Recite CMS Control Panel User Guide
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Recite CMS Control Panel User Guide

Copyright © 2010 Recite Media Pty Ltd

Table of Contents

1. Quick Start

2. Using the Control Panel

Logging In and Out

Status Messages

Managing Tabs

Creating a Tab
Editing a Tab
Removing a Tab
Adding New Widgets
Organising Tabs and Widgets
Refreshing Widgets
Hiding Widgets
Removing Widgets

Managing Your Account

Managing Web Site Settings

Managing Maintenance Mode
Managing Web Site Caching
Specifying a Robots.txt File

3. Managing Files

Getting Started

Managing Folders

Creating a Folder
Editing a Folder
Moving a Folder
Deleting a Folder
Custom Fields For Files

Importing Files

Uploading From Your Computer
Retrieving From Another Web Site
Uploading Using FTP or SFTP
Uploading a Compressed File
Creating a New Text File

Managing Files

Viewing File Details
Editing a File
Deleting a File
Moving a File
Replacing a File
Editing File Contents
Restoring an Old Version of a File

Using Files On Your Web Site

Linking to Files On Your Web Site
Listing Files On Your Web Site
Uploading Files Via Your Web Site
Compressing Files
Thumbnails

4. Managing Pages

Getting Started

Managing Page Types

Creating a Page Type
Editing a Page Type
Deleting a Page Type

Managing Pages

Creating a New Page
Editing a Page
Deleting a Page
Managing Meta Data
Managing Content Blocks
Managing Draft Pages
Moving Pages
Re-Ordering Pages

Managing Protected Areas

Creating a Protected Area
Forcing a Page to be Unprotected

Creating a New Mapped URL
Editing a Mapped URL
Deleting a Mapped URL

Managing Sub-Sites

Creating a New Sub-Site
Editing a Sub-Site
Deleting a Sub-Site

5. Managing Templates

Getting Started

Managing Folders

Creating a Folder
Editing a Folder
Moving a Folder
Deleting a Folder

Manage Templates

Creating a Template
Editing a Template
Changing a Template's Type
Resizing the Template Editor
Deleting a Template
Duplicating a Template
Moving a Template
Restoring an Old Version of a Template

6. Managing Forms

Getting Started

Managing Forms

Creating a Form
Editing a Form
Managing Form Recipients
Deleting a Form
Viewing Form Submissions

Adding a Form To Your Site

Create a Form Template
Adding the Form Container Rule

Adding CAPTCHA to Forms

7. Managing Categories

Getting Started

Managing Categories

Creating a Category
Editing a Category
Associating Files With Categories
Deleting a Category
Re-Organising Categories

Assigning Categories to Other Content

Displaying Categories On Your Site

Including Categories With Linked Content
Outputting a List of Categories
Creating a Tagspace
Outputting Content Based on Categories

8. Managing Comments

Getting Started

Managing Comment Groups

Creating a Comment Group
Editing a Comment Group
Deleting a Comment Group

Managing Comments

Approving or Unapproving a Comment
Editing a Comment
Deleting a Comment
Viewing Comments Linked to Content

Adding Comments To Your Site

Create Templates
Add Comments to Your Site

9. Managing Search

Getting Started

Managing Indexes

Creating an Index
Editing an Index
Rebuilding an Index
Querying an Index
Deleting an Index

Adding Search to Your Site

Create a Search Template
Adding the Search Container Rule

Viewing Search History

Search Language

Query Terms
Fields
Wildcards
Range Searches
Fuzzy Searches
Proximity Searches
Term Boosting
Boolean Operators

10. Managing Users

Getting Started

Managing User Directories

Creating a User Directory
Viewing a User Directory
Exporting Users
Importing Users
Editing a User Directory
Managing User Roles
Deleting a User Directory

Managing Users

Creating a New User
Viewing a User
Editing a User
Deleting a User

Adding User Management to Your Web Site

Adding a Protected Area
Adding User Registration
Adding a Log In Form
Adding a Password Reset Form
Allowing Users to Update Their Account
Displaying User Identity Data

Managing Control Panel Users

Creating a New User
Editing a User
Deleting a User
Disabling a User Account

Managing Control Panel Roles

Creating a Role
Viewing a Role
Editing a Role
Deleting a Role

Managing Control Panel Permissions

11. Managing Calendars and Events

Getting Started

Managing Event Types

Creating an Event Type
Editing an Event Type
Deleting an Event Type

Managing Calendars

Creating a Calendar
Viewing a Calendar
Exporting Events
Importing Events
Editing a Calendar
Deleting a Calendar

