Getting Started
Log in, find your way around, and publish your first page. The five-minute orientation.
What it does
The admin is where you build and run your site — create pages, manage media, set the look, and publish. Changes save instantly and go live on your public site.
First login
Go to /admin/ on your site (for example https://yoursite.com/admin/) and sign in with the credentials from your administrator. You land on the Dashboard — your home base, with traffic and activity at a glance.
Tip: Can’t reach the login page? Make sure the admin/data/ directory exists and is writable by the web server (www-data).
Getting around
The admin has two parts:
- Navigation rail (left) — every tool, grouped into sections (Content, Events, Ecommerce, Tools, System, AI). It lists only the modules your site actually has.
- Work area (right) — whichever tool you pick opens here.
How to publish a page
- Create — Page Manager → + New Page, give it a title (the URL slug fills in automatically).
- Add content — type or paste into the editor, format with the toolbar, drop in galleries or widgets from the blocks sidebar, or use AI Assist to draft. Save.
- Preview — the eye icon opens the page exactly as visitors see it.
- Add to menu — Menu Manager → add the page, set its label and position, save.
Your page is now live in the site navigation.
Tips
The background is the site. Pages are transparent over a managed background — set it in Background Manager rather than with solid page colors.
Where things live: pages in admin/data/pages/{slug}/, uploads under media/, global config in admin/data/site-settings.json. Knowing this helps when troubleshooting.