  2. At the bottom of the page you'll find a link Sign In to Edit this Site; click on it.

  3. You can now log in with the user admin and the password generated during the installation process.

What just happened?

When you're logged in, you'll see the exact same page with one major difference. There's a toolbar on the top to execute certain actions on the current page.

The following table explains the different elements of the toolbar:

Button

Explanation

Edit Page

Before you can edit the content, you have to activate the edit mode, more details in the next Time for action section.

Add Page

This button adds a new page underneath the current page.

Dashboard

This brings up the administration panel where you can create users, install add-ons, and a lot more.

Help

This buttons shows a small dialog...