Managing Calendar Events

Creating an Event
Viewing an Event
Editing an Event
Deleting an Event

Adding Events to Your Web Site

Personal Calendars

Event Clashes
Event Management Actions
Form Response Data
Ajax Response Data

12. Managing Feeds

Getting Started

Managing Feeds

Creating a Feed
Editing a Feed
Deleting a Feed

Adding an RSS Feed

Adding a Google Sitemap

13. Administration Mode

Administration Mode Toolbar

Managing Container Rules

Opening Your Site in Administration Mode
Container Types
Adding a Rule
Moving and Re-Ordering Rules

Defining Container Locations

Updating Page Content

Defining Editable Areas

14. Miscellaneous Topics

Managing Custom Field Lists

Adding a Field
Editing a Field
Deleting a Field
Re-Ordering Fields

15. Managing Content Using Your Native Operating System

Getting Started
Managing File Manager Files
Managing Templates

A. Template Writing Guide

Variable Types

Outputting Variables

Variable Modifiers

Including Other Templates

If/Else Blocks

Working With Arrays

Counting an Array
Looping Over Arrays
Accessing an Array Element

Outputting Braces

Recite Specific Plug-Ins

B. WYSIWYG Editor Guide

Accessing the WYSIWYG

Using the WYSIWYG Editor

WYSIWYG Toolbar

Content Control
Text Elements
Paragraph Alignment
Page Elements
Forms
Tables
Text Formatting
Miscellaneous Buttons

File Browser

Inserting Thumbnails

Customizing the WYSIWYG

List of Figures

2.1. The client listing page
2.2. The Control Panel loading message
2.3. The Control Panel "Info" message
2.4. The Control Panel "Success" message
2.5. The Control Panel "Notice" message
2.6. The Control Panel "Warning" message
2.7. The Control Panel "Error" message
2.8. Tabs and widgets in the Control Panel
2.9. The tab creation dialog
2.10. The tab edit dialog
2.11. The widget browser with the File Management category and Import Files widget both selected.
2.12. Updating your account details
2.13. The site settings dialog with the Files bundle loaded
3.1. Sample tab layout for managing files
4.1. Sample tab layout for managing pages
4.2. The overview of a page with both a live and a draft version
4.3. Sending a draft live when there is already a live page.
4.4. Managing permissions for a page
4.5. Page overview when a page is protected
5.1. Sample tab layout for managing templates
5.2. Selecting a template type
6.1. Sample tab layout for managing forms
6.2. Adding a form recipient
7.1. Sample tab layout for managing categories
8.1. Sample tab layout for managing comments
9.1. Sample tab layout for managing search
9.2. Viewing the details stored with a search index document
10.1. Sample tab layout for managing users
10.2. Viewing a user directory
10.3. Managing permissions
11.1. Sample tab layout for managing calendars and events
12.1. Sample tab layout for managing feeds
13.1. The administration mode toolbar
13.2. The end result of adding navigation via container rules
13.3. Viewing the site in administration mode
13.4. Selecting the rule to add to a container
13.5. Selecting the rule to add to a container
13.6. Administration mode with the newly-created container rule
13.7. Editing content via the WYSIWYG in Administration Mode
14.1. Adding a new field
14.2. Adding a new field
14.3. A custom list with a single field
B.1. The WYSIWYG loaded for editing a page content block
B.2. The WYSIWYG toolbar
B.3. The WYSIWYG file browser
B.4. Inserting a pre-defined template
B.5. The styles drop-down with a custom style

List of Examples

3.1. Linking to a File Manager File
3.2. Creating an Image Thumbnail
6.1. Using a CAPTCHA in your form template
7.1. Accessing category data from a list of calendar events
10.1. Adding a log out link
10.2. Accessing the user's identity data
13.1. Adding a global container to a template
13.2. Adding a local container to a template
13.3. Adding a content block to a page
A.1. Outputting a variable called $title
A.2. Escaping content to maintain standards compliance.
A.3. Outputting timestamps using date_format.
A.4. Using an if/else block to determine what to output.
A.5. Using an if/elseif/else block to determine what to output.
A.6. Nested if/else blocks.
A.7. Determining the size of an array.
A.8. Looping over an array.
A.9. Using {foreachelse}.
A.10. Using if/else with {foreach}.
A.11. Looping over an array then accessing another array's element.
A.12. Sample scenario of using non-template curly braces.
A.13. Using {literal} to embed curly braces.
A.14. Using {ldelim} and {rdelim}.
B.1. Sample CSS entry for styles dropdown

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