Site Administration

These tutorials range from the first steps in getting your site set up to what you can do once you learn the ins and outs of the system.

Creating and setting up a new user

To create a new user the first thing you must do is log in to the admin site.  Once you are logged in you should go to the site section (click on the site tagb).  If you do not see this section then you do not have the permission to create...

Creating a page

To create a new page on your site you first need to log in and go to the pages tab. 1. Enter a title for your page 2. Select the parent page for your page Note: The parent page is used by the system to create the menu and keep your pages organized...

Advanced Page Options

The edit page interface is broken down into two main parts.  The content (main and additional) and advanced options. Advanced options is where you update specific parts of a pages functionality that are optional. Open the page you want to update and click Advanced Options under the View menu. Advanced Options Design Options You can...

Adding a Module to a Page

I split this out from the other advanced options because there is a lot more to it.  In this example we are going to add a contact form to a page.  It is a good example because it has a lot of settings (mostly optional). The first thing you need to...

Managing Menus

The DSM CMS manages all of your menus for you.  One of the questions that I was asked most often when I worked with other open source CMS's was why it takes so many steps to create a page and add it to a menu.  When you create a page...

Setting up the contact form

The contact form allows your site users to send messages to you without exposing your contact information to spam bots. The first thing you need to do is set the systems email settings.  You must be a super administrator to do this (but it only needs to be done once). Go to...

Adding links to a page

The built in rich text editor makes it very easy to add links to a page.  1.Enter the text for the link first, like: this is my link 2.Then select the text with the cursor and click the hyperlink button... 3.The hyperlink window will pop up.  If it does not make sure you...