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Exploring the SIM+ CMS Interface

The most important thing to start doing is to get familiar with the SIM+CMS navigation and workspace. So let's look at the SIM+CMS user interface that you'll see after you login.

Understanding your workspace

If you've logged in successfully this is the screen you'll see - we've added a few labels to explain each of the regions you can interact with:


A consistent layout

The user interface has been organized in such a way that you'll see, in every situation, the following areas:
  1. Top-bar containing:
    a. Breadcrumbs - a quick navigation system to go to parent pages.
    b. Search
    c. Logout
  2. Desktop with customizable icons to shortcuts
  3. On-Line Help with links to 'How to' subjects which correspond to the topics you are currently look at.
  4. Utility Panel containing:
    a. Logout
    b. Quick Links
    c. Utilities Tabs (depending on your access rights)
    • Manage Content
    • Manage Users
    • Manage Logs
    • Diagnostics
    • Tools
    d. Recycle Bin

The Desktop

The desktop is a good place to start. In the initial desktop you will find icons named Home Page and Sitemap. These icons, if set correctly (see Tools > System options), will start-up the corresponding pages within Browse Mode.

While in Browse mode you can navigate your web-site in very similar way as you normally would. From here you can browse to the page you wish to edit and then simply press the Edit Button.

Other ways to navigate to the page you wish to edit are by using:

  1. 'Manage Content' Icon on desktop
  2. Quick Links within the Utility panel
  3. Click on ‘Manage Content’ Tab within the Utility Panel
  4. Or use the search feature on the right top of the screen

Alerts


One of the first things you'll notice after you login is a message box pop-up. This message box communicates all type of information such as:
  1. Your Login (Welcome message)
  2. Updates you've made within SIM+CMS
  3. Rollbacks to an earlier version of a page that you've published
  4. Errors

Next steps

Other areas that are of interest when you start using the system are:

  1. How do I add new content/folders?
  2. How do I add new users or user groups?
  3. How do I change settings within the system?
  4. How do I track who did what?